Prompt: Choose one section of the poem that was especially effective at engaging the view. How did the poet capture the viewer's attention? Use specific details from the text that discuss the poet's use of language, subject, or delivery to support your analysis.
Your writing style may be conversational (less formal, more natural); HOWEVER, your reply must be thorough and readable. Demonstrate that you've thought critically about this poem. You can do this by:
- Using at least two text details, which you explain.
- Checking that your reply contains complete thoughts/sentences.
- Checking that your reply uses punctuation well.
- Checking that your reply addresses the prompt.
Rubric for evaluation:
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Resources:
Extension/Extra Credit Resources:
Read the
interview with Andrea Gibson and write a paragraph that describes how
Gibson approaches the process of writing and performing his poetry.
2. Develop a
question related to the poem to research. Use at least two credible
sources and write a short response that details what you've learned.
Resource: CARS (helps evaluate a website for use)
the letter to a playground bully was really cool. she was sticking up for herself and saying like she was an 8 yearold . she was really into it and the tone in her voice and the speed made it even better. the rhyming and the rhythm made it a real eye cathcher . like she said ...." so guess what , if i ever have my own team i am picking every one first even the worst kid and the kid with the stutter like a skipping record cause i know all of us are scratched, even if you cant hear it when we speak ."
ReplyDeletethe poem "The letter to the playground bully" by andrea gibson. shows that she is standing up for herself. she seemed into the poem by her tone of voice and her facial exspessions she used. in the poem she rhymed and the smart vocabulary she used made it not boring at all. the part when she said "some fathers are like attics. ive heard attics have monsters in their walls and shaky stairs". she is describing how the bully is feeling at home. and if she had that problem at home she would probably be the same way.
ReplyDeleteOne part I found particularly engaging in Andrea Gibson's "Letter to a playground bully" was the part where she said, "A kid can only hold so much punch before he gets drunk on his own fist." The metaphor of getting drunk on violence was very strong and drew the listener into her poem. It also combines two different things, but connects them so they make sense. One part is saying that someone is getting drunk on punch, but then you realize that "punch" actually means "punch" as in "to hit," and the whole thing suddenly makes sense. She incorporates that method into her poem very well.
ReplyDeleteThe spoken word "letter to a playground bully" by Andrea Gibson was intresting. The poem started of pretty slow then sped up and died back down. It grab my attention when she did that. One part of the poem she said "some people’s fathers are like attics, I’ve heard attics have monsters in their walls and shaky stares." she ment by this that some peoples dads are scary.
ReplyDeleteThe spoken word "letter to a playground bully" by Andrea Gibson was intresting. The poem started of pretty slow then sped up and died back down. It grab my attention when she did that. One part of the poem she said "some people’s fathers are like attics, I’ve heard attics have monsters in their walls and shaky stares." she ment by this that some peoples dads are scary.
ReplyDeleteLetter To A Playground Bully by Andrea Gibson really got me thinking about the subject. I noticed how she kept bringing up random facts, to keep the subject correct, acting like an 8 year old. I noticed how her language got faster, and started to rhyme more at the end of the song. When I say random facts I mean when she say "bee's have hair on there eyes". Whenshe used her simalies, it really intreeged me to listen more because Of the way she described it. Her language was meaningful and rythmic when she was rapping these simalies. My favorite was when she compared addicts to "attics". The subject made me want to listen more because of the leanguage she used and her tone of sincerity.
ReplyDeleteThe spoken word "letter to a playground bully" by Andrea Gibson was intresting. I noticed how she kept bringing up random facts, to keep the subject correct, acting like an 8 year old. I noticed how her language got faster, and started to rhyme more at the end of the song.It grab my attention when she did that. One part of the poem she said "some people’s fathers are like attics, I’ve heard attics have monsters in their walls and shaky stares." A kid can only hold so much punch before he gets drunk on his own fist." The metaphor of getting drunk on violence was very strong and drew the listener into her poem. It also combines two different things, but connects them so they make sense. She incorporates that method into her poem very well.
ReplyDeleteLetter to a playground Bully by Andrea Gibson was a really different poem although i really did like it. It got me thinking when she made the comment "maybe i am a boy who's name is Andrew". That made think no matter what you like, no matter what you wear or what you look like you are special in your own way, and don't let anyone judge you.
ReplyDeleteThe poem "The letter to the playground bully" by andrea gibson shows that she is standing up for herself. She seemed into the poem by her tone of voice, facial expressions, and hand gusters. When Andrea said that "some people’s fathers are like attics, I’ve heard attics have monsters in their walls and shaky stares." it grabed mt attion because she ment by this that some peoples dads are scary.
ReplyDeleteThe poem "The letter to the playground bully" by andrea gibson is a good poem becuase she can show how she feels and stand up for herself. She uses good language for the audience to understand and used dust and stuff.very clever similies. The main part though that stood out to me is the part where she said that dads like an attic, you can tell she ment addict because, she mentions how attics are scary and stuff. Thats what i think about the poem "The letter to the playground bully."
ReplyDeleteIn "The letter to the playground bully" by Andrea Gibson was in the perspective as if she was 8 years old writing this letter telling the bully what she thought and why she thought they did the things they did. She used alot of metafores and similies to describe how she felt like "cart wheels in your moulth". She also did this to describe how she thought the bully's problems were the bully like when she said "I'v heard some fathers are like attics" and she was sugesting that this was maby one of the reasons she picked on her, that her father was mean and scarry. She had intiresting vocabulary that wasn't too complicated like ice box.
ReplyDeletein "the letter to a playground bully" by andrea gibson she was intended to act like she was eight. it was about her when she was eight.she was telling the bully her fellings. she used alot of metephores. her word choice was the word choice for eight year olds.she also used alot of similies.
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