Thursday, February 25, 2016

Homework: 
1) Watch the video below.
2) As you watch, pay attention to things you have in common with Popcorn (the poet) and things that surprise you about her or her accomplishments.
3) In the comments section below, share what surprised you.



29 comments:

  1. What really surprised me was that she would write about deep and dark things such as murder, hate, rape, and not being loved. It was even more shocking that she is so good at writing poems in these topics even though she is only 12 years old. -Betsy

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  2. This video was very surprising given the fact that she writes about stuff that is very deep. Popcorn is just 12 years old and she writes about rape, murder, and being hated. I am very curious why she chose the write abut those intense topics. However, I am very impressed with Popcorn and i think that she will go very far with her writing. -Grayce

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  3. This video really surprised me because it is hard to write very well when it's about such personal topics like rape and murder. I think Popcorn is very talented and will go very far in the poetry world.
    -Liza

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  4. Popcorn surprises me for a couple of reasons. First, she has her own unique style of writing. I like how she (as the video also states) does not sound like anyone else other than herself, but still makes her poems sound sophisticated and extremely deep. I am also surprised at her topics. Many of the poems are about murder, hate, rape, and loneliness, and poems about murder and hate are rarely written by children. Overall, her poetry is very inspirational. -Darley

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  5. At the beginning I didn't know what to expect from her poems, but when she started to read them I was really surprised at how emotional they are. Her poems have something that can't be described, only felt, and that really surprised me. -Charlotte

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  6. It was surprising to me that Popcorn, only twelve years old, has discovered her passion. I think it takes most people much longer to find out what it is that they really love. Also, it is very difficult to write about dark, deep topics and feelings that you have never experienced. But Popcorn does it very well. I agree with popcorn that poetry should be free-form. I think it is much more expressive this way. - Amelia

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  8. I was surprised that Popcorn was able to write such deep, dark poems about hate, murder, and rape at her age. Not many poets like to focus on the dark side that much. Popcorn channels her emotions and anger into her poems, which I find very amazing. Once you hear the poem she's reading, you can feel what the character in the poem is feeling. I think Popcorn will write many more successful poems.
    -Ellia Chiang

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  9. I was really surprised how young Popcorn was to already be writing very good poems. She also started at a very young age which is very impressive. She writes about interesting topics that many people do not write about. She writes about rape and murder. Those can be hard topics to talk about at a young age and for anyone. She has found a passion just at the age of 12. She is already performing poetry in front of many people. Her poetry will keep her going and I hope she will go far.

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  10. I was shocked by how a girl our age who has not experienced a lot of things who can go into such detail and relate to many people who have. She is young but her poetry shows maturity. -Aoife Kennedy

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  11. I was surprised that Popcorn is only 12, but she can express her thoughts through her poems, and she already has her own style of writing. She can talk about topics that not many poets like to target, such as murder or rape. She shows her audience that even if she is young, she can make people relate through her writing. I was also surprised that her poems have dark and deep meanings in them. She is young but she doesn't think the same way some girls her age does, and that makes her a good poet. - Grace

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  12. To me, it was so interesting that just a 12 year old girl could right about such personal and emotional topics. When I actually heard her poems they really surprised me because of how well written and deep they actually were. I think it's inspiring to see someone as talented as her at the age of only 12.
    -Madigan

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  13. Popcorn is very talented. The reason that I believe she is talented is because although she hasn't experienced some of these feelings that she writes about, she is still able to articulate what she has to say so well. She is so many years ahead in terms of maturity. Popcorn will definitely go far in life, with this amazing talent of hers. -Paulina

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  14. Popcorn is an amazing poet. You can tell especially at the end that the way she speaks is very mature and poetic. She also demonstrates that if you work hard at something, you can become very good at it. She said that when she first wrote a poem, she didn't really like it and she was only focused on rhyming. Now, as we have all seen, she is one of the best poets, and she is only 12 years old! -Kayla

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  15. Popcorn has some amazing talent. Her poems that she writes are as if she has experienced these things before and that says something about the way she writes. I think that she really surprised everyone she has read her poems to. Her way and style she writes is filled with so much emotion and it is very impressive that she can express all of that. Overall Popcorn is an amazing poet! -Dorothea

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  16. Although Popcorn is only 12 years old and has not had a lot of life experience, she still manages to write poetry about deep subject matters. Because of her young age she still has so much time to grow and mature as a poet. It amazes me that she can write with such deep emotion and understanding of the dark topics she writes about in such a poetic way. Popcorn has a bright future ahead of her and will become such a success in poetry.

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  17. I was really surprised by the fact that Popcorn was able to write so passionately about feelings that she had never actually gone through. She was also able to articulate her thoughts extremely well and put them into very deep poems at such a young age. I think Popcorn has a very bright future ahead of her since her writing is already this good.
    -Catherine Vien

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  18. I was very surprised by the fact that Popcorn could write that passionately about feelings she had never even experienced. She could also articulate her thoughts beautifully into very deep poems. Since her writing is already this good, I think Popcorn has a very bright future as a poet head of her.

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  19. I was surprised and amazed by how popcorn was able to write. Popcorn is only 12 years old but she was able to write her feelings out. Not only is this amazing but she is able to write about topics that she has never actually gone through such as rape. She has the ability to write and make people feel the poem. I think that Popcorn has a bright future in poetry.
    -Winnie Cho

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  20. I was really surprised that Popcorn was able to channel such deep and difficult emotions. I was even more surprised that she was able to transform those feelings into a poem. She hadn't even experienced those feelings and wrote so well about them and that I think is inspirational. It is amazing how young she is, but how mature she sounds. I really like her poems and I think she has a bright future ahead of her. -
    -Ananya Mangak

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  21. I was surprised that Popcorn was so young ad had such good poetry. I was also surprised that she could connect with feelings that she had never experienced or felt, and turn them into an amazing poem. I was surprised that she had found what she wanted to do with her life at such an early age, because a lot of third graders don't have a passion. Let alone they are not pursuing it, and are really good at it.

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  22. i was quite surprised that popcorn even though she is only 12 she writes about very dark topics lie rape hatred murder and solitude. and preforms them very well even though she hasn't seen any of them she has a very good talent and poetry will be able to help her through when bad times do come

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  23. I was surprised that Popcorn got the confidence to share her writing, and how amazing it was. I envy how influential and deep her writing is, and how easily she could channel her emotions into a piece of writing. I am jealous of her skills and I wish I could meet Popcorn, and have her give me a few tricks. I'm very happy that she has found such an amazing passion to pursue, and I wish her the best of luck for the future!

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  24. I was very shocked with Popcorn's knowledge on the subjects that she would write about. She was able to interpret emotions that she had never felt before into her poems, which is incredible. Being able to connect with people through poetry seems to be what her main motive is. She has an amazing future ahead of her, and should never give up on this true talent. -Gabi

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  25. I was very shocked with Popcorn's knowledge on the subjects that she would write about. She was able to interpret emotions that she had never felt before into her poems, which is incredible. Being able to connect with people through poetry seems to be what her main motive is. She has an amazing future ahead of her, and should never give up on this true talent. -Gabi

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  26. I was surprised that Popcorn was so good at writing poetry and was so young. She knew how to capture the emotions from things that haven't even happened to her. I was surprised how well she could channel feelings into many poems and make them so emotional and well written. It is so amazing that Popcorn is twelve years old and is already so good at writing poetry. Many people don't have that talent and she is lucky to already be so good at it.

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  27. I was surprised at the fact that Kinoi Marshall, who is only 12 years old can write about such dark intense topics in poetry format so well and also how she presents these poems with such confidence, not only to crowds of people who she will never see again, but to her parents who might look at her differently and just tell her straight to her face that they were not comfortable with her writing about these topics.
    -Riya Mishra

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  28. I was surprised that popcorn thought so deeply about the topics she was writing about. She could very quickly put herself into someone else's shoes and describe the feeling into so much detail, that most people would believe she had actually gone through that experience. Popcorns age makes the story even more unbelievable because most twelve year olds would never think to write about such dark things such as; rape, hatred, murder, and loneliness.

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