Welcome to the championship game!!!
Blackmon: Mother to Son vs. Roger the Dog
Ward: Life Doesn't Frighten Me vs. Roger the Dog
Your response must be at least 3 sentences long and include the following:
*Who should win the championship.
*Why you connect to the poem.
*What you like about the poet's craft.
If your response is not detailed and does not answer both parts, it will be disqualified. In addition, if there are multiple grammatical and spelling mistakes, your response will be disqualified.
It takes attention to detail and hard work to be a champion, so your blog post needs to reflect your best writing and thinking. May the best poem win!
I think Mother To Son should win the championship because it is meaningful to me. My brother and my mother share a special bond that is precious and I can relate with that seeing how my own friendships are going. That is why I am voting for Mother To Son.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem I read was "Roger the Dog," and it is about a dog who sleeps all day and saves his strength for eating.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem I read was "Mother to Son," and it is about a mom telling her son that life isn't going to be perfect.
The poem I choose is "Roger the Dog" because it was funnier and I have a connection with Marley.
I think that Life Doesn't Frighten Me should win because it is strengthening. I can connect to Life Doesn't Frighten Me. Some times life just does not frighten me. What I like about in Roger the Dog's poet craft is that there is a lot of it. For example, there is personification and a really good theme to this poem. The theme is Lazy.
ReplyDeleteI think that Life Doesn't Frighten Me should be the winner because I am not afraid of many things. Its rhyme scheme is AAABBACCADDAEEFFGGHHAIIAJJAKKLLAMMNANOP
ReplyDeleteThe first poem I read is Roger the Dog, and its about a dog who sleeps and eat but only saves his energy for eat. My connection is when my old dog Tucker was weak and it was hard for him to get up he saved his energy for eating and he would always sleep.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem I read was Mother to Son, its about a mom telling her son that nothing is perfect and there are ups and downs in life. My connection is that my mother tells me the same thing every now and then.
I think Roger the Dog should WIN IT ALL because it is funny and it relates to my old dog Tucker and it is always going to be in my heart because it is about a dog who eats and sleeps
Mother Son is very meaningful to me, because my mom tells me to carry on in life. It has a rhyme scheme that goes ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTA. That is why I think that Mother To Son should win.
ReplyDeleteI think that Roger The Dog should win because I can make a T~S connection and I understand it more. It has eight stanzas and has an interesting main idea of, my dog is really lazy.
ReplyDeleteRoger the dog is about a lazy dog who justs sleeps and lays by the fire. life doesnt frighten me is about girl who thinks nothing frightens her. I chose roger the dog to win
ReplyDeleteI think that Mother To Son should win because it has more story to tell and more meaning. It also has great word play and rhyme scheme. That is why Mother To Son should win.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mother to Son deserves to win because we have been learning about the Civil war and slavery so I think that I made a connection with this poem. I feel as though this poem has a deeper meaning and has more of a background story to it. You can also learn a very valuable lesson from it. Another reason I picked this poem to win is because I think that it flows beautifully and has a great rhythm. I also noticed it's great rhyme scheme.
ReplyDeleteI think that Roger the Dog should win because it is about a funny poem.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with it because my aunt and uncles dog Piper is kind of like Roger.
One thing I noticed about the poets craft is that it rhymes.
I think Roger The Dog should win because it is a funny poem about a lazy dog.
ReplyDeleteI made a connection with it. It was a Text-Self. I have a dog.
The poets craft to that stood out to me was it's personification
I think that Roger the dog should win because it is funny and witty .I can make a connection with it because I have a lazy dog to.One thing I noticed about the poets craft was the writing.ROGER THE DOG FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think Roger The Dog should win because it is really funny and it reminds me of my friends dog.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with Roger The Dog because I get really lazy sometimes. And i just want to chill out and not do anything and watch some TV. And i found some rhyme sceam HH,DD,FF and DDD.
I think Roger The Dog should win because it is really funny and it makes me think of my dog.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with Roger The Dog because I get really lazy and I just want to watch t.v.
Roger the Dog make me have imagery of my dog. These are reason why Roger The Dog should win.
I think Mother to Son should win the championship because it is meaningful to me. I connect with Mother to Son because my mom will tell me that life is hard and I need to work through it. I liked how he used metaphors to compare life to a staircase. That is why Imthink Mother to Son should win.
ReplyDeleteMother to son is about a mother teaching her son to keep on going no matter what happens. It uses A, B, C, D, E rhyme schemes.
ReplyDeleteRodger the dog is about a really lazy dog that doesn't do much. It uses AA, BB, CC, rhyme schemes.
I think the winner should be Rodger the dog because it inspired and entertained me more. I liked the rhymes and the rhyme schemes. It maid me feel lazy for a second. When I made a mental movie I saw my self as a lazy dog who saved my strength to gobble and chomp. RODGER THE DOG SHOULD WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mother to Son should totally win. It's got a great message that you should never give up even when times get tough. I can make a connection with it because I try to live by the motto you should never give up even when times get tough. Most of all I really like the repetition: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. I really think that Mother to Son should win.
ReplyDeleteFor this one i'm going to have to choose Roger the dog . Its important to me because it is funny and entertaining. I love the rhyme scheme and the imagery is funny. I connect to Roger the dog because i'm really lazy and always get sleepy.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, Roger The Dog, is about a very lazy dog named Roger, who only likes to sleep and eat.
ReplyDeleteMother to Son is about a mother who is telling her son that even though you are going through a hard time you have to preserver and get through it.
I think Mother To Son should win because it is a wonderful poem about how even though you are going through a hard time you must preserver because God will help you no matter what. Don't lose hope is the moral of Mother to Son.
I Choose Life Doesnt Frighten Me to win the championship.
ReplyDeleteThe poem is so meaningful it is the most important saying I think.
I like the aaa in the first stanza.
Roger The Dog has more meaning to me because I have 2 dogs and my best friend has a lazy dog like Roger.
ReplyDeleteI made a connection with ,Mother To Son. I know mothers that don't have a good child life and is telling her childs that life is not easy.
I choose ,Roger The Dog, has the winner I like the writers craft.