Welcome to the Final Four! You will need to read the winners of Game 1 and 2 for this round. Be sure to fill out the bracket.
Remember your post must include:
1. What is the meaning of the first poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
2. What is the meaning of the second poem?
3. Based on the criteria, which poem did you choose and WHY? Remember to discuss the poet's craft and your personal connection to the meaning or something in the poem.
33 comments:
In the first poem,"Life Doesn't Frighten Me," it is about a girl who isn't scared of anything.
The second poem,"Choosing Shoes," it is about a person who is trying to choose between different shoes.
I chose ,"Life Doesn't Frighten Me," because it has very good rymes and it is entertaining.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
In the first poem I read, Life Doesn't Frigten Me, it was about a girl who is not scared of anything.
In the second poem I read, Choosing Shoes, it is about a person who is naming shoes they might buy.
I chose the poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, because I love how the author grabs my attention with all of the crazy things. I also like it because it rhymes well.
"Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is about a girl who is not afraid of life. She has a charm up her sleeve that helps her.
"Choosing Shoes" is about someone who is choosing shoes. They don't choose fancy, bright, or tight shoes. They choose regular old shoes.
I like "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" because it is longer and it rhymes. I also like it because it doesn't have a lot of punctuation, so it flows a lot quicker. I also like the meaning. The meaning is that if life is bad, then you have to find a way to make it better. God will help you do that. You can't let the bad and scary things get in your way. If you keep the bad things out of your way, then you can have a good life.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
I read a poem called "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." It is about a girl who isn't afraid of anything and life doesn't frighten her at all.
I also read a poem called "Choosing Shoes." It is about a girl who likes choosing shoes and would like to have every kind of shoe if she could.
My favorite poem was "Choosing Shoes." I liked it because it was really detailed about all the different types of shoes and what kind of shoes they are.
The first poem,"Roger the Dog," is about a Dog, and what goes on in his life.
The second poem,"The Falling Star," is about a star that is fallig from the sky, and it talks about what you can do with it.
I choose,"The Falling Star." I choose," The Falling Star," because it has a better story and it rhymes.
Life doesn't frighten me is about a person saying, NOTHING will scare them.
Choosing shoes is about different types of shoes to choose.
I vote for, Choosing shoes because it has more ryhming. I also like it because it is really a hard choice to choose shoes.
Life Doesn't Fighten Me is about the normal things that would scare her don't scare her. I can realate to this because some thing in life don't scare me.
Choosing Shoes is about all the cool shoes you can buy, but some people just don't have enough money.I can realate to this because there are a lot of things in life I want to get, but I have to earn the money.
I choose choosing shoes to move on because it is more of life lesson. Life Doesn't Frighten Me is just telling about someone who isn't scared of anything.
"Life Doesn't Frighten Me," is about someone who is not afriad of anything.They go boo, and make them shoo;they make fun of the way they run. Life doesn;t frighten them.
"Choosing Shose," is about all different kinds of shoes such as:buckel shoes, bow shoes,pretty pointy-toe shoes,strappy cappy low shoes. Thats the sort they'll buy.
I choose,"Life Doesn't frighten Me," because it means somthing more to me than shoes. It means to be brave. Don't be scared, you can get through it just don't be scared.
The first poem I read was "Life Doesn’t Frighten Me." I thought it was about a girl who said that nothing scares her. In this story she said she will NOT cry!
The second poem I read was "Choosing Shoes." It was about a girl trying to choose shoes. She really wanted all of the shoes! But of course she could not get all the shoes she wanted.
The poem I chose was "Life Doesn’t Frighten Me." I liked it because it rhymes. I like how it listed all of the things she wasn’t scared of.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem I read was called, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." This poem is about all of the things in her life that does not frighten her.
The second poem I read was called, "Choosing Shoes." This poem is about a person choosing new shoes, and that they are all different.
The poem I chose was called, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." One reason why I chose this poem is because of the rhyming. For example, "Shadows on the wall noises down the hall life doesn't frighten me at all." In this poem it is very easy to visualize all of the actions.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem I read was called, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." This poem is about all of the things in her life that does not frighten her.
The second poem I read was called, "Choosing Shoes." This poem is about a person choosing new shoes, and that they are all different.
The poem I chose was called, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." One reason why I chose this poem is because of the rhyming. For example, "Shadows on the wall noises down the hall life doesn't frighten me at all." In this poem it is very easy to visualize all of the actions.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
In Life dosen't Frighten me, theirs a person that isn't scared of anything.
In Choosing Shoes, it's about a girl that loves all these shoes.
I choose Life dosen't Frighten me. The reason why I choose Life dosen't Frighten me is because I think it's really nice how she's not afraid of anything.
The first poem I read was "Life Doesen't Frighten Me". In this poem The person is not afraid of antything. The noises in the hall andthe shadow on the wall nothing scares them.
The second poem I read was "Choosing Shoes". In this poem it talks about all the many shoes there could be.
I choose the poem "Life Doesen't Frighten Me". I chose that poem because I think the author used very good ryming.
The poem, “Life Doesn't Frighten Me," is about all the things that could frighten that person, but they don't.
The poem, “choosing shoes," is about the choices of shoes that hat person sees in the store.
The poem, “choosing shoes," is better because it relates to real life because when you go in a shoe store you see all kinds of shoes. The poet used a lot of rhyme to tell about all the kinds of shoes that are in that shoe store.
The first poem called " Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is about a girl who is not afraid of anything. She is not afraid of lions, ghosts, mean dogs, dragons that breath fire, strangers, panthers, and many more. She reminds me of me because I am not afraid of anything.
The second poem callled " Choosing Shoes" is about all the different kinds of shoes. Such as bow shoes, pink shoes, red shoes, white shoes, strappy shoes, pretty shoes, flat shoes, dancing shoes, and many more kinds of shoes.
My favortite poem of the two is " Life Doesn't Frighten Me". I like " Life Doesn't Frighten Me" more than " Choosing Shoes" because it has figurtive language, it rhymes, and I can relate to him.
Dear Ms. sikes,
The first poem I read was called,"Life Dosn't Frighten Me." It's about things that frighten most people, but dosn't frighten her.
The second poem I read was called,"Chosing shoes." It's about all kinds of shoes, and wich ones to buy.
Out of the two I chose, "Chosing Shoes." I picked it because it reminds me of my closet. There are all kinds of shoes in that closet. I also liked the poem because it at the end of every paragraph.
The first poem, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me," is about a girl who isn't afraid of anything.
The second poem, "Choosing Shoes," is about a person who can not figure out what shoes to buy.
My favorite poem was "Choosing Shoes" because it showed creativity, and reality.
Your student,
Eric
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The poem, Choosing Shoes, Is about choosing new shoes.
The other poem, Life Dosen't Frighten Me, is about someones life and they aren't scared.
I choose, Life Dosen't Frighten Me. I chose it because it has a better meaning than the other one. It also has more details than the first one. I thought the first one also needed more writing into it.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
The first poem I read, “Life Doesn't Frighten Me”, is about things people might be scared of and tells the reader he/she isn't scared of them.
The second poem I read, “choosing Shoes", is about all the shoes you can buy.
I vote for, “Life Doesn't Frighten Me". I like how every line rhymes with the next line. I also think "Choosing Shoes" does not have a deep meaning. The repetition is very well written.
Your Student,
AN
Dear Ms.Sikes,
The first poem is "Choosing Shoes". It is about a person loking at all different kinds of shoes and wich one to choose.
The second poem is "Life Doesn't Frighten me". It is about a lot of scary things not scaring a person.
I chose "Choosing Shoes" because I like how it rymes and because it makes yuou cheery.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
"Life Doesn`t Frighte Me" is about a girl telling about things that do not frighten her(I think that these things bother her).
"Choosing Shoes" is about a girl who is telling about all the different shoes she sees in the shoe store.
I like Choosing Shoes because it has my name written all over it. I like it because the way she describes it sounds like some are weird, pretty or cool. She sounds enthusiastic about some of the shoes,and those sound like the ones she like.
Love,
JZ
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is about a girl who says nothing frightens her, but I think she is frightened by all of those things. I think she's trying to convince herself that she's not afraid.
The second poem was called “Choosing Shoes" and it was about someone trying to decide which new shoes they should choose.
I like "Life Doesn't Frighten Me” more. I just don't think that “Choosing Shoes” has a very deep meaning. I like how it says “Life doesn't frighten” me a lot. (Repetition) I also like how it rhymes.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is about a girl who isn't afraid of life's challenges.
The poem "Choosing Shoes" is about a person describing all the shoes they could buy.
I chose the poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" because it has a better meaning and cool rhymes. It also had good metaphors.
Your awesome, loving, nice, cool, best student ever,
Grayson
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem, "Life Doesn’t Frighten Me," was about a girl who was not afraid of anything and especially the things most people of afraid of.
The second poem, "Choosing Shoes," was about all of the chooses that were available to choose from.
The poem that I choose was, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me," because I liked the way it rhymed and how it did the repetition of "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." Some of the things she wasn't afraid of I wasn't afraid of either. I think it could win. Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem, "Life Doesn’t Frighten Me," was about a girl who was not afraid of anything and especially the things most people of afraid of.
The second poem, "Choosing Shoes," was about all of the choose that were available to choose from.
The poem that I choose was, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me," because I liked the way it rhymed and how it did the repetition of "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." Some of the things she wasn't afraid of, I realized I wasn't afraid of either. I think it could win.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
The poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is about a girl who isn't afraid of the challengages of life.
The poem "Choosing Shoes" is about a girl who doesn't know what shoes to choose.
If I had to choose one I would choose "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" because the author Maya Angelou used great repeation and she rhymed words.
Your Student,
Bouncy Boo*
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” is about a girl who is challenging herself not to be scared.
The poem “Choosing Shoes” is about someone who is having trouble choosing shoes because there are so many choices.
I choose “Choosing Shoes” because I like how the author tells all the Different kinds of shoes and I like how it rhymes.
The first poem in the final four is “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” is about a new girl in school who is not afraid of anything. Not even snakes, or lions. If she ever gets afraid of things they happen in her dreams.
The second poem in the final four “Choosing Shoes” is about going to the store and trying to figure out witch shoes to buy. Also about the different types of shoes there are.
I vote for the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me“ because I like how the author rhymed two lines then put the title. I also like how in some places the author named certain where something bad is happening but the girl is not scared. The rhyme choises also made the passage flow better.
Dear miss Sikes,
Choosing Shoes is about a person talking about a bunch of shoes.
Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a girl who says she is not afraid of life.
I chose Choosing shoes because it has better ryhmes and more puncation.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
The first poem I read was Life Doesn't Frighten Me it was about a girl and she is saying lif doesn't frighten me like when boys pull my hair but life doesn't frighten me.
The second poem I read was Chooesing Shoes. This poem was about a person who gose to buy new shoes and there are are so many shoes to choose from so she can't make up her mind.
My favoite poem was Chooesing Shoes. I liked this poem because it realates to me. The part that relates to me is when I have lots of choses it is hard for me to make up my mind.
Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a girl who is not afaid of anything and she tells things that some people would be afraid of but she is not.
Chosing Shoes is about a person who goes to a shoe store and looks at all the shoes to see witch one they want.
I choose Chosing shoes because I like the way it ryhmes and how it names all the different types of shoes.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
Casey at the Bat is about a girl that beleives she can win her baseball game, but dose't.
The Falling Star is about a star that is shooting, but won't last long.
I choose The Falling Star. The reason why I choose The Falling Star is because it's a very happy and joyful poem.
The first poem,"Choosing Shoes," is about a person trying to find good shoe's from all these different types of shoe's.
The second poem,"LIfe Doesn't Frighten Me," is about a person saying, how nothing will frighten me in life.
I choose,"Choosing Shoes." I choose,"Choosing Shoes because it was detailed, it rhymed, and it had a better story to it.
"Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is about a girl naming all the things that don't frighten her.
"Choosing Shoes" is about a person deciding what kind of shoes to buy.
I chose "Choosing Shoes" becuase I like that it rhymes. Also I like that the poet said shoes at the end of every line. I can connect to this poem because I am always choosing things.
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