This poem is called fat is not a fairy tale by Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen says its okay to be fat

Ms. Jane Yolen was born 1939 in New York city at Beth Israel Hospital. Before Ms. Jane Yolen made this Fat is not a fairy tale she wrote children books. But before she made the poem or the childrens she made newspaper but she made a lot of, her father was a journalist but her and her brother made articles and interview everyone in are neighborhood but thats how they got the information for the articles and her mom would make copies.

Interview:
What is the message of your poem? In my poem I am trying to send a message but this message is it is okay to be fat. This message because now they think anorexic princesses are better than fat princesses but in the future it might be fat princesses instead because there are now a lot of fat people. They also might was to make the fairy tales more real but now there are not that real because not all princesses are skinny and pretty. What symbols did you use? I used cookie, wheel and sun because they all relate to the princesses because they are round objects like the stomachs the princesses would have if they were fat. But also fingers pump like sausages and this is how fat peoples fingers are like but in the telling it is a good thing to be fat in my fairy tale. What other poetic devices did you use to communicate your massage? I used simile for a poetic because I liked to compare things in my poem like fat things to skinny princesses, such as snow weight but her real name is snow white. This is showing the message because I am saying what the names would be if they were fat instead of being anorexic. Why did you make this poem? I made this poem because this is what I am guessing what the future fairy tales will be like because the more years we go e.g(2001 2013) the fatter people get, but now we dont see fairy tales like that we see it differently like we see the princesses skinny anorexic and pretty. We dont see them fat and pretty we see them fat and ugly.

CRITERION A: Content
You demonstrate a very limited understanding of the

CRITERION B: Organization
You rarely employ the organizational

CRITERION C: Language
You show little or no

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poems meaning, organization and mood as well as how this is achieved. You give few or no examples and details to support your thinking. You are missing poetic terminology1.

organizational structures2 of an interview. Your interview is disorganized, unclear, and/or incoherent. You employ the critical apparatus3 inappropriately or not at all.

evidence of a register and style appropriate for an interview. You have very frequent errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling that persistently hinder communication. You show some evidence of a register and style appropriate for an interview. You have frequent errors in grammar, punctuation or spelling that hinders communication. You often use a register and style appropriate for an interview. Grammar, punctuation and spelling are generally accurate. Occasional errors sometimes hinder communication. You consistently use a register and style appropriate for an interview. Grammar, punctuation and spelling are accurate. Occasional errors rarely hinder communication. You demonstrate a mastery of a register and style appropriate for an interview. Grammar, punctuation and spelling are accurate. Very infrequent errors do not hinder communication.

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You demonstrate a limited understanding of the poems meaning, organization and mood as well as how this is achieved. You give some examples and details, but they are insufficient to support your thinking. Your use of poetic terminology1 is sometimes accurate and appropriate.

You sometimes employ the organizational structures2 of an interview. Your interview shows the beginnings of organization but lacks coherence. You employ the critical apparatus3 with limited success. You usually employ the organizational structures2 of an interview. Your interview is generally organized, clear, and coherent. You generally employ the critical apparatus3 correctly You consistently employ the organizational structures2 of an interview. Your interview is usually wellorganized, clear, and coherent, and the ideas build on each other. You employ the critical apparatus3 correctly. You make sophisticated use of the organizational structures2 of an interview. Your interview is consistently wellorganized, clear, and coherent, and the ideas build on each other in a sophisticated manner. You integrate the critical apparatus3 correctly and effectively.

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You demonstrate a sufficient understanding of the poems meaning, organization and mood as well as how this is achieved. You give adequate examples and details, and they are sufficient to support your thinking Your use of poetic terminology1 is usually accurate and appropriate.

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You demonstrate a good understanding of the poems meaning, organization and mood as well as how this is achieved. You give substantial examples and details to support your thinking (you include the words/phrases from the poem). Relevant poetic terminology1 is used accurately and appropriately. You demonstrate a perceptive understanding of the poems meaning, organization and mood as well as how this is achieved. You consistently use illustrative details an examples to support your thinking (include the words/phrases from the poem) You show a sophisticated command of relevant poetic terminology1.

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Comments:

Massive improvement, Lathan! Well done. You have now shown a much better understanding of the poem and given much more detail about the poems meaning. Very well done. You still have some room for improvement (i.e., editing your writing and giving more examples) but this shows me a good increase in learning. You should be proud of your efforts!