Summer Sonnet 

The nice hot rays of sunshine shining down
The sound of the waves crashing on the ground
Waves crashing down sound like a big loud pound
And the kids playing make a lot of sound
Boats speeding through the crystal clear water
Cold drinks in our hands while having some fun
The sun is making everyone hotter
And for lunch we make burgers on a bun
The soft sand rolling around in the waves
We play with a beach ball to have some fun
When we go and explore we find nice caves
But everyone’s hangry when the days done
But after a bit we need some new fun
Winter comes and then summer is all gone




Refelction: 

Core Competency: Creative Thinking 
Developing Ideas - I make my ideas work or I change what I am doing 

I have demonstrated this while I had to create my poem. Many things 
that I tried the first time did not work so I had to change it and 
come up with somthing else. While writing this poem there was alot ofspecific criteria that needed to be followed and sometimes it was 
challenging to follow them all. I found it a bit hard to make the 
ending words ryhme and also make each line 10 syllables, no more, andno less. Although it was challenging I was able to manage by making 
sure the last words ryhmed with the other lines that it needed to. 
After that I would fill in the rest of the line to make sure it had 
10 sylabbels. Working backwards helped because the end words were thehardest to come up with. The rest were challenging but not as 
challenging. It also helped me make my ideas work instead of just 
getting frustrated becasue I couldnt think of anyhting. 

The hardest part is that the Poem needs to have a specific rhyming 
scheme (ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG) and needs to be 10 sylablles long. It 
was easier to work from the end and make the words that need to rhyme,rhyme and then try to fill in the rest. I was able to change the 
words that did not make scense and made it so that it did and then I tried my best to fill in the rest until I could make it work. Insteadof trying to come up with another idea right away becasue the first 
one didnt work as well, I would amke it work or think of words that
meant the same thing but it was different. After I tried that and it didnt work then I would change it and come up with somthing totally
new. Coming up with this poem made me keep a open mind and forced me to be a little creative. It also encouraged me to have alot of 
patience since it was a long process but trying to make my ideas workinstead of giving up helped alot. 

Next time I can work on using different words that are a little more challenging and be more creative. I could also use my class time 
better which will give me more time to think abaout ideas and other 
words / ideas that I could use. I can also talk to other people aboutwhat I can do and other words I can use instaed of the ones that I 
have but wont work.  This will help me try and make the ideas that I have fit into the criteria. This is because sometimes you just need 
someone else to bounce ideas off of. They can help you a little bit 
as well which I think would help alot. It would make the process of 
writhing the poem go alot faster and it would make it alot easier as well.