Read Game 2 poems, "Roger the Dog" and "The Falling Star." 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?
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The first poem, “Dust of Snow,” by Robert Frost, is about a crow that lifts up a boy's spirit. He notices the crow when it drops snow on him. The crow fixes the day he had rued. The man became glad.
The second poem, “Mother to Son,” by Langston Hughes, is about a mother who is talking to her son about all of the hard and scary times she has been through. She motivates her son to stay strong.
I chose “Dust of Snow” because the story is more calming and inspiring. It has a great rhyme scheme as well! I think the story will inspire readers and make their sad days good again! It makes me feel bright and happy.
“Dust of snow” is about a crow and a boy. The crow shook some snow on the boy, and the boy no longer regretted that bad day.
ReplyDelete“Mother to son” is about a mother trying to motivate her son. She is telling him life is hard, but to never give up.
I think “Mother to son” is the better than “Dust of snow” because it is more meaningful and touching. That is why I think “Mother to son” is better.
-Mary
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ReplyDeleteThe first poem, “Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a dog that does not enjoy exercise, but the dog loves to eat his food and sleep all day long! This poem was fun to read!
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about someone who is watching a falling star go by. The person believes that it’s very beautiful, yet the know it will not last forever. This poem was exciting to read!
I chose “The Falling Star” because it was very pretty, and it told the truth about what a falling star is like. The rhyme scheme is AA BB CC. The story it told was wonderful! I like the line, “Too lovely to be bought or sold.” This is why I chose “The Falling Star.”
-Lila
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ReplyDeleteThe first poem, “Roger The Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a dog that is lazy, and the person telling the reader this is saying that, “he will not race and he will not romp.” He says, “Work as hard as you could wish emptying his dinner dish”.
The second poem, “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about her seeing a falling or shooting star and saying some nice compliments to it like “to lovely to be sold” and “blinding the north sky as it went by.”
I chose “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, because I like the rhyming in it and the story of the star falling. Even though it’s a short poem it needs to be because the star falls away fast so by the time it’s gone she says “good only to make wishes on and then forever to be gone.”
The poem, “Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a lazy dog. This dog will eat and sleep only! No exceptions!
ReplyDeleteThe poem, “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about someone seeing a shooting star. This poetry makes me picture everything about this shooting star. “Too quick and too hot to hold, too lovely to be bought or sold.” This makes me happy for no reason!
I chose “Roger the Dog” as my winner because I love dogs! I also liked that it used rhyming scheme and rhymed the two lines of each stanza (AABBCC). I enjoyed it very much! -Maggie Kate #6
The first poem, “Roger the Dog,” is about a lazy dog named Roger. Ted Hughes did a good job on this because he did a happy funny mood. I like this poem because it is funny, relatable, and descriptive.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “Falling Star,” is about a shooting star that someone makes a wish on only to have it go away. I feel that this is a sad poem with a lot of meaning. And that this is very meaningful to someone.
I chose the poem “Roger the Dog” because of the comedy in it, And the rhyme scheme with ease-fleas
Or deep-sleep this means more to me because I am the funny person in my family and I even wrote a song about that.
The first poem,”Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes is about somebody who is telling about their dog roger.Roger is a smart,tired and crazy dog. I thought this is really sweet because it gives a lot of thought and theirs some love in it to because he's saying how much he loves his dog!
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,”The Falling Star,”by Sara Teasdale is calming and relaxing poem.I think that because in the poem it's about a girl watching and hoping for a shooting star. She finally gets to see one and gets to make a wonderful wish.
I chose ”The Falling Star”because I thought it was a really powerful poem, and it brightened up my day. I love how there was a lot of detail, and it was like a movie in my mind.
-Ellie
The first poem, “Roger the Dog’s,” mood is happy because it talks about a dog. The meaning is that a dog is lazy, and all he does is eat and sleep.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem is called ”The Falling Star.” Its mood is loveliness. The meaning of the poem is that you have to find the joy in the moment, even if it is not there for long.
I choose,“The Falling Star” as the winner because I like it’s rhyme scheme (AABBCC), it’s meaning, and it’s mood.
-Sethie
“Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a dog. It is a happy poem about a dog that has many traits.
ReplyDelete“The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about a star falling from the sky. It is about how a star is to valuable to be bought or sold. I think it is a loving poem.
“Roger the Dog” has my vote because it is a loving and a caring poem about my favorite animal. One other reason is that it has very good details.
-Mary
The first poem, “Roger the Dog,” is about a friendly dog that sleeps and eats and repeats, and it’s funny. He is telling basically about a lazy dog that never leaves his bed except to go to the bathroom and eat.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “The Falling Star,” is about a shooting star that this guy saw. And he says it’s a special star. He makes his wishes, and it vanishes forever. I think the guy felt excited.
I think the first poem, “Roger the Dog,” is better because it is more funny, and I like how the guy used a lot of detail to tell about Roger. And he told about Roger eating a lot of food.
The first poem, “Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a dog named Roger and how his day went by. The mood of the poem is a serious and laid back story. The meaning of the poem is about a dog and he is very hardworking. The poem is teaching you you should always try your best.
ReplyDeleteThe next poem,”The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about a girl seeing a shooting star in the sky. She thinks it’s priceless and so beautiful. The mood of this story I think is serious and addoring. I think this poem means everyone is like the shooting star, and everyone is unique and beautiful in their own way.
I choose” The Falling Star,” by Ted Hughes, because it’s sends more of a message to me and makes me feel happy. I also like that he used rhyme scheme of AABBCC, and that made it feel so real. That is why I choose ” The Falling Star.”
-Gavin
The first poem, “Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a dog named Roger who is lazy and only sleeps and eats. I think the mood of the story is lazy and tired. I also think the day went by fast because he slept the the whole time.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about a shooting star in the black Northern night. She makes a wish. I think the mood of the story is happy and colorful.
I chose “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, because it makes me happy and feel joyful. I also thought it had a good rhyme scheme of AABBCC. I also think the mood is joyful,happy, and colorful.
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The first poem, “Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes is about a dog named Roger that only eats and sleeps. The owner always tries to get him to exercise but all he does is take naps. The second poem, “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale is about a person that sees a shooting star that stands out among the other stars. The person thinks, “Good only to make wishes on.”
ReplyDeleteI chose “Roger the Dog” because it was pretty funny. Also, I liked how it rhymed line for line. It reminds me about a big dog I had when I was little named Chuck. I can remember how it always sat next to the fire place. He was a lazy dog.
-Charlie G.
For mother to son the mother cares about the son and the mother protecs him and she is very caring
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The first poem,”Roger The Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a very lazy dog that likes to stay warm and sleep. He only gets up when he wants to eat,and after he eats he goes right back to sleep.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,”The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about a shooting star flying across the sky, and it is heading north. In the poem it describes how lovely the star is, and how beautiful the star is. The star is also good to make wishes on, but when it is gone you can’t see it anymore.
I pick the first poem,”Roger The Dog,” because I like dogs, and the dog is doing the same thing that my dog usually does. I also like the mood in it, (goofy) and I like the rhyme scheme, which is AABBCC.
-Jackson
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ReplyDeleteThe first poem, “Roger The Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is a very peaceful poem.
ReplyDeleteI love how it all goes together. It has a rhyme scheme, and uses not only similes but also uses metaphors. It is about Roger the dog and basically how he lives his life. He gets walked, he eats all his food, and sleeps a lot.
The second poem, “The Falling Star,”by Sara Teasdale, is about a star that is beautiful. It’s brighter than the north, and it lights up the sky. It’s too hot to hold, and precious to be bought or sold. I think this poem is relaxing and peaceful. It has a rhyme scheme and uses metaphors.
I choose the first poem, “Roger The Dog,” by Ted Hughes, because it has a better rhyme scheme, and it is longer. To me it was more peaceful, and it was fun to read.
I also like it because it gave me a great picture in my mind of the things that Roger was doing.
It uses simile such as, “You can lug him dow
-Haylei
DeleteThe first poem,”Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is a very good poem. I love dogs, so I loved how it was about dogs. It was about a lazy dog that sleeps a lot. It has good rhymes and also dogs always make me happy, so this poem made me feel happy. The mood is a playful, but the dog just sleeps. But still I think it is playful. The meaning I think is to be funny a little.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,“The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, was a good poem. It had some great thought out rhymes. What I loved about this poem was that it was a little inspiring to me. The mood is inspiring because it inspired me a lot. The meaning of this poem was also to inspire people and to also about a great story. I
I pick “The Falling Star” as the winner because it was inspiring with great rhymes. The rhyme scheme is AABBCC
The first poem, “Roger the Dog”, by Ted Hughes, is about a man’s dog and how he is lazy and fat but also how he is a good dog.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “The Falling Star”, by Sara Teasdale, is about how she saw a shooting star and how it was one of a kind and there is no one like it.
The first poem, “Roger the Dog,” has my vote because I have two dogs. It has similes and it had a great rhyme scheme too. One simile in the poem is “he bakes his head as if it were a loaf of bread.”
-James
The first poem is “Roger the Dog ” by Ted Hughes. It is about an old farm dog.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about a person wishing on a star and then telling herself that the wish will come ture.
I choose “The Falling Star”because it is very meaningful, and it has a rhyme scheme of AA BB CC. Its mood is peaceful, and it is so much more relaxing that way.
Alia
The first poem,”Roger the Dog,”by Ted Hughes, is about a dog who is lazy and won't move or go exercise. And when the owner tries to get him to move he won’t.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,”The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about a shooting star and how it can not be sold or bought.
I choose “The Falling Star” because it is inspirational, and it is interesting. It has a rhyme scheme of AABBCC. I like this poem.
The first poem, “Roger the Dog,” by Ted Hughes, was about a happy dog.He was very lazy and used his strength for eating.He hogged the fire for his own and wanted to be left alone.He would eat, sleep, and rest just to try to empty his dinner dish.Also, at night he would curl up by the fire and dig deep down like a miner into a deep deep sleep.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, was about a star falling down the sky just to make a quick wish then to be gone forever.It was priceless and worth nothing and to hot to be hold before it melted into mold.Also it had a great amount of detail and really put a picture in my mind.
I choose “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, because of its great detail and rhyme scheme.The detail was amazing when it put a picture in my mind.The picture was my dad and I in the snow watching a star come down into a snowbank and sort of pop little sparks.Then we talked about what would have been a good wish, not telling our own.I also choose this poem because it was a good rhyme scheme unlike “Dust of Snow,” where it was just rhyming not caring about it.Also it was the part of the star falling and making a wish that got me rather than “Roger the Dog.This is why I choose “The Falling Star.”
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DeleteThe first poem, “Roger The Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is funny and a good poem because he describes the dog very good. It’s funny because when he describes the dog in a funny way.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is sort of romantic because one it has the word “lovely” in it, and she describes it in a lovely way.
My pick is “Roger The Dog” because I thought it was a good description and funny. It even has a simile in it, “He’ll work as had as you could wish.”
The first poem,”Roger the Dog”,by Ted Hughes, is a funny poem about a dog that doesn’t want to play.All it wants to do is rest.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,”The Falling Star,”by Sara Teasdale, is a heartfelt poem about a shooting star. The mood was inspiring.
I choose ”The Falling Star” because it was very touching and soft. It also had a rhyme scheme of AABBCC.
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ReplyDeleteI think that the first poem,”Roger The Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a dog that always sleeps, except when he is called to eat. I think that the mood was very lazy because if you try to take him for a walk he doesn’t go and saves his energy to eat and sleep. I also think that this poem is relatable because some days we are tired, and all we want to do is sleep.
ReplyDeleteI think the second poem,”The Falling Star,” by Sara Teasdale, is about someone who barely saw a falling star, but when she did see it, she thought it was beautiful as it went by in a glimpse. I think the mood is peaceful, because there was barely a sound as it went across the sky.
I chose “Roger The Dog” because it was more relatable. The rhyme scheme was AABBCC, and so on. I also loved the second two lines because it had a great simile which was, ”He hogs the fire, he bakes his head /As if it were a loaf of bread.” I think the simile means that he was sleeping by the fire, and he was tilting his head. This poem made me laugh, and I loved the simile.
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Roger the dog is a nice funny and caring story it has a lot of detail to it. I like it because it is very emotion ible.
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The first poem,”Roger The Dog,” by Ted Hughes, is about a lazy dog. He likes to sleep,and he likes to eat.The story reminds me of my brother’s dog that is very lazy but loves his food.The mood of the story is funny because I like how the author described using funny similes.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,”The Falling Star,”by Sara Teasdale,is about seeing a star and how it doesn’t last long. The mood of the story is happy because they get to see a shooting star that you would rarely see.
I choose the poem,”Roger The Dog,” because he described it very well, and it was funny.I like how he used similes to describe what the dog was doing, for example,”He hogs the fire,he bakes his head as if he was a piece of bread.” This is why I choose “Roger The Dog.”
- Brooklynn
The poem ''Roger The Dog'' is about a old dog who sleeps a lot and doesn't play anymore.
ReplyDeleteThe poem ''Falling Star'' is about a shooting star that is so bright that it blinds the north as it goes by.
I chose ''Roger The Dog'' because it really uses rhyme scheme.
-Bryan