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 * __ Love that Dog! __**
 * B y : C a r a H o g a n **

1. Jack doesn't want to write poetry because he thinks that only girls write poetry, not boys.

2. I think the blue car was so important to Jack because maybe someone in his family has a blue car or maybe he just likes blue cars.

3. Something that caused Miss. Strenchberry to be so interested in Jack's first poem was probably because the blue car. Miss. Strenchberry showed Jack some famous poems to help inspire Jack about what to write about.

My "So Much Depends" poem so much depends upon my nice, fun family they're always helping me in my house.

4. When Miss. Strenchberry asked Jack to write about his pet, Jack said no and that he doesn't have any pets. Miss. Strenchberry made Jack write the poem, despite his reaction, because she thought Jack was good at writing poems.

5. Jack borrowed some ideas from other poets' work so he could get some ideas on what to write about. When Jack borrows from others, he uses the same style but he changes the words. Jack did this with the Red Wheelbarrow poem and the Tiger, Tiger poem.

6. Jack is probably nervous about having everyone see his work because he doesn't know if his poems are good or not. He probably expects his classmates to say something bad about his poems because he doesn't think he is good at writing poems. Sometimes I do have a hard time sharing my work with others because I don't know if I did a good job.

7. Jack says the wheelbarrow poet and Mr. Robert Frost might just be making pictures with words and someone else just thought it was a poem because of the way it was typed. Jack is making pictures with words in his poems by just saying what he is seeing. He does this in his dog poem and the two blue car poems.

8. The authors purpose is to write a book in poetry form. The author is telling the story from Jack's point of view. I think the author does this so we can learn about more about Jack from Jack himself. I think the author chose a poetry format because she loves poetry but wanted to write a story and not just poems. The author's audience for this book is for people who like poetry but also fictional books.

9. Jack describes his street as thin, not too much traffic, quiet, and houses on both sides. He uses descriptive words, such as colors, to describe his street.

10. __ My Street __ big, houses on both sides, many people live there, stop signs, swimming pools, it's a great place

11. I think that Jack now likes poetry. Evidence from the story is Jack said the poem he wrote didn't have to be anonymous.

12. Concrete Poem- Rainbow

13. Jack liked the poem by Walter Dean Meyers because his dad calls him in the morning just like in the poem and also because when Jack had a dog he would say "Hey there Sky". (Sky is the dogs' name.)

14. __ Love That Family __ Love that family Like a fish loves to swim I said I love that family Like a bird loves to sing Love to go on vacation with them too.

15. In Jack's poem "Sky" he uses lot's of words from his previous poems. He uses "hey there Sky" and "blue car, blue car".