Read the fourth pair of poems. Then answer each question. Remember to
explain WHY you chose the winner based on poet's craft (rhyme, line
breaks, punctuation, simile/metaphor, word choice, repetition)and your
personal connection to the meaning.
Your post needs to include the following:
1. What is the meaning of the first poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
2. What is the meaning of the second poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
3. Based on the criteria, which poem did you choose and WHY?
***Please tell me everything you think, but use your best writing.
Tonight please read Game 4 and choose your favorite.
29 comments:
Dear ms.Sikes,
The first poem I read,"If", is about some doubts and if things.
The second poem I read, “The Falling Star”, is about a falling star.
The poem I vote for is “The Falling Star". Although the poem isn't long I love how it rhymes. The author did a great job on describing the star. I think the poem"If" is just too hard to understand. I hope the author was focusing more on describing and details.
Your Student,
AN
"If" is about someone saying if you can do it, or if you choose to do something.
"Falling Star" is about a falling star and someone saying that it's too lovely to be bought and only good to make wishes on.
I chose "If" because I like that it breaks the lines up by saying if you can do something and almost an example to what it means. I also like that it rhymes too. I can connect to this poem because I am always usually saying “if” all the time.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The poem “If-“is about someone who is asking god what would happen if…
The poem “The Falling Star” is about someone who sees a perfect wishing star.
My favorite is the “The Falling Star” because I like the story and how it rhymes.
In the first poem,"If," is about a person who always taakes the blame, and is hated by everyone.
The second poem,"Falling Star," is about a beautiful star who is to lovly to be sold.
My favorite poem was the "Falling Star" because it uses more creativity, and expression. also it connected to me because that is what I think of when I see a Falling Star.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
The first poem is "If-". It is about person that gets blamed all the time and is mad at a lot of things.
The second poem is "The Falling Star". It is about a person watching a shooting star.While the person is watching, it's saying things about the star.
I chose "The Falling Star". I chose this because it rymes and it's unique.
Dear miss Sikes,
If is about a kids teling his son if he can do all these things he will become a man.
The Falling Star is about a shooting star and a person who said it it is to too lovely to be bought or sold
I chose If becuase it made more sense to me it had better puncation and I just like it better
The first poem “If-“is about the bad things in life happening, but you can stay in control of yourself.
The second poem “The Falling Star” is about a star falling north and the star is very pretty and priceless. It is only good for wishes, and then the star will be gone.
I am voting for “The Falling Star”. I really like how the poet used some figurative language. For example the poet put the line “I saw a star slide down the sky”. I also like how it all rhymes. It makes the poem flow really well together.
The first poem, “If," is about a poem saying like, if you can keep your head in the game when all about you, and other things like that.
The second poem, “The Falling Star," is about a falling star that is falling, and what you can do with it.
I choose the poem, “The Falling Star." I choose, “The Falling Star," because it has a good story to it, and it rhymes.
The first poem,If, is about all of these questions you would ask yourself at times and think of the best answer.
The second poem, The Falling Star,is about this falling star that is too buetiful and priceless to have. it only works on a wish.
I vote for , The Falling Star, because it tells a short story that has every single deatail that should be there to make it complete.
"If" is about a parent tellin their son that if he can do a bunch of things, than he will be a man.
"A Falling Star" is about a shooting star that you can't catch or sell. You make wishes on it, and then it will be gone.
I like "The Falling Star" because it has perfct rhyms and there are only 4 punctuation marks. I also like the meaning. The meaning is that you can't catch a perfect life. Life will never be perfect. There are times, but then we all have to settle down.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The poem If is about a mother telling her son he's going to grow into a man. His mother is telling him if he does certan things, he will grow into a man.
The Falling Star is about a shooting star shooting from the sky. The person knows it's going to dissapear, so the person makes a wish.
I'm for the poem If. The reason why I'm for the poem If is because it is a very heartwarming, and cute poem.
The first poem I read was "IF". To me the poem "IF" is about if poeple make life hard to keep trying. I think a person is asking a kid guestins.
The second poem I read was the "falling star". In this poem there is a star that is on fire and it is falling.
I choose the poem the falling star. Because I think the writer used very good ryming.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem I read was called, "If." This poem is about the bad things in your life that can hurt you.
The second poem I read was called, "The Falling Star." This poem is about a star that is falling. But you can only make one wish on it, and then the star will be gone.
The poem I picked is called, “The Falling Star.” One reason why I picked this poem is because I can visualize the actions of the star. The poem to me is very calm, and different. There is a lot of rhyming in this poem it makes the poem stick out.
dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem I read was called "If." It was about a man asking a person a lot of questions. If the person says yes to all of the questions, then they get to be with the man.
The second poem I read was called "The Falliig Star." It was about how beautiful a fallig star is.
I chose "The Falling Star." I picked it because it makes me have a very clear image in my head as for the other poem, not so much.I also thought that the rhyms in ,"If,"where too far apart.
The first poem,"The Falling Star," is about a falling star that someone sees and thinks it is very beautiful.
The second poem,"If-" about all of the if questions in life.
I chose,"The Falling Star," because, though it is short, it describes a shooting star perfectly. I also love the passion and emotion the writer is expressing.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
In the first poem I read, If, it was about a mother/ father telling their son if you can do a list of things, then you will be a man.
In the second poem, The Falling Star, it was about how a girl saw a shooting star, and described what the shooting star looked like.
I chose Falling Star because the poet gave a very descriptive explanation about what she saw that night. I also chose Falling Star because the poet used great rhyming.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
The first poem, If, is about if's and some stuff you can or can't do.
The other poem, Falling Star, is about a star that is good for only making wishes.
I chose, If, because it had more details and a better meaning to it. The moral in it was better than the first one. It also rhymed which I thought was good.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
The poem "If" is about a person who takes a look at life in a different perspective, or with upsides or downsides.
The poem "The Falling Star" is about a star that is falling.
My favorite is "The Falling Star"because the author had really great creativity with the story. I liked when the author rhymed words. For Example, " I saw a star slide down the sky. Blinding the north as it went by." Beautiful!
Your's Truly,
Mystery Student
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The poem "If" is about some doubts or mocks about things.
The second poem, "The Falling Star" is about is about a person telling about a falling star he saw and telling what he did.
The poem I chose was "The Falling Star". I chose it because it is exciting and it means that you can` t do anything to it but wish. "Too burning and too quick to hold, Too lovely to be bought or sold."
The poem, "If" is about all the things the boy has to do to be a son.
The poem, “The Falling Star,” is about a shooting star across the night sky.
I liked "The Falling Star" because it had better describing words and details. It also had great rhyming words. I also liked it because I have seen a shooting star but I couldn't put it in the right words. The poet put it in the perfect words.
Dear Miss Sikes,
The poem , If~ is about a parent giving advice to their son about being a good person.
The poem, the falling star is a person describing the beauties of falling stars.
I liked, The falling star more because I understood it much more. I liked how the poet described one falling star in no more than a paragraph. I also liked it because it gives me information about what a falling star looks like.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem “If” is about a mom that is making her son into a mature young adult.
The second poem “The Falling Star” is about a kid who spots a shooting star in the sky. It was brighter, more pretty, and faster than the other stars in the sky.
I choose “The Falling Star because it had a lot more meaning. It also had more poets’ craft. Also because it had a lot more rhyming words.
You student,
Camden J.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem, "If," was about someone telling you now matter what it is you can do it.
The second poem,"Falling Star," was about a star going across the sky.
I choose "Falling Star" because I liked how it rhymed and how the author used descritive words to exspress what she saw in the sky. One of the connection I made was when the author said, "Too burning and to quick to hold," because tht is how I always feel when I see stars.
The Falling Star is about a star falling from the sky and it being to bright to see. Also to be to lovley to be bought and great to make wishes on.
If is about if you can do this or that and that if you can make good things out of the bad.
I choose If because I like how it encourages you to stay strong through hard times and helps you get through them.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The first poem,"If_" was about if you could do anything,and make it a good choice.
The second poem was "Falling Star" and it was about someone seeing a star and telling us what it looked like.
I liked "Falling Star" more. I liked it because it meant something more to me. I thought it meant that when you're human you make mistakes and then you make good desisions. After all you've been thruogh you die and go to heaven without any more sins.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
the first poem I read was If is about lerning a lesson and sort of reagreting the lie that someone made.
The second poem I read was the falling star. It is about a star that is gliding across the night sky.
My favorite poem was The Falling Star. I liked that poem because it was more detailed than If.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The poem "If" is about a dad talking to his son who is about to be born.
The other poem "The Falling Star" is about a person who sees a beautiful shooting star.
I chose the poem "The Falling Star" because it had some cool rhyming and great metaphors. The author also described the star in it very well. "If' was confusing and long. Although "If" had a better meaning I still like the poem "The Falling Star" better.
From,
Grayson
Dear Ms. Sikes,
I read a poem called "If." It is about a mother or father telling her son that he can do and be whatever he wants to be if he puts his mind to it.
I also read "The Falling Star." It is about a falling star that can never be touched or sold, but you can make wishes on them and then it will be gone forever.
My favorite poem was "The Falling Star." I liked that one because it gave me a more vivid picture in my head than the other poem. I didn't choose the other poem because it didn't really have a meaning and I felt like the author could have made better rhymes.
The first poem I read was "If." I think it was about a man that could not do anything right. But in the end of the poem he could do anything!
The second poem I read was "The Falling Star." It was about someone seeing a falling (shooting) star. When they saw it she said it was too lovely to be bought or sold!
I liked "The Falling Star" because I could understand it better than "If." I loved the descriptive language and how it tells you what a shooting star looks like! I also liked how it said, “Too lovely to be bought or sold."
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