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= This is My Love That Dog Response Page! by: Carolena Wagner =

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// speeding down the road. //

 * Why do you think the blue car was important to 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.**
=Question 1= Jack doesn't want to write poetry in the beginning of the book because he was being stereotypical saying that only girls write poetry.

= Question 2 = I think the blue car may have had something to do with his dog so it made it important to him. = = = Question 3 = I think what caused Miss Stretchberry to be so interested in Jack's first poem because she thought she could get some emotion and good poems out of him. __ **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. **


 * The Red Wheelbarrow BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS


 * so much depends **


 * upon **


 * a red wheel **


 * barrow **


 * glazed with rain **


 * water **


 * beside the white **


 * chickens. **

|| Title by line

//Line 1// So much depends //Line 2// upon

// Line 3 // (choose an important item in your life to write about)

// Line 4 // (describe the item as you see it. ie: color, size, appearance)

// Line 5 // (describe the location of the item) ||

__ **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? **


 * __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. **


 * 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? **


 * __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. **

=** My poem **=

so much depends upon a little black dog running through the grass in the front yard. = = =Question 5= He borrows the writing styles of other poets so he doesn't have to find his own style and the wheelbarrow poem is one of the styles he uses the tiger burning bight poem style.

=Question 6= Jack wants his early poems to be anonymous because he doesn't believe they are real poems or that they are good.He thinks his classmates will laugh or make fun of him.I am like Jack in a way because sometimes (mostly when I write poetry) I do not under any circumstances want to share because I don't have confidence in my writing skills even though I love to write.

=Question 7= Jack thinks that maybe the author of the wheelbarrow poem just drew pictures and put words to his pictures then his teacher them typed and the way she typed it up made it look like a poem.I think by the way he describes his surroundings in the memories it makes you see the pictures even though there may not be any.

So much depends upon a blue car splattered with mud speeding down the road.

blue car,blue car,shining bright in the darkness of the night: who could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky?

I could see you in the night, blue car,blue car,shining bright, I could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky?


 * __Read pages 22-30.__ **


 * 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? **

__** Read pages 31-34. **__


 * 9. How does Jack describe his street. What are some of the words he uses to describe it?**


 * 10. How would you describe the sights and sounds of your street or neighborhood in a poem?**

=**Q**** uestion 9. **= He describes his street as quiet and not very busy. THIN street and a normal white house.

=** Question 10 **= quiet but busy small yet big car doors slamming crickets chirping dogs barking rain falling kids yelling leaves falling trees swaying birds chirping
 * __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. **


 * 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. **

=** Question 11 **= Jack's feelings have been changing about poetry for the better he now has confidence in his work.He told his teacher that he was okay with the poem having his name on it.

__ **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. **

=** Question 13 **= I think Jack liked the poem so much because he connected with parts of it like when he said his dad also said "come here son".


 * __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__. **

=Question 15= It shows you that Jack still loves Sky and he misses Sky but has most likely accepted that Sky is gone because he is talking about him.This is the first time that Jack lets himself out there completely.

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