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Love That Dog Name ______By Sharon Creech Day 1: Pages 1-11 Vivid Vocabulary Splattered (P Love That Dog Name __________________ by Sharon Creech Day 1: pages 1-11 Vivid Vocabulary splattered (p. 4) anonymous (p. 11) Comprehension Check 1. What has Miss Stretchberry asked Jack to do? Give two reasons he doesn’t want to do it. ________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Compare and contrast the version of the Jack’s poem on page 8 to the original version on page 4. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did Jack actually feel once Miss Stretchberry published his work? Give evidence from the text. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Picked Passage: “Brain’s empty.” (p. 2) Explain this statement. What does it mean and why was it said? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to Literature: How do you feel about writing poetry? Why? __________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Story Sketches Visualize the poems on page 4 and page 8. Sketch what you see in your imagination here: Test Taking: “like a comet in the sky…” (p. 8) To what does this simile refer? a) a shooting star b) the headlights of a car c) a flashlight in the distance d) We don’t know. Swift Summary: Summarize these pages in 1-2 sentences: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2016 Deana Jones Love That Dog Name __________________ by Sharon Creech Day 2: pages 12-19 Vivid Vocabulary leaped (p. 15) chomp (p. 16) Comprehension Check 1. Why do you think Jack wrote the word POEM in all capital letters on page 12? Explain. ____________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What pet did Jack used to have? How was it similar to the pet in the poem they read? ___________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe how Jack felt when the teacher put his poem on the board. Be specific. _________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Picked Passage: “Pretend I still have that pet?” (p. 14) Why do you think the author italicized this line? Why do you think Jack doesn’t want to write about his pet? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to Literature: If you had to write a poem about a pet, what would you write about? Explain. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Story Sketches Sketch one of the animals in the poems they read in class. Test Taking: Which best describes Jack’s attitude toward writing a poem about a pet? a) enthusiastic b) angry c) reluctant d) afraid Swift Summary: Summarize these pages in 1-2 sentences: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2016 Deana Jones Love That Dog Name __________________ by Sharon Creech Day 3: pages 20-30 Vivid Vocabulary pasture (p. 20) tottery (p. 20) Comprehension Check 1. Explain Jack’s theory about perhaps how poems become poems sometimes. ____________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Summarize the story Jack told about where he went with his dad. ____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Give two reasons Jack titled his poem from this chapter “You Come Too.” ______________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Picked Passage: “Me! Me! Choose me! I’m the best one.” (p. 26) Explain this quote in context, giving details from the text. To whom does it refer? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to Literature: If you could choose any pet, which would you choose? Why? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Story Sketches: One thing about the way Miss Stretchberry displays his work bothers the narrator. Write a short poem of your own below that illustrates the problem. Test Taking: Which part of his poem did Jack want Miss Stretchberry to leave out when she displayed it? a) the part where his dad was there. b) the part where he actually chose his dog c) the drive home d) the fact that some of the other animals got killed Swift Summary: Summarize these pages in 1-2 sentences: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2016 Deana Jones Love That Dog Name __________________ by Sharon Creech Day 4: pages 31-41 Vivid Vocabulary screech (p. 31) caution (p. 33) Comprehension Check 1. Describe Jack’s house and neighborhood. Give details from the text. __________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. On these pages, Jack’s name is first used. List two different places it was used. __________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How has Jack’s attitude toward the teacher sharing his poems changed? Why do you think this is? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Picked Passage: “Was it like me when I didn’t think my words were poems?” (p. 40) Explain this quote in context. Who said it? Who was he talking to, about whom? What did Jack say next? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to Literature: If your teacher posted your poem, would you want your name on it? Why or why not? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Story Sketches: The poems shaped like their subject are called concrete poems. Write your own here: Test Taking: Which of the following words from page 31 is NOT an example of onomatopoeia? a) loud b) clash c) flash d) screech Swift Summary: Summarize these pages in 1-2 sentences: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2016 Deana Jones Love That Dog Name __________________ by Sharon Creech Day 5: pages 42-54 Vivid Vocabulary straggly (p. 46) inspired (p. 50) Comprehension Check 1. Give evidence that Jack has really come to enjoy poetry. Use specific details from the text. ________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Explain the two reasons why Jack liked the poem “Love That Boy” by Walter Dean Myers so much. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What did Jack’s teacher ask him to do that he thinks she should do instead? Why? _______________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Picked Passage: “That sounds good to my ears.“ (p. 51) Explain this sentence in context. What specifically sounded good to Jack’s ears? Why? What had been his concern? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
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