During March,
the best college basketball teams compete for the National Title. In order
to be the best, each team must state their case by playing the best,
scoring the most, and ultimately advancing to the next round.
To create a
sense of poetry madness in our room and celebrate poetry, we will read a 2 poems each evening and advance a class winner the following
day. However, like the basketball tournament, we must use specific
criteria to judge a poem: meaning, poet's craft (rhyme, line breaks,
punctuation, simile/metaphor, word choice, repetition), ability to
visualize, and your personal connection.
Each night you will answer the following 3 questions about the poems you have read.
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 1 and choose your favorite.
30 comments:
Dear Ms. Sikes,
1. "Dust of Snow" is a poem that is talking about how nature can change your heart, and your perspective, and your mood.
2."Mother to Son" is about a mother that is talking to a son that life has twists and turns.
3."Mother to Son" is my personal favorite. I like because it has a lot of meaning to me, and I love the criteria, and word choice.
The main idea of "Dust of Snow" is that something/someone had done something to make him feel good.
The main idea of "Mother to Son" is about a mom who has a boy who was hard to control and it wasn't easy taking care of him and that they went through some struggles.
I like "Dust of Snow" better because it is calm and it rhymes and when you think of it you think of good things and it is about like if you haven't had the best day and something/someone makes you feel better.
1. "Dust of Snow"-It was about snow and that it changes your mood.
2. "Mother to Son"-It is about a dusty\nasty place where things aren't good, and the boy's life isn't very good for him.
3. I chose "Dust of Snow" because I think it calm me, and I like winter and snow a lot.
1. "Dust of Snow" is about some snow that shook off of a tree and landed on a man and changed the man's point of view.
2. "Mother to Son" is about a mother telling her son that life isn't perfect and you make mistakes sometimes.
3. I chose "Mother to Son" because it's about life and it's OK to make mistakes. Also, I chose "Mother to Son" because I can refer to it more than "Dust of Snow".
"Dust of Snow" is about a is when person who is angry because a crow dumped snow on his head.
"Mother to Son" is about a mother giving her son advice, and telling him that her life wasn't easy, and she's telling him to make good dissensions.
My favorite poem was "Dust of Snow" because of the way it rhymed and flowed.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
1.Mother to son is about how life isn't easy.
2.dust of snow is about how a crow shook a tree,and it got on some one and he got mad and never wanted to remember that day.
3.I like dust of snow beacuse it is short and fun. i love snow!
From EN
"Dust of snow" is about someone who was having a bad day and snow fell on her head and her heart warmed up."Mother of Son" is about his mom telling him that life doesn't always go your way and that nothing is really easy.
I think the winner is "Dust of Snow" because it may be short but it says a lot to me. I liked the way he rhymes in a way.
1.It`s about how just a tiny little thing can change big things like your attitude or even your day.
2."Mother to Son" is a metaphor talking about how life is not easy, like walking up a beat up stairwell.
3.I think that "Mother to Son" is better because life isn`t perfect and you have to power through the splinters and dark rooms in life.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
1."Dust of Snow" is about someone who has changed their mood because of the nature around them and it warmed their heart.
2."Mother to Son" is about a mother telling her son that life is not always the easiest thing and that it has ups and downs that don't always work out.
3.I choose "Mother to Son" because it really speaks to me because I have also had some ups and downs in my life. I also like it because it has tacks in it, meaning it has bad things also.
Dear Ms.Sikes
1.I think Dust of Snow is about a person who is not in a good mood and when he/she runs into the snow his/her mood changes.
2.I think Mother to Son is about how life and it isn't always the best as it could be.
3.I like Dust of Snow because of how sometimes you feel grumpy and something will just change your mood.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
1. Dust of Snow in the first paragraph is the snow is like a crow, and the second is like my heart has changed.
2. Mother to Son is all about life is defiantly not easy.
3. I like Mother to Son because it means more to me, and it’s like my life. Also my mom talks to me about this stuff a lot, and this is an example of my life.
I think the meaning of "Dust of Snow" is just taking a walk in the woods can change your mood.
I think the meaning of "Mother to Son" is that life is a journey and you have to keep moving.
I liked "Dust of Snow" because in "Mother to Son" it had bad grammar and it got annoying, and also "Dust of Snow" is true to me because I love the out doors and the woods itself.
1. Dust of Snow is about how the little things in life sometimes matter the most.
2. Mother to Son is about how life is not always perfect and you can't give up.
3. I liked Mother to son because it helps you feel more confident and that giving up is not an option.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
1.''Dust of snIow''is about having a bad day and snow falls on her from a tree. she hasn't had a good day and her mood has changed about it.
2. "Mother to Son" is about a mother telling him that life isn't always good and it can be bad.Life can be confusing and life can be scary., Life won't always be what you want
3. I chose "Mother to Son" because i like how the mother is talking to her son and her telling him that life can be different.
I think "Dust of Snow" is about somebody having a hard time or a bad day, then making a bad choice and something good comes out of it.
I think "Mother to Son" is an inspiring speech a mother gave to her son about living like an African American and having hard times and she didn't back down. I really like the metaphor "life ain't been no crystal stair." That line is inspiring.
My favorite poem is "Mother to
Son" because it's telling you not to back down from mean people and the truth is, "life ain't no crystal stair." That line really touches me and makes me realize that there's going to be hard times and you have to live through them.
Dear Ms.Sikes,
The Poem "Dust of Snow" to me is about him having a bad day and a hemlock tree gave his heart love that changed his mood. The poem "Mother to Son" to me is about the mother telling her son that everything is going to be okay even when it is really tough. I personally like the poem "Mother to Son" because I have had the same thing happen to me. It was a really tough day because someone had just called me a geek and dork! When I went home my mom was there instead of my babysitter. I told her what went on that day. She told me a story fro work, she said that she interviewed a blind girl that day. She told her that people made funny motions in her face when she was younger and that made her fell bad. She went home and told her mom what they did. She told them even though times are tough you just work through it an ignore it! That is why I like the poem "Mother to Son."
1. "Dust of Snow" is about a man's heart changing because of something that happened.
2."Mother to Son" is about a mother telling her son that life is hard and to keep going even though it's hard.
3. I chose "Dust of Snow" because I really like the meaning. It really give a nice story of a cold heart that changes to a warm heart.
1)Dust of snow is about a crow that dusts some snow on a guy that changes his mood.
2)A mother talking to a kid about how hard her life has been over the years.
3)My favorite was Dust of Snow by, Robert Frost, because it is more entertaining than the other, in my opinion.
The meaning of the first poem "Dust of Snow" is about a person is walking in the woods, and all of the sudden a crow sits on a tree and some clod smoke (dust of snow) fell on that person. That Dust of snow then lightened up a day that the person rued.
The second poem "Mother to Son" was trying to get to the reader that the woman had, had a hard life and it wan's easy for her to get through life. She on the other hand is trying to tell her son that he still has a chance in life, and he could make life something joyful and worth it.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
1.Dust of Snow: The way a crow shakes dusty snow on him changes`his mood and saved a part of s day he had regret.
2.Mother to Son: He said life isn't easy. There's been hard times, but don't give up, for I haven't given up. Life is hard.
3.I like the Mother to Son poem the best because it reaches out to me. I think that's a good life lesson, too. The purpose of this song said that life is hard, but don't give up. That really spoke to me.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
The meaning of "Dust of Snow" is he is having a bad day, and then something dawns on him. Then he cheers up and has a better day.
Then meaning of "Mother to Son" is that a mother is telling her son that life is going to be hard and that he can not give up.
I like "Mother to Son" because the mother is trying to tell her son that life is going to be hard and when it is hard he can not just give up. I agree with him. My mom would say that life is not easy nor fare, and that I have to just keep going then everything will be fine.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
1."Dust of Snow" is about a boy who thought he had to do everything right until one dust of snow changed a part of him.
2."Mother to Son" is about a mom who is telling her son that even though their life isn't perfect you sold never let that stop you.
3. "Mother to Son" is my favorite because it tells me that even though your not the perfect person that you should never let that get in the way of your dream, because their is someone out there that likes you, but you might not know it.
"Dust of Snow," is about a crow who shook snow on someone, and it changed their heart.
"Mother to Son," is about a mother who has a hard life and is comparing it to stairs, and doesn't want her son to give up when life gets hard.
My favorite poem is "Mother to Son," because it makes me think about what my parents and other adults in my life are trying to teach me.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
Dust Of Snow, is about someone who might be trying to change with the help of spirit and love.
Mother To Son, is about maybe about a mother and son who are probably trying to change and turn their lives around.
MY FAVORITE STORY WITH ME CHOOSING BETWEEN DUST OF SNOW AND MOTHER TO SON IS... Dust Of Snow because, I liked the rhyming better and the telling of the story alot better!
“Mother To Son” begins with the mother telling her son life is not perfect but then she tells him how she has been climbing, reaching landings and turning corners yet life still isn’t perfect; The poem ends with her telling her son not to break down; because life is not a crystal stair.
“Dust Of Snow” is about a person who got a dusting of snow shaken on him that changed his mood and “Saved some part of a day I had rued.”
I like “Mother To Son” best of all because It made me experience such clear and crystalline emotions!
Dear Ms. Sikes,
I think “Dust of Snow” is a poem about if he should of regret what he did. I also think “Mother to Son” it’s about a mother that loves her son in many ways. The best one for the next round is “Mother to Son” because it has better meaning than “Dust of Snow”.
Your Student
OL
Dear Ms.Sikes,
1. The main idea of “Dust of Snow,” is about a person walking in the snow and a crow is in a tree and snow falls on the person and cheers him up
2. “Mother to Sun,” is about a mother telling her sun that life is hard.
3. The one I like the most is “Dust of snow,” because I can realat to it by… One day it was snowing and I was under a tree and snow fell on me and it made me feel good.
Dear Ms. Sikes
I like the poem mother to son. Because I can connect to it For example sometimes I am stuck in hard times and I have to push through them and keep going.
Dear Ms. Sikes,
I think Dust of Snow was about a man who did something hurtful to another person, and wants to forget what he did. When the snow comes down on him I think he takes it a sign to him that god is telling him that everything is alright.
I think Mother to Son was about living life, and how it might get hard at times but you keep on going no matter what.
My favorite was Dust of Snow although they both had similar morals Dust of Snow stood out to me because of how much I got out of a really small poem,and how much I can relate to it.
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