Nick's+Love+That+Dog

= Love that dog =

Jack doesn't want to write poetry because he says that poetry are for girls.
 * 1. Jack doesn't want to write poetry at the beginning of the book. Why doesn't he want to? **

I think the blue car was so important to Jack because he can't drive and blue is the color of his parents car.
 * 2. Why do you think the blue car was important to Jack? **

I think that Mrs. Stretchberry was so interested in jacks first poem because she is probably wondering why he depends so much upon a blue car. She gets Jack to write more about the blue car by reading poems that intrigued him.
 * 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. **

Jack responds to Mrs. Strechberry by saying that he does not have a pet. I think that Mrs. Strechberry insists on having Jack write the poem because she wants to see what he will write.
 * 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? **

I think he borrows others ideas because he wants to make his poems sound good and it makes him create his own style. some examples of how jack borrows the ideas from others are "The Red Wheelbarrow" and the "Snowy woods" poem.
 * 5. Jack borrows some ideas from other poets' works. Why? Does borrowing from others help him develop his own style? Give two examples of how Jack borrows the ideas of others. **

I think he wants his early poems to be anonymous because he does not want his class mates to know whose poem it is. Jack expects his class mates to not like it, or laugh at it. Sometimes because I'm not always right and I like to see other peoples opinions on certain things.
 * 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 says that the wheelbarrow poet was making a picture with words Jack also says the same thing about Mr.Robert Frost's poem. Yes, Jack makes his words look like a picture by using other poets words in his poems some of jacks examples are __ TYPING THEM UP __ on __ BLUE PAPER __ and how thy are left __ ANONYMOUS __
 * 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. **
 * (The words that are capitalized and underlined are the examples) **

I believe that the author is trying to tell a story about a child named Jack that doesn't want to write poems at first but then he begins to like the way poetry feels and starts to write more and more poems. I think the audience of this book is the teacher. The author is telling it from Jacks point of view because he is expressing the way Jack feels about poetry.
 * 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? **

Jack describes his street as a quiet, thin, lots of houses, not much traffic, big yards. He uses these words to describe his street __WISP__, __MEOW__, and __SWISH__.
 * 9. How does Jack describe his street. What are some words he uses to describe. **
 * (The words that are capitalized and underlined are the words he used.) **

My street  By: Nick Ingraham
 * 10. How would you describe the sights and sounds of your street or neighborhood in a poem? Write an 8-15 line poem with short lines describing your street or neighborhood. **

The noises  of cats   Meowing   Car engines   Roaring   and their   tires   screeching   kids playing   laughing   Ha Ha Ha   My street   is   a   loud   one.

Jack's feelings for poetry are changing because he is liking them all typed up on the board on blue paper and he is also writing better poems and the poem that is shaped like a dog he finally put his name on it. I know this because Jack said "They look nice typed up like that on blue paper on a yellow board."
 * 11. How are Jack's feelings about writing poetry changing? How do you know? Use evidence from the story to support your answer. **


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

Jack liked the poem by Walter Dean Myers because of his two reasons, "My dad calls me in the morning like this // Hey there son. // " The other reason is "I had a yellow dog and I used to say // Hey there sky." //


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

Love that dog  By: Nick Ingraham

Love that dog  Like a April cloud loves to rain   I said love that dog   like a cat loves to meow   Love to say hey there scout lets go for a ride.

This poem builds on previous poems that Jack has wrote because of one of the poems called street music he says the big kids call out for a car and Jack said the same thing in his poem MY SKY he reuses words in his poem MY SKY from his poem SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON these are the words //"////blue car blue car splattered with mud."//
 * 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. **