Love That Dog
by Sharon Creech
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Read in October, 2007
recommended to (B) Archer by:
Daniel Barrientosrecommends it for: Everyone
The book I was reading was Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. Some times I feel like writing is only for girls and that if I make some poem or writing assignment I had to put anonymous in the authors name because they might not be too good or people might make fun of me because I’m writing, and that’s one of the reasons why I like this book because it shows you that writing is not for girls only.
This book is about this guy that is writing poetry all the time and he thinks ...more
This book is about this guy that is writing poetry all the time and he thinks ...more
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Read in April, 2003
I love love love this book! It was my favorite by Sharon Creech until she published Heartbeat, and now I can't say which I like more. It is written entirely in free verse written in the school notebook of a boy who is a reluctant poetry pupil. The poetic form, believability of Jack (the main character), and the story he ultimately tells are simply smashing. This book would also be a ...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Wonderful, short book that is filled with rich words. The book portrays a typical boy who dislike poetry changing into a poet. The whole book is made of one huge poetry of Jack's.
I really enjoyed it because we can really connect with how Jack felt, especially that we started poetry writing in writing arts class. Who knows what poetry is? We can writing almost anything and say it's poetry ^-^
It is sad due to what happened to Jack's dog, but everyone must move on. The book is a good tribute to...more
I really enjoyed it because we can really connect with how Jack felt, especially that we started poetry writing in writing arts class. Who knows what poetry is? We can writing almost anything and say it's poetry ^-^
It is sad due to what happened to Jack's dog, but everyone must move on. The book is a good tribute to...more
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Read in January, 2004
Wow, what a book!
A neat way to tell the story of a boy and his dog. The narrator is a boy who does not want to write poetry for his class, but proves himself to be quite talented. The story is told in verse as he completes class poetry assignments.
This would be a great book to introduce a poetry unit to younger kids (3rd-6th or 7th grade), or something to model good writing practices. The narrator starts out just rambling in free verse, but eventually develops into "real" poetr...more
A neat way to tell the story of a boy and his dog. The narrator is a boy who does not want to write poetry for his class, but proves himself to be quite talented. The story is told in verse as he completes class poetry assignments.
This would be a great book to introduce a poetry unit to younger kids (3rd-6th or 7th grade), or something to model good writing practices. The narrator starts out just rambling in free verse, but eventually develops into "real" poetr...more
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Summary (CIP): A young student,who comes to love poetry through personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, suprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
Review: Beutifully written poetry tells the story of a reluctant writer and his feelings about his dog. The format is amazing, including both poems the boy, Jack, wrote for class as well as free verse poems, which are the notes he had written to the teacher about poetry. Reluctant poetry readers will relate to Jac...more
Review: Beutifully written poetry tells the story of a reluctant writer and his feelings about his dog. The format is amazing, including both poems the boy, Jack, wrote for class as well as free verse poems, which are the notes he had written to the teacher about poetry. Reluctant poetry readers will relate to Jac...more
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Normally, I really dislike poetry, but after this Writing Arts unit on poetry and reading this book, I have learned to be more accepting. This book was about the story of a boy named Jack, who hates poetry and resists to write it. However he is inspired to write poetry from his dog Sky. THis is a very short and easy read, but if yout ake thetime to think deeply about the poems, a lot of depth is there.
Because I love dogs, it would be a shame if I didn't like this book. Sky, is an ideal dog, t...more
Because I love dogs, it would be a shame if I didn't like this book. Sky, is an ideal dog, t...more
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This book was my introduction to Sharon Creech. It's simple, but excellent. Actually, it sort of sneaked up on me (much like Bel Canto did)(by the by, doesn't "sneaked" kind of bug you? It's like when you (ha! you) have to use "we" instead of "us" because you know it's right, but then it bothers you because no one uses "we" that way and you fear the other person believes you to be an idiot. Anyway, most dictionaries still label "snuck"...more
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Read in January, 2008
I work in the 8th grade and have worked in every grade down to kindergarten and Sharon Creech captures the voice of a kid very well. I believe this child would still be in elementary school due to the immaturity in the writing but that just makes it better. It is a very short read, I read it in less than an hour while in class. I laughed and the kids were wondering why I was amused and I didn't bother explaining it because the truth would be too close to home for them and therefore not see th...more
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Read in March, 2008
This was a quick little 90-page book of poems that I remember hearing about from some friends in my ISU English classes. During some slower first-half moments of the NCAA tournament games I was watching tonight, I picked it up off our shelf--I eventually muted the game because I was enjoying the book so much. In an unusual format, Creech reminded me of how fun it was to realize that poetry is not just confusing, archaic material for adults. Witnessing those first few moments of "wait...I...more
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Read in March, 2003
This only takes a few minutes to read and is such a wonderful little book. A child must write poetry for a school assignment, much to the child's dismay. (Poetry is for girls, poetry isn't cool, etc.) The child (and narrator) finally finds inspiration in the form of a yellow dog he once knew.
I would have liked this book even if it didn't have special meaning for me. My own best friend until I was 12 was a yellow dog named Tippy. She was the kindest and smartest dog I've ever known, and ...more
I would have liked this book even if it didn't have special meaning for me. My own best friend until I was 12 was a yellow dog named Tippy. She was the kindest and smartest dog I've ever known, and ...more
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The book is a poem book, it main poem is “love that dog”. A quote is “I’m going out to clean the pasture spring; I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away”. The book is in diary type form and the poems are not from the author but from some students. One of the poems I didn’t like was the poem “The Apple”, since used like 10 word that described the fruit and repeated lots of times to form a picture of an apple. One of the techniques the book usually us...more
The book is a poem book, it main poem is “love that dog”. A quote is “I’m going out to clean the pasture spring; I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away”. The book is in diary type form and the poems are not from the author but from some students. One of the poems I didn’t like was the poem “The Apple”, since used like 10 word that described the fruit and repeated lots of times to form a picture of an apple. One of the techniques the book usually us...more
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Read in March, 2008
This book has plenty of poems in it. It mostly has poetry in it. The author describes the dog's appearance and what it does in the story. It is supposed to be about a dog , but it has different stories or poems. There were poems about pastures, cars, and even tigers. The different people that wrote poems in this book just really usd their imaginaton. Also they tell the readers how they feel about different things. There were a couple of poems about a dog in this book , but most of them weren't...more
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Read in February, 2008
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lit. teacherrecommends it for: teachers, or anyone !
This book was so simple and quick. It's a book composed of poems, by a young boy in school. It's like your hearing his conversations with his teacher, but only hear him. You read and see a transitioning boy going from no interest in poems to realizing that there are endless possibilities. Just reading this novel you realize yourself that poems don't always have to be old English, hard to analyze pieces of work. They can be from a child who has something to say. this book was adorable. Great reso...more
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Read in October, 2007
My daughter Megan was reading this for a book report she had to do. As much as it bothers me she (Megan) hates to read, it just makes me feel so sad because I love reading so much. Well, I was trying to help her with her report and found that it was so hard to help her when I'd not read the book....so I told her I needed to read it. I read it in a little over an hour. It was very simple yet so profound. It's written in poem form and it's a fast nice read. I read the last of it out loud to ...more
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Read in January, 2008
Such an amazing book! Sharon Creech again, nails the child prespective. This is an amazing chronology of a little boy that becomes a brilliant poet during the school year. His writing journey is told through entries in his writing notebook that his teacher has him keep. The story is so touching, smart and hilarious. It is a great tool for engaging kids with poetry. I see one my 4th graders consistently referencing this book in her own notebook. It's a fast read and one that everyone will ...more
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Love That Book! As an English teacher, I'm a sucker for finding any text that will help me motivate the unmotivated reader. This quick read is written from the perspective of an elementary-age boy who hates it when his English teacher makes him write poetry; of course this whole book is written in poetry - his poetry. The writing get increasingly sophisticated as the story unfolds and it evolves into a testiment to the power of poetry, especially for young people.
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Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
young'uns
An excellent kid's book that is both challenging and original. The narrator is a young boy encouraged to write poetry in the classroom. After discovering several poems he likes by Williams, Frost, and others, he reluctantly gives it a shot. He finally creates a poem about his dog modeled after Walter Dean Myers' "Love That Boy." The whole book is in verse, broken up by days of the school year. Read it if you love poetry and/or dogs, then pass it on to a kid.
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
anyone!
Really cute, I liked the idea. I think this is such a fun book to get kids involved with poetry, just so that they can see that it is not always the "great" thing that it is made out to be, but just feelings. I loved it.
A fun read aloud, and it wouldn't even take that long. I think I had it finished in about 30 minutes. I would probably read it again, and again, and each time I would appreciate it more for the simplicity and emotion that it possesses.
A fun read aloud, and it wouldn't even take that long. I think I had it finished in about 30 minutes. I would probably read it again, and again, and each time I would appreciate it more for the simplicity and emotion that it possesses.
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Read in May, 2008
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SLJ 2001 Best Books, NYTimes Notable Books. I choked up at the end, but then dogs dying always gets me. I enjoyed how the beginning started out with an avowal of I hate poetry and turns out to be a big fan of poetry and quite a poet himself. How does he do that? By the tenacity of a teacher... encouraging and exposing a child to a subject until the point where understanding and integration kick in - and encouraging the student to go beyond the teacher
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Read in January, 2007
This is an exceptional book of juvenile fiction. I checked it out to read aloud to my daughter, but found myself drawn into the story. It's short, and because we both became engaged in it, we read it in a couple of nights. Warning: it's one of those animal stories with the obligatory sad climax. It is tough reading for sensitive readers (I count myself as one of those). I normally avoid sad animal books, but this one was worth the tears.
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