Winning Comments

After a week of trying to decide who I would award the extra point to, I have come up with the following winners. Their responses stood out because they were unique, creative, thourough, or some combination of all three.

I know I said that I would pick ten, but I only chose eight. I felt like there were many good comments, but these are the ones that were really above and beyond. Be familiar with them because they will help you prepare for your poetry test. Congratulations to the winners, here they are in no particular order. If your response is listed here, you will be awarded the promised two bonus points on your vocab quiz from last Friday.

Delaney
As I was reading the poem “Jimmy and his TV set,” I was wondering why Silverstein decided to write this. Although I though the topic was somewhat random, he did a good job of describing it. The poem February twilight reminded me of what it is like to stand in my back yard in Colorado and watch the snow fall. I thought that both of the poems where pretty good although they weren’t the best I’ve heard. My favorite TV shows are American Idol and Hannah Montana. I like watching these shows because they are funny and some people can't sing (which is why it's funny....)American Idol is when different people come to sing. Most of them can't but it makes it good. Hannah Montana is about a girl who is famous and has to pretend like she isn't when she goes to school. i agree that watching too much TV is bad because it can become addicting.


Cristian
I like both of these poems alot, but mostly Jimmy Jet and His TV Set. I liked this poem because it was funny and it would teach little kids a lesson about tv. It showed that if you watch to much TV you might end up like Jimmy Jet. I also like the February Twilight because the way the speaker described what she was seeing which made me enjoy and feel what she was feeling. The whole poem was very relaxing and enjoyable.My favorite TV shows are American Idol and Hannah Montana. I like watching Hannah Montana because it is always funny and enjoyable. I like watching American Idol because it is funny and intense. Hannah Montana is a show about a girl who lives two lives, but one of them is top secret. She is an average girl but on stage she is a teen pop star. American Idol is a show about average people auditioning for a record deal for singing. I agree with Delaney that watching two much TV is bad for you and that you can get attached to watching TV.


Dana Grace
Hi, i do agree with the poem jimmy jet and his t.v. set, i don't think you will turn in to a t.v. set, but it is bad for you. my favorite t.v. shows to watch are, mythbusters, lost, house, hannah montanah, and whose line is it anyway. i like these shows and think they are worth watching, becasue they can teach you very valuable lessons and are fun to have a break and watch. Lost is about poeple who get in a plane crash and are stranded on an island, where thay have to unite as one to survive. whose line is it anyway, is a show about comedy and the poeple do comedy, the whole show. House is a doctor show and this doctor house is crazy, but he always finds out how to cure the pacient some crazy way. Mythbuster is a show when thay take myths and thay try to proove that thay are true and a re a myth.


Taylor
I do agree with jimmy jet that tv is bad for you.There are some shows that are worth watching. American Idol is good because you see people who try and sing in front of millons and they think they are good some of them are good and some of them aren't. You audition for a singing show.The other one is Real World Road Rules The Challenge The Duel because if you really want something alot then you will work hard for it. But if you don't want something that much then you will slack off and not care about it.This show is about you do challenges that test your mental and phyical strength.


Austin
In both poems "Febuary Twilight" and "Jimmy Jet And His TV Set" the charaters are both wathing something.In "JIMMY JET AND HIS TV SET" the boy does not feel anything.He just sits and whatches TV.All day,Every day until he turnes into a TV set.His mind is not his own,but all of his thoughts comes from what he sees on the TV.I realy liked this poem.

Caroline
Reefs are dying, So people are crying.The fish can't hide,So they are taken in by high tide.People come and goLeaving trash, althoughNot aware of what is happening deep in the ocean.Women and men Come to work togetherTo save the reefs from this human-like weather.Help to save them!

Megan
I totally agree with everyone that we should save our envoriment! You aren't going to have these little critters, fishies, and the coral reefs forever! If you could just pick up a piece of trash!, that would make such a difference! Think about this:You're on a boat...a piece of trash flys out of your hands. Luckily it is in reach. You really are to tired, worn out, and don't feel like moving. Well, think about it next time...just don't leave it in the water! I mean if you are too lazy just to pick up a piece of trash! Think if you were drowning and someone was too lazy just to pick you up?! That doesn't make sense, does it?!Some people are too tired, lazy, don't feel like getting up, don't care! Those people really need to think really hard next time they leave a piece of trash on the ground! It doesn't take that much time...oh but Megan it takes time to think about it! Well then do it...you should be picking up trash atomatically...no one should have to tell you! If you are at your house and you let the trash just pile and pile up then it would eventually go to your ceiling! Think of the trash getting in the ocean, it would pile and pile and pile up just like your room. But, unlike your room you would be killing fishies, and coral reefs. That would make me personally feel bad if I killed something over being lazy.


Hillary
In the story February Twilight I thought that how quiet the night seemed was different. And how the person was watching a single star. The setting of this poem was the opposite of the poem Jimmy Jet and His TV Set. In this poem it was inside and Jimmy just sat all day and watched the TV. I thought it was weird when he had started to turn into a TV.I love American Idol because it is funny. Have the time the people can't sing. I don't agree with Jimmy Jet.