Now that you have read through all of the poems and chosen a winner to advance to the Elite 8, the pressure has mounted. Read "Roger the Dog" and "If~" and choose a winner.
In Round 2, you need to answer the following questions in complete sentences:
- Which poem's meaning is more important to you?
- What personal connection can you make?
- Which poet's craft do you enjoy more? Poet's craft can include repetition, personification, alliteration, imagery, rhyme, simile/metaphor, etc.
I think the poem Roger the Dog's meaning is more important to me because I like how it is a funny poem about a lazy dog and that poem just seems to always make me smile. I can make a connection with Roger and my dog Georgie. At night time my dog will always lay on the floor in the office and do nothing but just lay their. In like how the author describes Roger as a lazy dog who will not get off his butt. That is why I chose Roger the Dog as the winner.
ReplyDeleteI chose Rodger The Dog. I chose it because it had real meaning, plus I had a connection! My dog, Cute and fuzzy little Hollybell, is so lazy, she only gets up to eat her food! And she's really clumsy too! I also just enjoyed the poem altogether. It makes real sense for a dog lover!
ReplyDeleteI think Roger the Dog has a more important meaning to me because I have a dog named Max, who is also lazy.
ReplyDeleteI will make a connection with Roger the Dog. When ever we try to put my dog inside, he will run away, and won't come to us.
I love how Roger the Dog's poet craft, was used in many different ways with discription. I choose Roger the Dog to win.
Roger the dog makes me laugh. I have a connection with roger the dog my dog will eat anything we give him. If dose not make me laugh as much. I think the winner is roger the dog
ReplyDeleteI choose roger the dog because it was about a lazy furball like mine.
ReplyDeleteRodger The Dog reminds me of my dog because he can be lazy.
ReplyDeleteIf~ talks about how you become more mature when you grow up.
I think If~ is the winner because it has a lot more meaning to me.
I think Roger the Dog has an important meaning to whoever has a dog.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection to roger the dog because my old dog who died was also lazy.
It gives me imagery of my old dog and that he will not go on walks with us.
I choose Roger the Dog because I miss my dog so much and I love how funny it is.
Roger the Dog has more meaning to me.Because I love dogs. And Roger is a lazy dog.
ReplyDeleteI made a connection with ,If~, I know some people like the person that the poem was about.
I choose ,Roger the Dog, as the winner because I like the writers craft and the poem.
I think IF's meaning is more important to me because a dad is telling his son to do things if certain bad things happen. I think it is inspiring because he's saying don't give up.
ReplyDeleteI make a connection with Roger the Dog because it is about a lazy dog dog like my aunt and uncle's dog.
The poem I choose is Roger the Dog because it has a funny story. One thing I noticed is that rhymes.
The first poem I read was "Roger the Dog," and it is about a lazy who just eats and sleeps all the time.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem I read was "If--," and it is about a man telling his son that if he can succeed in life's challenges, he will become a man.
I chose "Roger the Dog" because it is a funny poem about a lazy dog.
If~ has more meaning to me because it is about a father telling his son the traits of a good man.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with Roger the Dog because my dog Molly is just like Roger.
I like Roger the Dog's rhyme scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH.
I chose Roger the Dog to be the winner because I liked the rhyme scheme and I had a connection with it.
I think If~ had meaning that was important and made more sense. I can make a connection with If~ because I believe all the things that the father said. I loved how the dad was telling his son that you should never say if. Because if you do then you will not trust your self.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the poem Roger the Dog was funny, it had no meaning. The message it was sending was that there is a lazy dog that is always sleeping. I can relate in no way because I dont have a dog nor a lazy pet.
If~ is a more meaningful poem. If~ is about how only Jesus is perfect.
ReplyDeleteRoger The Dog is about a dog that is super lazy. Roger The Dog has a rhyme scheme that goes like AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH.
I think the winner should be If~, because it is very meaningful to me.
Roger the Dog really has no meaning at all but it a funny poem that has a great rhyme scheme.
ReplyDeleteIf~ has a good meaning. It's meaning is to always be kind no mater what. Even when somebody dose something mean to you doesn't mean you have to be mean back.
I choose Roger the Dog to win because it's a funny poem with a great rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme gose like this AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH. I think this is a good poem and it should win!
I can make a connection with Roger The Dog because my cat is the same way.
ReplyDeleteIf~ is the more meaningful one because it is about how IF you do these things you will accomplish many things.
I choose If~ as the winner because it has a bigger meaning to me.
Roger The Dog is meaning more to me because I like how lazy the dog is.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with Roger The Dog because my dog sometimes just sits a around.
I choose Roger The Dog because I love the rhyme sceme in it.
Roger The Dog is more meaningful because I like how it is funny and it is about a lazy dog.
ReplyDeleteI made a connection with Roger. My new dog can be sometimes very lazy.
I choose Roger The Dog as the winner because it's rhyme scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH. Also because it was a entertaining story.
Rodger the dog is a silly story about a very lazy dog. I just got a new dog and he is almost the opposite as lazy. I can make a connection because somedays I can be very lazy. I choose Rodger The Dog for the win because I thought it was less confusing and it was easier to make a connection.
ReplyDeleteI pick Roger the dog to win because it had a great rhyme scheme and alliteration. My personal connection is that I can be lazy a lot of times and lay down and eat. It is important to me because it lays down and you can't move him when he's laying and that just makes me laugh
ReplyDeleteI pick Roger the dog to win because it had a great rhyme scheme and alliteration. My personal connection is that I can be lazy a lot of times and lay down and eat. It is important to me because it lays down and you can't move him when he's laying and that just makes me laugh.
ReplyDeleteI pick Roger the Dog to win because If is about can this happen and is about not being able to no weather to go on. Thou Roger the Dog is very different I still chose it.
ReplyDeleteRoger the Dog is more meaningful to me.
ReplyDeleteI have a fat dog who is lazy.
I like Roger the Dogs writers craft because like rhyme scheme of AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH
Roger the dog is about a super lazy dog that sleeps all day
ReplyDeleteAnd if is about a dad telling his kid all the things he needs to do to be a man
I pick Roger the dog to win because its a funny cute story about a lazy dog that sleeps all day and does nothing
Roger the dog is important to me because I have a lazy furball to.
ReplyDeleteMy connestion was text to self because I have a lazy dog to.
I enjoyed it using Imagery.