Eleanor's+Love+That+Dog+Page

Hi, I'm Eleanor and this is where I'll be doing my responses to Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech.

**Love That Dog Questions:**

Maybe the blue car was his parents', or held a certain strong memory for Jack.
=== **3. What caused Miss Strechberry to be so interested in Jack's first poem? Describe what Miss Stretchberry does to get Jack to write more poems, especially about the blue car.** ===


 * Mrs. Strechberry saw that Jack was a good poet, so she gave him famous poems to read and copy off of. Maybe Mrs. Strechberry was curious about the blue car, so she encouraged Jack to write about it. **

__ **Writing Poetry** __
 * Write your own poem modeled after //The Red Wheelbarrow// by William Carlos Williams. Use the template below. Under your poem, tell why you wrote about the item you chose. **

Bacon by Eleanor Mengel

so much depends upon my perfect brown bacon crisp with fry grease beside more tasty bacon.


 *  I wrote about Bacon because I love Bacon and it is important to me. **

__**With your partner read pages 12 - 21 and the poems "dog" and "The Pasture" after page 86.**__


 * 4. How does Jack respond when Miss Strechberry asks him to write about a pet? Why do you think Miss Strechberry insists Jack write the poem, despite his reaction?**


 * Jack responds by saying "no" multiple times, because he didn't have a dog anymore and no, he wouldn't write about his old yellow dog, and couldn't he just write about a pretend pet? Mrs. Strechberry wanted Jack to express his feelings about his dog in poetry. **


 * __Reread some of pages 1-21 and the first three poems after page 86.__**


 * 5. Jack borrows some ideas from other poets' works. Why? Does borrowing from others help him develop his own style? Give two examples of Jack borrows the ideas of others.**


 * Jack borrows ideas from other poets because he hasn't developed his own style of writing yet. Borrowing ideas helps him morph together styles and poems to create his own poetry. Jack borrows the //Red Wheelbarrow// and the //Tiger! Tiger! Burning Bright// poetry styles. **


 * 6. Jack is nervous about having his work displayed in the classroom. Why does he want his early poems to be anonymous? How does he expect his classmates to react? Do you ever have a hard time sharing your work? Why?**


 * Jack wanted his early poems to be anonymous because he was embarrassed to have all the other kids looking at his work when he's not sure they'll like it. He expects his classmates to laugh and make fun of him because he writes poetry. I also have trouble sharing my work because I'm not sure how my peers will react. **


 * __Read pages 22-30.__ **


 * 7. What does Jack say about the 'wheelbarrow poet' and Mr. Robert Frost? Is he beginning to make pictures with words in his own writing? How? Give three examples. **


 * Jack said that maybe the poets were just making pictures with their words, and maybe that their teachers put them on the board and everyone thought they were poems. Jack has made pictures in his poems in his two blue car poems and the one about the pound. **


 * 8. What is the Author's purpose? Who is the author's audience for this book? From who's point of view is the author telling the story? Why do you think the author chose this point of view and format for the story? **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The author's purpose is to entertain. The audience is kids. The point of view is Jack. The author chose Jack's point of view to show Jacks poems and his opinions. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">9. How does Jack describe his street? What are some words he uses to describe it? **


 * <span style="color: #0d80ed; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Jack describes his street as quiet, thin, whisp, meow, and swish. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">10. How would you describe the sights and sounds of your street or neighborhood in a poem? Write and 8-15 lined poem with short lines describing your street or neighborhood. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My street is **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">short **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">with houses that **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">creak **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">and yards with **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">dogs **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">and cracked **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">sidewalks. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My street is **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">kind **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">with kids that **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">play **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">shouting and **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">playing **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">on cracked **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">sidewalks. **


 * __Read the poem The Apple and pages 35-41__ **


 * 11. How are Jack's feelings about writing poetry changing? How do you know? Use evidence from the story to support your answer. **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Jacks's feelings about poetry are changing because he doesn't complain about writing poetry any more. My evidence is that he let his teacher put his name on his poem, and told her to ask the person who wrote the poem about the tree to put their name on it** **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">. **


 * 12. Read the poems First Jump and the other examples of Concrete poetry in your packet, then complete the Poetry with a Twist activity sheet. **

hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat hat rim rim rim rim rim rim head head head  head head head head   head **eye** head **eye** head   head head head head head   head carrot carrot head   head **mouth** head   body body body body  snow snow snow snow snow  body body body body body body   snow snow snow snow snow snow   snow snow snow snow snow snow   snow snow snow snow snow snow   body body body body body body   snow snow snow snow snow   body body body body __ **Read the poem Love That Boy by Walter Dean Myers, then read pages 42-52.** __


 * 13. Why did Jack like the poem by Walter Dean Myers so much? Use evidence from the book to support your answer. **

**Jack loved the poem because his dad called to him just like the poem, "Hey there, son!". Jack said that he loved the poem, and he write a letter to the author.**


 * 14. Use the first page in your packet to write a poem modeled after Walter Dean Myer's poem, Love that Boy. **

** Love that cat **  ** By Eleanor Mengel ** <span style="color: #c01bc0; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Love that cat like a breeze loves to blow  <span style="color: #c01bc0; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I said I love that cat  <span style="color: #c01bc0; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">like a stream loves to laugh  <span style="color: #c01bc0; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Love to pet her and scratch her  <span style="color: #c01bc0; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">like cat loves to purr.
 * __Read pages 52-74__. **


 * 15. In his poem on May 14 called //My Sky,// Jack tells in vivid detail what happened to his dog, Sky. How does this poem build on previous poems Jack has either written or read? How does Jack reuse his own words, and where can you find lines that were inspired by other poets? __Cite evidence__. **


 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Jack reuses his own words when he says "//blue car blue car, splattered with mud, speeding down the road,"// and he uses Robert Frost's words when he said "so many miles to go". He builds on all the other poems he wrote about Sky, and smashes them all together with some new material to make //My Sky.// **