Remake of Verse Novel Poetic Reading Responses by Susan James https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6 An adaptation of Georgia Heard's Six-Room Poem for Verse Novels en-us 2020-03-17 18:37:24 UTC 2026-03-14 13:59:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png Creating Your Verse Novel Reading Response Be sure you have reviewed the VoiceThread and downloaded the Verse Novel Response Directions from Module 2. Type your poem in the text box and include your "planning" for each of your 6-rooms either as an attachment or an image. Take a look back after you've posted and read through some of the other responses--both for the text you selected and ones that are new to you. Choose a few classmates and leave a comment for them under their post! sjames110 https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/463577574 2020-03-17 18:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/463577574 A Battle Begins nr39 https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/469839813 A battle begins
He is only 
17
What is happening?
Vietnam, racism, riots
Young love
Old hate
A battle begins
Mom and dad are opposites
Dad is full of hate
Mom is full of love
Mom finds love somewhere else
Ashe finds love with Angela
Dad has no love
Where is Angela’s brother?
A battle begins
No one gives answers
Worry and fear take over
Life must go on
A battle begins
Dad wants custody
Dad wants revenge
Dad wants everything
A battle begins
Ashe must grow up
Face his fears
Save his family
Do the right thing
Join the army.

Nicole O'Brien

 

]]> 2020-03-22 17:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/469839813 Music is my Muse https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/470133766 Jamie is experiencing one of the most difficult times in her life. Her grandmother has passed away and she is having a difficult time coping. She was raised by her grandmother and they used to love taking evening walks outside the neighborhood and listening to music. 
The sun is setting in the distance and it’s one of the most beautiful sites to see. Being one with nature was her favorite.
How do I cope now?
What memories can I save?
Will this pain ever go away?
Headphones on listening to the beats, rhythms, and melodies as she thinks of all the good times they shared. 
These memories bring back happy thoughts and puts a smile on Jamie’s face. 
A sense of peace comes to mind and she’s able to temporarily escape the reality of the world. 
Thoughts of listening to the voices of Etta James, Ray Charles, and Billie Holiday bring back all the special moments shared between Jamie and her grandmother dancing in the kitchen. 
Although this is a difficult pill to swallow Jamie knows her grandmother would want her to move forward and continue to live each day better than the last. 
Music is my muse
Music is my muse 
Music is my muse 

Kaylin Polite 
]]> 2020-03-22 22:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/470133766 The Game is Over sms179 https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/470133795 Bounce, Bounce, Swish
A family
Basketball
The love of the game
Everything is changing
 
Bounce, Bounce, Swish
The crowd erupts
Shoes squeak
Players rush to the other end of the court
The crowd chants defense
 
Bounce, Bounce, Swish
Dad is gone
The game is over
Nothing will be the same
The game is forever changed
 
Bounce, Bounce, Swish
We were playing
You were cheering
Now you are gone
It all over and nothing is the same

Savannah Schaubhut
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
]]> 2020-03-22 22:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/470133795 "Da Man" ram92 https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/470226389
“Filthy McNasty”,

"Da Man" would say

“follow through on your jump shot.”

Best Dunks Ever

Crossover like

"Da Man" taught me

Hypertension

Filthy, Filthy, Filthy

If he was "Da Man",

I knew one day I’d need my own wings to fly.

Dreams gone too soon

Zoom Zoom!

Like jazz misses Dizzy,

"Da Man" misses basketball

Like hip-hop misses Tupac,

I miss "Da Man"

Guess I’m "Da Man" now

- Rebecca Meloy
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

]]> 2020-03-23 01:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/470226389 Changing the Game tiffanykirkland https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/470310757 We are brothers
And teammates
Always have been
Always will be
Some things never change.
 
We love hard
But compete harder
On the court
And for the girl
Some things never change.
 
Mom is always pushing
For us to be scholars and gentlemen
For dad to be healthy and wise
Only some of us will listen
Some things never change.
 
Brothers now distant
Family no longer whole
Losing games and losing dad
Wishing for the days when
Some things never changed.
 
Stuck in the middle
Lost in the crowd
Cheers turn to sorrow
I’m confused about tomorrow
Because now…
 
Everything has changed.
 
Everything has changed.
 
Everything has changed.
 
-by Tiffany Kirkland; based on The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
]]> 2020-03-23 04:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/470310757 My Game, My Love nvg1 https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/473853965 My young brother
is loved by his father.
Two twin brothers
who love each other's.
Love of basketball is a game
passed onto children without shame.

The sky is cloudless outside,
a beautiful sunny day, I cried.
Seating on the back of the car,
I see a shiny sky as bright as a star.

Jazz music in my dad's room, I hear,
a sudden silence appear.
Different from the music of the game,
the laughs and screams are to blame.

Why isn't dad playing the basketball game?
Is his knee to blame?
Is it true that twins know what they are feeling?
Why can't they tell that their father's heart is not healing?

I love basketball as much as I love freedom.
Every time I steal the ball I feel like a king in his kingdom.
My mother's love is like gold,
I hope to be loved when I am old.

He was crazy, crazy in love with his twin boys.
He was crazy, crazy in love with his twin boys.
He was crazy, crazy in love with his twin boys.

By Nadia Goulet
From the Novel
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

]]> 2020-03-25 03:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/473853965 Basketball is Life thm41 https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/473859116 On the court, nothing else matters,
ball thumping the glossy floor, bright lights shining, 
and cheer leaders stomping.
Basketball is Life

Life can bring you heartache,
torn between a girl, 
dad in a downhill whirl,
relieved to see the fans still cheering.
Basketball is Life

Confused as to where i go from here,
Alone, dad in the hospital and brother no longer cares.
Final game a little later,
too much for me to bear, but,
Basketball is Life.

The county championship is ours,
but I'm sure gonna miss my dad.
So encouraging, he would have loved that final shot.
For when life gets tough, you gotta play through the storm. 
Like shooting #50,
Basketball is Life.

-Travis Moseley]]> 2020-03-25 04:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/473859116 "Da Man" https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/475139486 Twins, so much the same,
but also not.
Pushing, challenging, obsessed, ignoring.
Yet at the worst, I still have your back.

The gym is my home,
ball is my life.
Sweating, leaping, FLYING.
Can you smell it? Sweat, popcorn, mom perfume...the opponents' fear?

The crowd roars like lions, I am their king.
Thumping, bouncing,
Flossing, criss crossing.
SWOOOOSH!!!

I thought life was just ball, when did girls mess that up?
When did doctors become the enemy?
Why did my dad's heart stop?

I was always the one, cocky but strong.
Silently watching, waiting for your mistake....swoosh.
JB always loud, first to smack talk in your face.
First to find the girl, first to quit the race.

Chuck "Da Man" Bell.
Legend, father, friend.
Larger than life.
Now I'm "Da Man", this can't be right.

~~Lisa Gomez Based on The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

]]> 2020-03-25 18:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/475139486 Who was my Father's Father? hmr281 https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/479887580 I am half Italian.
I am half Irish.
Grandma Lucia died.  She left a letter, a ring and many unanswered questions.
My father's father was not Genaro Bianchini? Who was American Ace?

Dad speaks his secret identity a year later at the family restaurant.  My driving lessons become a search for answers.   Librarian Jake is helpful. Uncle Father Joe comforts.  So many What if questions? Who was my father's father? Who was American Ace?

Grandma Lucia's had a secret romance with American Ace.  Yearbook photos and DNA testing revealed our secret family history.  Ace was American.  Ace was African American.  Ace was a Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. 

Did Connor ever discover American Ace's true identity? How will Tony make peace with his African American heritage? Who else finds out about the Bianchini family secret?

A heartfelt family story.
Happy. Sad. Mysterious.

Who was my father's father?
Who was American Ace?
He was my grandfather.



By Haley Richards
From the Novel
American Ace by Marilyn Nelson]]> 2020-03-28 19:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/479887580 Basketball and I candice_coolin https://padlet.com/sjames110/1xqu6fh0run6/wish/520326350
"I dream basketball", 
"I am basketball", 
"I don't fear basketball" 

Mom wants this 
Dad supports it all
I can’t control life 
But I can control the ball

Crossovers, 
dunks  
Set expectations
dribbles 
Met expectations

"I dream basketball", 
"I am basketball",
"I don't fear basketball" 


I have uncertainty in my father 
I fear for my mother
I am questioning my girl friend 
I can’t guide my brother
But basketball I understand 

"I dream basketball", 
"I am basketball"
"I don't fear basketball" 

Even the game is beginning to change 
I am losing everything one at a time
I wish somethings could stay the same 

"I dream basketball", 
"I am basketball"
"I don't fear basketball" 

But should I, it's all I have left



By: Candice Coolin 
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander


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Six-Room Poem Adaptation

Room 1: Plot
Twin brothers: Josh and JB come from a loving family day is a retired basketball player and mom is a principal at their school.The boy attend Reggie Lewis Middle school. Dad has medical issue that he does not want to address until he collapses. JB and his dad are in denial about his dads health issues until his symptoms intensify. During this time JB is feuding with is brother and questioning the relationship with is girlfriend. His relationships are spiraling and he soon to loose one of the most important people in his life.


| Room 2: Setting
Duke University Carolina State Recreation Center -Boy practice Reggie Lewis Middle school -Mom works as principal/two boys attend

Room 3: Sounds
Fans/Crowd cheers during games
Quit inter thoughts of characters


| Room 4: Questions
 Could the outcome have been different if dad had went to the doctor at the beginning of the story? .Does the family rally together or drift apart? Will he beat his dads score of 50?
Room 5: Feelings
Excitement
 Adrenalin
Worry
Fear
Uncertainty
Expectancy


 | Room 6:
  Basketball
Basketball 
Basketball  



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Basketball

Bounce, Bounce

Basketball

Filthy to the Basket

J.B. to the Basket

Twins Balling Like Magic

Crossover, That’s Fantastic

 

Steal the Ball, Steal the Magic

Oh No! Sweet Tea is Some Kind of Tragic

No More Filthy and J.B. Magic

“Dad this is Tragic!”

“Son, it’s a Different Kind of Magic.”

Filthy, “But Yeah it Feels Tragic!”

Filthy ALONE with only his Crossover Magic

Filthy Makes a MISTAKE but it’s Tragic!

It Depletes the Twin Magic!

 

Cough, Cough, Faint

Dad this is Beginning to Look Tragic!

Dad, “Nah Son! I Still Got Magic!”

Mom, “Put down that Crossover, 

Put Down Those Doughnuts Too, 

Before that Stress Kills the Magic!”

Dad, “I Got This! I’m Magic!”

 

Filthy Still Alone with His Crossover Magic

 

Dad LOSES his MAGIC! 

 

TRAGIC!

 

Filthy has to CROSSOVER

Take His Place

“Da Man”

Filthy with the Crossover Magic

 

Pamela Williams

“The Crossover”

By Kwame Alexander

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