Love That Dog
by Sharon Creech
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Read in October, 2007
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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 ...more
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Read in May, 2008
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poets
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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Just a few days ago, I went to school to listen to the second-graders read. My son had picked up "Love that Dog" on the recommendation of a friend. As he read the book aloud, I became intrigued. That afternoon, as I drove my son home from school, he shared a passage from the book that was particularly poignant. I was hooked. After he finished, I asked him if I could borrow the book myself. He graciously allowed me the chance to read it despite his misgivings that I would not return the...more
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Read in July, 2008
What a clever little book this is!
"Dog" is a super-quick read (86 short pages that I read all at once) that has really less to do with dogs (although there is indeed a sweet little yellow dog involved) and more to do with poetry: considered a "novel", the book chronicles the English-class journal entries of Jack as he contemplates the poetry read in class (copies of which are convieniently found in the back of the book for reference), and what exactly defines a poem and ...more
"Dog" is a super-quick read (86 short pages that I read all at once) that has really less to do with dogs (although there is indeed a sweet little yellow dog involved) and more to do with poetry: considered a "novel", the book chronicles the English-class journal entries of Jack as he contemplates the poetry read in class (copies of which are convieniently found in the back of the book for reference), and what exactly defines a poem and ...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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recommends it for:
people who are trying to find ways to help kids enjoy poetry
This book is a hidden treasure. It is written entirely in poetic form, from the perspective of a boy writing in a dialogue journal to his teacher. You never see what the teacher wrote, but it is implied by the boy's comments.
The teacher has been introducing the kids to poetry, and the boy not only "doesn't get" the poems, but he also thinks that writing poetry is stupid and only for girls. As he writes notes to his teacher, he discovers that he is a gifted poet and develops a se...more
The teacher has been introducing the kids to poetry, and the boy not only "doesn't get" the poems, but he also thinks that writing poetry is stupid and only for girls. As he writes notes to his teacher, he discovers that he is a gifted poet and develops a se...more
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Read in July, 2008
I read this book hoping to find another text that I could use in a book club on books in poetic verse with 6th grade students. This book would work well with some of my lower readers. They would be able to work through the text and vocabulary at a fairly steady pace. It might not be challenging enough for my high readers.
I enjoyed that Creech alluded to well known poems in her writing. I didn't realize that the poems were included in an appendix until I had finished reading. If I were to ...more
I enjoyed that Creech alluded to well known poems in her writing. I didn't realize that the poems were included in an appendix until I had finished reading. If I were to ...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 July, 2008
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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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Read in August, 2008
recommends it for:
those who love dogs, poetry, and/or children's literature
I ran across this book on here yesterday and, being both a teacher of fourth graders and a lover of both dogs and poetry, I decided to see if my school library had it today so that I could read it to my students.
I opened it up during my lunch break just to check it out and ending up sitting and reading the whole thing. Not only am I definitely going to share it with my students when we do our poetry unit in a few weeks, but I think I'm going to have to buy a personal copy!
The images I...more
I opened it up during my lunch break just to check it out and ending up sitting and reading the whole thing. Not only am I definitely going to share it with my students when we do our poetry unit in a few weeks, but I think I'm going to have to buy a personal copy!
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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 July, 2008
Initially I was not sure about this book. The further I got into the book, the more I was able to connect with Jack, the writer of the poems. It gives the reader insight to connect with a person who is unsure of himself as a writer of poetry. He learns different formats and explores writing after an initial hesitation. After completing the book, I feel it would be appropriate to include in the poetry corner of my classroom library so students could read about a character's struggles with how to ...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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