We are going to write 2 ACROSTIC poems about David from Rebound.
The challenge is you are going to write them from two different perspectives. The first will be from David as he writes a poem about himself. The second will be from a different character of your choice (Sean, Scott, Lisa, his mother). Be clear to identify which character it is for both your poems.
Check out the link below to review how to write one.
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/types-of-poems.html
Post your poem and comment on 2 others
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ReplyDeleteDying all the time with madness.
DeleteAudacious I am to try new things.
Victims are always afraid of me.
If I am ever mad stay away from me and don't bother me.
Designated to get out of his wheel chair.
destined to get out of my chair...this is from Davids perspective correct?
Deleteyeah he really wants to get of the wheel chair and I remember that when they were doing the cell regeneration project and when they were eating David said to Sean" that I believe that one day that I can walk again".
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ReplyDeleteThe word is David
DeleteTHe question said it had to be about David. It describes him -_-
DeleteNo I has to be about David
Deleteokay its deleted...
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ReplyDeleteDoes want people to fight him.
ReplyDeleteAlways comes late to class,but he doesn't care.
Violence is his thing like throwing the chair of the cliff.
Indignant at people who feel sorry for him
Doesn't care because no one says anything to him,they just let him go.
From Sean.
DeleteGood Message
DeleteThank you
Deletemake a specific reference to David and Sean so it is obvious
Delete1. From David's perspective:
ReplyDeleteDays before the scholarship was in my hand,
An "accident" had to happen,
Vital - only how I'm doing; my health etc. but why?
I don't understand, after losing all I had, I still am disapproved for
Doing the things I want, living the way I want, it's the last thing I can do.
Understanding and beautiful
DeleteThe Vital line is a bit difficult to comprehend ... am i missing something
Delete@Mr Cheney, I was just trying to find a way to say how all they found important was how David was doing (has he improved, does he still have meltdowns, etc.) and he doesn't understand what's really so important about that. All he really wanted was what he lost and that wasn't easy to gain back.
DeleteThis is my acrostic from David's perspective:
ReplyDeleteDon't care if I'm in a chair
Animosity to that accident
Vague of why it happened to me
I haven't done anything to deserve this new life
Don't treat me different, do you think it helps ?
Explain how David is treated differently. Use examples from the text to justify your answer.
DeleteJust take the example of the class room when he came late Sean was asked by the teacher why he came late and the teacher just let David go
DeleteEveryone treats David differently cause he is in the chair, everyone thinks he is hopeless and dumb. They talk to him very very S-L-O-W-L-Y and they treat him like I said, like he is dumb and hopeless and useless.
DeleteThey treat him differently because they feel sorry for him.
DeleteIndeed
Deletethere are plenty of examples
DeleteDaring and brave I am
ReplyDeleteAdventure Is in my blood
Vicious I can be if you Mess With me
In this chair I Cant be me
Darn why does it have to be me
Explain how adventure is in David's blood.
DeleteHe will go anywhere where he has not gone or he thinks its fun For Example that trail leading to the ravine david felt adventures and went for it
DeleteBut how is it in his blood?!?
DeleteI mean there's adventure in he loves adventure him sorry for the misunderstanding
DeleteIt wasn't misunderstanding, you wrote it wrong
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Deleteno you read it wrong or misinterpreted it
DeleteNo you wrote it wrong which made me misinterpret it
DeleteNo You Think I Wrote it Wrong Its from my perspective and i think hes Adventurs
DeleteActually, saying something is in somebody's blood is a saying, so, it makes perfect sense :P
DeleteBut you wrote that being adventurous is in his blood which (the actual expression that is) deprives from the understanding that being adventurous is in his family lineage, talking from a general public`s view of course.
DeleteMaybe its not in his family but what i mean is its in him adventure is in his body it dosent matter if its in his familys blood its in his
DeleteOkay i understand now thank you for the argument
DeleteSean is David's best friend.
ReplyDeleteEven he is not getting into any trouble after when David and Sean had the fight.
A person who wants to play for his schools basketball team.
Nerves that he might start another fight with David.
the word was DAVID
Deleteyeah I know David is at the top and the I did Sean.
DeleteNo you write a poem about David but from Sean's or someone's else perspective.
DeleteI already did David's perspective and then it says choose a character and write a poem about them (Sean, Scott, Lisa, or his Mother) so then I choose Sean.
Deletesorry i was not clear enough 2 poems each using DAVID but from 2 different perspectives
DeleteThe David poem is at the top and this poem is the other poem that we were aloud to pick a character and we needed to write a poem.
DeleteDrifted into a place were my legs barley exist
ReplyDeleteAttracting attention isn't what I want but people look at me different and I am not treated the same way.
Vacuously they act . It makes me want to explode
I am intelligent. I see things others don't.
Didn't want this to happen but it did everything is gone. It all went away. But just because its gone doesn't mean it wont come back some day.
Describes him perfectly
Deleteawesome ... really feels like David
Deleteyes i agree with Jacie and mr. cheney a really nice poem
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ReplyDeleteFrom David's perspective
ReplyDeleteD-determine to get back up on my feet.
A-absoultly angry and hurt!
V-varity of oppunities i had, now it's all gone.
I-images in my head of me shooting hoops while standing.
D-dreams of me crushing this stupid wheel chair! and it will happen!
yes solid poem and suits David well
DeleteDavid's POV:
ReplyDeleteDown, I will not stay,
Although my legs do not remain.
Very comfy, yet I do not love;
I will one day get rid of.
Discharged from my Aluminium prison.
Aluminum prison is powerful
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ReplyDeleteDesperate to walk again because,
ReplyDeleteAn accident was where I lost my legs and dreams.
Viewed as reckless, but used to play as a team,
Injured and ignored but I want to be who I was
Daring and angry that's who I am, but I will be normal once again.
David's perspective
Very nice. U hav also rhymed it. I think this is something that really does tell who David is and it also explains a lot about his feelings.
Deleteindeed great poem and excellent attention to detail
Deletewait so Srushti are you trying to say David is not normal because you write he will become normal once again being in a wheelchair doesn't make you not normal.
DeleteIsn't David the one who desperately wants to be treated NORMAL? If he is, then why would he call himself currently ''not normal''?
DeleteI Agree with Khushi, sitting on a wheelchair doesn't mean he is abnormal. But he can describe his self better than we can describe him and he states himself abnormal.
DeleteNo he wants to be treated normal and he knows he is normal people think of him as not normal so that is a different perspective and yes just because he is in a wheelchair people believe he has problems but truly being in a wheelchair makes him no different then others.
DeleteDangerous and brave I am
ReplyDeleteAnd so am I athletic
Violent I will be if anyone mess with me
I wish someday I shall be freed from this chair
Damn cant wait till the day comes when im freed from this chair
good, last two lines are a bit repetitive
DeleteAgreed ;)
DeleteFrom David's perspective
ReplyDeleteDon't like to be messed around with
Anger is what I have
Vandalized all my trophies
I want to be treated the same as others
Dreadful moments have ruined everything for me
reference to trophies makes it work because it becomes personalized and specific to David
DeleteDamaging his trophy’s
ReplyDeleteAble to learn far beyond what students’ his age could comprehend
Victim of a horrible accident
Independently capable of moving his own wheels
Deserving of much more
BY: MOMMY
great choice of a different perspective
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ReplyDeleteDemolished that loser
ReplyDeleteAimed for the stomach
Vital spots only
I showed no mercy
Damn it the principle came
David's prespective
THIS. IS. CLEVER.
DeleteI never even considered doing this scene with the poem!
Kudos to you!
Thanks!
Deleteagreed exceptionally clever and unique "outside the box" arrghhhhh I dislike this saying tremendously
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ReplyDeleteDesperate to be able to walk again
All I had has been vanished away
Value of life isn't meaningful anymore
In to this new world in a wheelchair
Don't deserve this way of life
David's perspective
When you write this poem, you seem to put a lot of emphasis on how he hates his life. Is that really how David thinks? Do you think that in this moment of time, he's grieving, or do you think he's like this all the time?
DeleteLinda i only think he is like this because he is going through bad times and is pushed away from everything he likes to do. I only think he is like this on a wheelchair. He believes that he will be able to walk again and that belief would bring him back from where he started his life
DeleteWhat if he never gets his legs back, like other people in reality? Will he stay depressed for the rest of his life?
Deletemost likely no but he will be discouraged because then he would miss all the opportunities he would have got so he would be upset so I'm more of 50/50
DeleteGood point!
Deletethanks and what do you think about David do you think he will be depressed for the rest of his life?
DeleteTo be honest, I think David's already past the sorrow stage and starting to do something, anything to try to regain his legs.
DeleteYes as a matter of fact that is true the difficult time he has went through and especially the accident were tough times that is enough for him
DeleteThanks :D
Deletedepression is critical issue
Deleteis David depressed?
No I don't think David is depressed but he is going through some difficult obstacles he never knew he would have to face it takes time to heal all the pain that's inside him.
DeleteDavid's view of himself
ReplyDeleteDirect person,I'm not afraid of anything
Always ahead of the game
Very protective of my friends
Inspired that I'm going to walk again
Diligent to still play basketball
How is David, "Very protective of his friends"? Explain and use examples from the text to support your answer.
Deletewhen wasn't he "protective of his friends"? Explain and use examples from the text to support your answer
DeleteGotta take Abdi's on this, when has he protected Sean the gr 7 girls
Deletenot yet protected anyone for anything but his own gain. so yes indeed you should answer the original question
DeleteDavid's Perspective
ReplyDeleteDidn't want to let my future go.
All was going perfect and in flow.
Very suddenly in a flash,
I'm in a life that's in crash.
Defined and described as someone different.
great flow to this poem
Delete1. David's perspective.
ReplyDeleteDon't think that I am weak,
And don't treat me this way,
Victory will be mine,
In the fight between me and my future in this wheelchair
Don't think I can't because I will.
2. Sean's perspective.
David will not give up,
And he shouldn't that is what I strongly know,
Visualy he might be different but he is the same as us from the inside,
I believe that one day he will walk again,
Don't under estimate him, because he is more than what he looks like.
Victory will be mine is my favourite line
DeleteDid not accomplish my dream
ReplyDeleteAwaiting for my legs to heal
Venturesome, Is what I am.
It was all taken away from me... Why me?
Don't you know how much the days I pass, kill me?
try not to repeat the same final words on 2 consecutive lines
DeleteDifferentiating the difference between me and them
ReplyDeleteAnger resides within me
Vacant faces looking down on me
I want to be free from these chains
Desperately looking for my old life back
By: David
Vacant faces is powerful
DeleteGreat poem Abdi!!! Really like how you wrote it!!!!!!!
DeleteWhy thank you Abdi. You`ve always been suck a kind young man
DeleteSuch*
DeleteI agree with Abdi.
DeleteWhich one
DeleteBOTH. xD
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ReplyDeleteDavid
ReplyDeleteD o you play basket ball
A re you saying you want to fight
V isual arts is my thing
I believe i will walk again
D on't under estimate me even in a wheel chair
wendeys manager
D rive thru is for motorized vehicles
A rrguments aren't my thing
V icious is not want to be right now
I don't care about the dumb food I care about you getting SQUASHED
D on't you think you should calm down now son
Mannat I think that it was a great idea to write the acrostic peom from the perspective of the wendey's manager. And ur peoms is very nice too. U actually wrote a lot of things that werein the text.
DeleteThat was really good about getting the Wendy's manager perspective. I feel like he's actually speaking about Dqvid.
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ReplyDeleteDownright I am a tough guy
Always ready to fight
Venturesome is what I am
I will show you who is boss
Don’t ever talk to me s-l-o-w-l-y and –l-o-u-d
D ominant and brave I am
ReplyDeleteA lways taking risks is in me
V iciously I will explode this chair into peices,if I could
I never wanted to be like this
Didn't want to be in this chair but why did I .
David's perspective.
DeleteYou said "if I could, does that mean you do not think David will walk again?
DeleteDeep inside i wonder what goes through his mind
ReplyDeleteAs i try to help he pushes me away . Like i am a leaf and he's the wind on a windy day
Viscously he screams as i try to help . Past his vicious eyes is feelings he try's to disguise
I will never feel his pain . I will feel sorry for him everyday
Don't scream at me please i don't know how you feel. But what i do know is that you are hurting and your pain is real .
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ReplyDeletefrom Sean's perspective
ReplyDeleteD-depends on nobody
A- always angry at someone
V-very uncontrolable and talanted
I- intelligent and independent
D-desprite and determine to walk again
This is my acrostic from Sean's perspective:
ReplyDeleteDare devil from time to time
A real good player he seems prime time
Vengeful look usually when he walks by
I remember we both nearly cried
Don't treat him different or you will learn your lesson, the way I did.
Don't mess with him
ReplyDeleteA different person I see then before
Vicious he is, but there's something different about him now.
I feel him, understand him, more then anyone else he knows.
Doesn't deserve this wheelchair tragedy... not at all.
Sean's Perspective
RE-DO DAVID
ReplyDeleteDon't look at me
Ambulance! Oh no help me! Is that what you people think?
Violent I may seem, but I am in pain, and obviously you cannot see
I know you look down.,. But not to the ground
Don't worry, i know already, you people will deceive me
davids perspective ^^
DeleteAbove you mentioned that people don't see his pain, but if that is true, then why do people talk to him slowly and loudly and always offer him help?
DeleteKhushi people try to understand his pain but can't exactly understand his pain because they can't make a connection with because they haven't gone through what he has. When people ask him if he needs help they are just trying to do a good deed, they are being selfish, not trying to understand his pain
DeleteThank you Gurvir, I mean if you look at him, no one will know that he was on e a basketball champ, and that he lost his chance to win! To be a boss basketball player!
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ReplyDeleteDoesn't seem like he likes me
ReplyDeleteAble to do stuff than we can do even though he's in a wheelchair
Very caring and loving at times
Is always angry when I feel sorry for him
David's mood is happy most of the time he is around me
Lisa's view of David
Down the stairs in a chair i have no feeling but despair
ReplyDeleteActually i do not care for this stupid chair
Victorious glorious its gone this chair is in my way but not for long
I need the sport i love shooting baskets that's all i love
Don't you see their making a mockery of me I cant be all i can be
Impressive! But, when you say the first line, are you implying he's going down the escalator and stairs because he's despairing? Is that the reason that David is doing such reckless things?
DeleteMaybe do you know the reason? Google "driven to despair, he throws himself under a train". maybe that's partly the reason
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DeleteBut is David the type of guy to drown in self-pity and throw himself under the train?
Deletenot a train but down stairs
DeleteD estory that chair, I will throw it down the ravine
ReplyDeleteA ll of this will be over soon.
V iewed as weak, but they never saw the real me
I will get out of this chair, and will be able to walk again
D etermanition is what I'm aiming for.
This is a Awesome poem
DeleteSean's view of David
ReplyDeleteDavid is a person who is
Angry almost all the time.
Vicious is what he is.
Instead of stopping a fight,
David would end up being in one himself. But I do the same :P
Don't you think David is angry for a reason
Deleteyeah. but i dont know how i would add that into the poem
Deleteya i know it was just a question
DeleteDon't talk to me with a slow tone
ReplyDeleteAll is well if you don't touch my wheelchair
Vigorous and dangerous I'm proud of
I'm intelligent some people say
Disappoint me and feel my wrath
D on't mess with the champ!
ReplyDeleteA void me if your going to mess with the champ!
V ery aggravated by this David kid.
I will get him for ratting me out in the first place
D on't mess with the champ, unless your brave enough...
In my opinion, saying 'the champ' three times takes away from your poem's quality. Try making it non-repetitive!
Deletei love your poem abigail but i also agree with linda saying champ three times kind of is repeating think of a word that has the same meaning but spelt differently
DeleteDestroyed and heart-broken, that was David's life,
ReplyDeleteAnxious to walk again, and finish his goals is what kept him alive.
Victory was going to be his, and I will be on his side,
In him is the ability to succeed, and determined to walk with pride.
David, that's his name and one day he will rise and, will be proud until he will survive.
Sean's perspective
I don't think destroyed is a word to express David
Deletehe is destroyed but emotionally, he has lost everything he was going to get. What else can happen to hurt him more.
Deleteyes but destroyed meaning he can't do anything but David has a second chance to build up is life it isn't destroyed he's just going through difficult times he was not aware of.
DeleteBut imagine you were getting everything you ever wanted and, a minute before you lose everything, that would also break. Many people's hope. That's what happened with David. He knows he will be okay but he is destroyed emotionally. That's why he is trying to get better.
Deleteyes so that's what i am trying to say he has a chance to get better so he's not destroyed he's working his way up to success
DeleteDangerous and brave
ReplyDeleteAnger and vengeance in his eyes
Violence seems to be the solution
Inconsiderate of what he does
Distressed of losing that scholarship
Sean's Prespective
i like how clear, you derscribed david.it is not very specific but brief
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ReplyDeleteSean's POV of David
ReplyDeleteDedicated, with true GRIT.
Able to avoid any crimes that he commit,
Vicious would be an understatement!
Intense and unwavering,
David's past may be very disfavouring, but his humanity is unchanging.
N-E-V-E-R ... T-A-L-K ... T-O ... H-I-M ... L-I-K-E ... T-H-I-S!!!
yes that is true he doesn't like the way people that talk that way with him its not like he doesn't understand he is a human being too
DeleteDaring and hard headed he is
ReplyDeleteAwaiting for anyone to challenge him
Violent he is very
Irresponsible he is always
Dieing to see who he really is
Do-sent David Already know who he is a star basketball player
DeleteDude, you think you can beat me?
ReplyDeleteAlmighty David comes to the rescue! you think I am scared?
Vicious is what you seem to be, HA you look like a wimp to me
Intelligent is what you shown off to be? That is kind of lame since you seem pretty dumb to me
Danger is what is going to happen, when we come to meet
SCOTTS POV
It really sound like Scott
DeleteDavid's father perspective (Tiny)
ReplyDeleteDays, and days gone by.
At times when I see him, he's not the same guy.
Very sorry I felt, very sorry I still feel.
It's like a scab don't wont peal.
Devastating I am, and to my own son.
This is amazing! It's almost as if Tiny wrote this himself! I can tell by reading this that Tiny is very concerned for his son!
Deletenice poem
Deletegreat job!
DeleteIt sounds like tiny but if mention Sean a little more than maybe it would sound like tiny because Sean gives him hope
DeleteDavid's a risk taker he challenges himself
ReplyDeleteAll I know is that his journey will come to an end
Vicious he can be at certain times
Intelligent he was when it came to the incredible research he did on our science project
David's belief is the power and ability that can help him succeed
Sean's perspective
What do you man his journey will come to and end
DeleteEric i mean his journey in a wheelchair will come to an end
DeleteHow do you know his journey in a wheelchair will come to an end?
DeleteI am not 100 percent sure but by looking at his belief and power this would come true like I said I can't be right
DeleteDON’T WANT TO GET IN FIGHT WITH HIM
ReplyDeleteAlways late for class
Very good at art
Incredibly strong
Don’t touch his chair
Sean?
Deleteyeah sean is describing david
DeleteDavid is the king of being reckless
ReplyDeleteAlways trying to get into trouble
Vicious at one second and the nice at the other
Incredible in basketball
Dumb at some time
Darling David please don't be mad
ReplyDeleteAll I want is to Speak with you Me and Dad
Vicious you may be but you the same to me
I'll always care for you cause you my boy
Drastic change it may be but your no different to me
MOMMY
ReplyDeleteDavid what happened to you. you throw text books all over your room
Artistic, characteristic, You were so great but a little dramatic
Vital it used to be for you to do the best you could be
Indeed your not the David you used to be
Drastic but your still my little David to me
nice rhymes
Delete2. From the high school guys' perspective
ReplyDeleteDoes he understand what he says?
All he seems to say is that he's the best,
Viscous for someone in a chair,
In my worst dreams I would care,
Definitely not normal, but still not sure what he is.
1. From David's perspective
ReplyDeleteDecisive I am, that one day I will stand up on my bare feet,
Accepting defeat, is just not me, someday I will succeed,
Violent I am because I am intolerant of people who are,
Insolent, and treat me like I am different,
Disappointed I am, because I want to show my talent and want to be independent.
2. From Sean's perspective.
ReplyDeleteDiehard, he stays true to his beliefs
Artistic, full of creativity
Variety, a bag full of suprises
Inquisitive, a curious intellect
Devoted, unwavering faithfulness