Welcome to the Final Four! Roger the Dog and Do You Carrot At All For Me? will face off. Answer each question below. Remember to explain WHY you chose the winner based on poet's craft (rhyme, line breaks, punctuation, simile/metaphor, word choice, repetition) AND your personal connection to the meaning. Don't forget to write with M.I.N.T.S.!
Your post needs to include the following:
1. What is the meaning of the first poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
2. What is the meaning of the second poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
3. Based on the criteria, which poem did you choose and WHY?
***Please tell me everything you think, but use your best writing.
The first poem,Roger the Dog,is about a really lazy dog who only gets up when it's time for food.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Do you Carrot all for Me,is about one vegetable telling another vegetable to marry him.
I chose Roger the Dog because it tells a funny story about a lazy dog.Also,the poem has good imagery.
I think Roger the Dog has good imagery because it makes you imagine a fat lazy dog that barely moves.
DeleteThe poem, Roger the Dog, Is about a lazy dog who only sleeps, and eats.
ReplyDeleteThe poem, Do You Carrot All For Me, Is about someone asking someone else to marry them, In fruit form.
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I think the winner should be Roger the Dog. I picked this poem, because I like the imagery. I can picture a dog sleeping. Also I like how it is about a dog, and it reminds me of my dogs.
Roger The Dog is about a dog that is very lazy. All he does everyday is eat and sleep. Also if his owner takes him on a walk, he will just fall down.
ReplyDeleteDo You Carrot All For Me is about someone asking a person if they care for him The twist is that instead of people talk, it is veggie talk.
I choose Roger The Dog because it is very entertaining. Also it has great imagery. That is why I pick Roger The Dog.
Roger the Dog is about a very sleepy dog who only goes hard when it's dinnertime, but when he sleeps he sleeps like a brick.
ReplyDeleteDo you carrot all for me is about a couple who is about to get married, and the say nice words as fruits and veggies
I chose Roger the Dog to win because it has more humor, entertainment, and imagery. It has imagery because it drew a way better picture. It's rhyme scheme was AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH.
The first one, Roger the Dog, is about a dog that is very lazy and never gets up but to eat. The second poem, Do You Carrot All For Me, is about asking if this person if they care at all but in a food way. I choose Roger the Dog because I like how it says every thing that he does when hes lazy. The rhyme scheme is aabbccddeeffgghh.
ReplyDeleteThe First poem, Roger the Dog, is about a dog that is lazy and never goes for runs and is fat.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do you Carrot All For Me , is about a person that is asking someone to marry him but he uses fruit a vegetables in his speech.
I chose as the winner is, Roger the Dog, I like this poem because it is funny and also I like how the author compares the dog to things like, if he were a loaf of bread. That is why I chose as the winner Roger the Dog
The first poem, Rodger The Dog, is about a dog who is very very lazy. He uses all of his strength to get up and eat his food. Obviously this dog is not the healthy type.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do You Carrot All For Me, is about a kid who replaces fruits and veggies with words. This is more of a funny poem.
In my opinion, Rodger The Dog is the winner because it's a silly, funny and, lazy dog who likes to eat. I chose this poem also because it reminds me of my dog Gertie.
The first poem, Roger The Dog, is about a dog named Roger and he is very lazy all he does is sit around,eat, and sleep.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do You Carrot All For Me, is about a person saying all these cool things but in vegetables for example, my heart beets for you.
My favorite poem was Roger The Dog because it was funny and I love dogs.
The first poem, Do You Care At All For me? was about someone saying to a fruit that they would be a swell pear.
ReplyDeleteThe next poem, Rodger the Dog, was about a fat lazy dog. I can relate to this cause i have a fat lazy dog too. I chose this poem because of its humor.
The humor i think was said when he said He hogs the fire and bakes his head.
DeleteThat's why i liked this poem.
Roger the Dog is about a fat and lazy dog that only uses his energy to eat, sleep, and eat.
ReplyDeleteDo You Carrot all for me? is about a guy who is asking a girl if she cares at all for him.
I choose Do You Carrot all for me because I like the way that it uses the metaphors, " Your radish hair" and "We will make a sweet pear" .
The first poem, Roger the Dog, is about a lazy dog that uses all of his energy to eat.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do You Carrot All For Me, is about a girl saying things to a boy, but instead of using words she uses vegetables.
I liked Do You Carrot All For Me the best. I liked it because it is entertaining. I also like it because it uses vegetables instead of words, for example, Lettuce marry; weed make a swell pear. It is also simple and easy to understand. That is why I chose Do You Carrot All For Me.
The first poem,Roger the dog, is about a dog that is really lazy and only saves all of his energy for eating food.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do you carrot all for me, is about a guy talking about a girl and explaning what she looks like and what her personality is.
I choose do you carrot all for me is a cool story realating to a person using veggies,
Roger the Dog was about a dog who saves all of his energy to then sleeps for a long time. Roger is very lazy and and hogs the fire so he can be warm. Do You Carrot All For Me was about someone asking someone if they carrot all for him. I liked the poem,Roger the Dog, because it was funny and it was about a dog that is very lazy. I thing the poem could be better if it rhymed.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem,Roger the Dog, is about a very lazy,hungry,and tired pup. The poem is funny and entertaining.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Do you carrot all for me?, is about some one telling they love their* wife he loves her using word play.
I choose ....... Roger the Dog as winner. I love how this poem is funny and entertaning. The poet used great rhyms that make it good. This was a great poem!
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The first poem, Roger the Dog, is about a really lazy dog who will eat anything you put in front of him.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do you carrot all for me, is about a man telling his soulmate that he loves her by using vegtables and fruits instead of the real words.
I think Roger The Dog should win because it is a funny story about a lazy dog who loves to eat. I like the imagery in it. For example when it said "And places with no carpet on the floor", made me feel like I was there. I think Roger the dog should go to the Poetry Madness Championship.
The first poem, Roger the Dog, is about a dog who is lazy and likes to eat. The second poem, Do you carrot all for me, is about a rabbit who is in love with another rabbit. I think the winner is Roger the Dog because I have a connection with Roger we both like to eat and be lazy.I think the writers craft is imagery because i have an image of a dog sleeping and eating, and a rabbit looking into another rabbit's eyes.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, Roger the Dog, is about a dog named Roger who is lazy like a sloth, doesn't do anything but lays down like a log. He also doesn't work out, race and nothing. The dog is just plain lazy! The only thing he does is that he eats his food
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do you Carrot all For Me, is just about feelings, loving, and caring. It doesn't say a lot in the poem
I choose Roger the Dog because it tells more about what Roger does. For example, Roger is very lazy, does nothing but sleep, and will not exercise.
The first poem, Do you Carrot all for me, is about a carrot who wants some one to pick him up before he rots so he\she is trying to get he\she to pick he\she up by using the fruits around him as other words.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Roger the Dog, is about a dog who is sleeping by the fire, but the poem says that he was not just sleeping by the fire he was asleep hogging the fire
The poem I choose is Roger the Dog because I love dogs, it kind of reminds me how me dogs act when we have a fire up and running, and it is so interesting how he is hogging the fire because when I see dogs they normily go to the fire get hot and then come out. Also the writers craft is a little suprizing after every space bother of the lines match.
The first poem, Roger the Dog, is about a boy telling a story about his dog and what he does.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do you carrot all for me is a corny poem that makes up food words than regular words.
I think the winner is..... Roger the Dog because I like how the dog is lazy. This poem gives good imagery. For example, when I push him over he says and I get that part. This poem rhymes
The first poem,Roger The Dog, is about a dog that is lazy and does nothing.
ReplyDeleteThe seond poem,Do You Carrot All For Me, is about a couple that is telling eachother that they love eachother but using medaphores instead of the actual word
I vote for Roger The Dog because it has a great rhyme scheme and I like ryhme schemes:AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH
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ReplyDeleteThe first poem, Do You Carrot at all for Me, is about someone saying they love some one using names vegetables.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Roger the Dog, is about a lazy dog that only gets up for food and sometimes to exercise.
I picked, Do you Carrot all for Me, because it used metaphors by comparing people to vegetables.
The first poem,Roger the Dog, is about a dog who is very lazy and very hungry at all times of the day.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do you Carrot All For Me, is about a person asking a girl to marry him while using veggie metaphors.
My favorite poem was Roger the dog because of it's imagery. For example, when it says," He only wakes to scratch his fleas," I see a dog scratching himself like he is on fire!
Roger the Dog is about a dog that is lazy and will only get up to eat but will eat all the food you give him. Do you Carrot all For me is about a boy who is telling a poem but taking out words and putting food like : Do you Carrot (care at) all for me.I like ,Roger The Dog, because it give me imagery of my dog when I was a kid and my dog smokey. That's why I choose ,Roger the Dog.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, Roger The Dog, is about a really a lazy dog. And he doesn't want to do any thing with his owner. But he only spends time with his owner eating his dinner.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do you carrot all for me, is about two people that love each other. And they are speaking to each other in a weird way.
The winner is Roger The Dog. I like it because it paints a picture in your mind. Which is called imagery. It has a lot of imagery. It is such a good poem. They are going to the CHAMPION SHIP GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first poem, Roger the Dog, is about a dog who is really lazy and won't exercise.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do You Carrot All For Me?, is about a man trying to convince a girl to marry him and using food metaphor.
I think the winner is Roger the Dog. The reason I chose this poem is because I love dogs and everything about them. Another reason is because I like the way the author paints a picture in your mind by saying,"You can roll him with your foot, and he'll stay snoring where he's put." That is why I chose this poem as the winner.
The first poem Rodger the Dog is about a dog who eats a lot and never gets up to moove accept when he gets to eat.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem Do You Carrot all for me is about a man describing great their life would be if the were together by using vegetables instead of we would be a perfect pair he sais we woul be a pear.
I liked Do You Carrot all for Me because of the funny title,the wordplay of the vegietables,and lastly I liked the funny veggies he sais
The first poem, Do You Carrot All For Me?, is about a bunny who wants to marry another bunny. He is describing how much he loves her and what they will do together.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Roger the Dog, is about a very lazy dog and what he does all day. The owner keeps trying to get him to do something productive but he won't do it.
I choose Roger the Dog because it uses imagery when it says, "He hogs the fire, he bakes his head. As if it were a loaf of bread.". It also uses alliteration when it says,"flops flat and digs down deep. It also has a simile when it compares him sleeping to a miner. The rhyme scheme is AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH.
The first poem,Roger the Dog,is about a very lazy dog that only gets up to eat or scratch himself.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do you carrot all for me,is about a guy complementing his girlfriend with fruit complements.For example,you are a peach.
I think the winner is Roger the Dog because I like the dogs attitude and character.The rhyme scheme is AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH.
The first poem,Roger The Dog,is about a very lazy dog who will only move when he is getting food.
ReplyDeleteDo You Carrot All For Me ? is about a guy who loves this girl but he tells her in vegetable form .For Example he says"My heart beets for you."
I choose Roger The Dog as the winner because I think it is a lot more funnier.Also it has bunches of imagery.For example "he hogs the fire,he bakes his he bakes his head."
The poem, Roger the Dog is about a lazy dog that sits home all day and does nothing. I could imagine really well a dog just sitting there and being lazy all day. This poem is the best.
ReplyDeleteThe poem, Do You Carrot All For Me, is about a guy complimenting a girl with food. This poem has horrible imergry and is super cheesy.
I chose........Roger the Dog. I chose that because it not cheesy like the other one, it's funny, and better imergry. ROGER THE DOG TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first poem,Roger the Dog,is about a dog that is super lazy.Also,Roger hates exercising.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Do You Carrot all for me,is about two people about to get married,and they enter vegetable names instead of the word.
I chose Roger the Dog as the winner because it is about a fat dog that does not want to be exercised.Also,it had great imagery because it made you feel as if you are watching Roger sleep.I liked the simile of "he bakes his head as if it were a loaf of bread.That is why I chose Roger the Dog as the winner.
The first poem, Roger the Dog, is about a dog named Roger who is very lazy. He uses all his energy on eating and sleeping.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Do You Carrot All For Me?, is about a man who loves a woman and he wants to marry her.
I choose DO You Carrot All For Me? as the winner because I like the funny fruit terms like my heart beets for you. The author used no rhyme scheme in it.
The first poem,Do You Carrot All For Me , is about two rabbits who are in love an the have tricky play on words like "My hart beets for you."
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Roger The Dog , is about a dog who is sleepy is really hungry.
The poem who should win should be Roger The Dog because I like dogs and he reminds me of my old dog, Walter, who past away.
The first poem,Roger the Dog,is about a dog that is very lazy.He doesn't do anything but sleep and eat.When he wakes up its only to fleas,he is just a sack of snoring dog.He doesn't even exercise,he uses that energy to eat.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Do You Carrot All for Me,is about a girl who likes a boy and is telling him by using metaphors with vegetables,you are a peach.
I chose Do You Carrot All for Me.I chose that poem because I liked the metaphors for example,weed make a swell pear and lettuce marry.I also liked how entertaining this poem is.This poem is pretty simple,I like how easy it is to understand.