Poetry responce (Braver)

• What inferences can you make about this poem?

- i can infer that she wants to be brave but everything she does everyday since it's the same routine each day does same things are holding her up from getting braver.

• What word best describes how the poet is feeling? Why?

-The word that best describes the poet is "Same" Because she is the same girl everyday and does the same thing everyday.

• What is the meaning of this poem (think about message, theme, main idea)?

-The meaning of this poem is to not to boring up your life. And try different things each day.

• Do you connect with this poem at all? Why or why not?

-NO, i don't connect with this poem because i am a brave girl who would try anything new and also that i never will stay doing the same thing after and after and if i do i would change the way i do it.

"Do not go gentle into that good night"

What is the meaning or message of this poem?

-the meaning or message of this poem is that you should not be gentle to death , you should never be scared to defeat the death.

What mood does it create?

-The mood this poem creates is a strong feeling that would maybe make you not be scared of death.

Why do you think the poet uses repetition?

-i think this poem uses repetition because it makes it more powerful.

What other poetic device is used?

-another poetic device being used in this poem is simile

What is the meaning of this device?

-The meaning of this device is that it uses like or as in any stanza.

readers response (November blues)

Title: November blues
Author: Sharon M. Draper

This book so far is about a girl that she use to like this boy (josh)... and her friend told her that they used to make a good couple together. but then November said " i only liked to hang out with him because he is funny."

What i can predict from what I've read to what is going to happen is that Josh is going to be sad, because from what I have read josh is a nice guy and you can tell he loves her.
Also that they might get back together. I think this because maybe she can change to a better person and go out with josh again and this time for what he really is... and if not then i think there will be a reason why.

If i were November at this point i would feel like sad that now josh doesn't wanna come back together, or i would also feel like if he don't feel the same way he used to when we used to go out.

I can make a a connection with this book to my dad because when he broke up with my mom after 3 months he wanted to get back together with my mom, but my mom refused. So now he's by his own trying to find a woman to love.

I disagree with Josh's decision because i don't think November really wanted to do what she did to cause the relationship's ending, Or if he did.

For now my favorite character is Diana because i love the way the author made her personality and the way she has her Accent. Also because Diana is very help-full throughout the story.

The title "November Blues" fits to story because blues means sad, And November is sad in the story or also that the whole story has something sad about it in the middle of any chapter for example in the first one November is sad.

I recommend you read this book because is very intelligent and good, also that the author makes the book so interesting by adding all the drama . And also that the book gets reeded by many people.

yes you can

yes you can,
change the world,
change the place
or the day!

change the danger ,
grant us peace,
make us happy,
give us need.

yes you can,
make a change,
just one step,
and there you go.

yes you can!

inaugural poem response

• What do you think the title "Praise Song for the Day" means? Why is this significant to the poem?
• I think the title "praise song for the day" means that it's like a song praise for the people who have died (Americans). It's significant to the poem because for example Elizabeth Alexander uses a lot the word praise and also she uses things that we do daily like having a teacher say "Take out a pencil."
  
• How did the poem make you feel?
• the poem made me feel proud because is good to hear a poem to the country.
  
• Were there any words or phrases you especially liked? Why do you think the poet chose these words or phrases for the inaugural poem? The word or phrase i liked was "Some live by love thy neighbor as thyself,"
• What poetic devices do you notice (for example: alliteration, 3 Rs, metaphor, simile, etc.)?
  
• How does this poem relate to Obama's life and the inauguration? What is the theme or lesson?
• Does the poem remind you of anything in your own life?