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Love that Dog by Sharon Creech

Creech, S. (2001). Love that dog. NY: HarperCollins

Love that Dog by Sharon Creech it is a book written about a boy name Jack who hates poetry and is very reluctant to try it. I believe that my reluctant readers would love the comedy of this book. He is so honest with his evaluation of the poetry the teacher reads to the class and that will attract the reader because they can see themselves in him. He expresses himself so clear and bold. Every line is so clear and fresh that you can see him taking to you as if he was your friend or brother. I would sell this book by introducing Jack, a boy just like them who does not get poetry and is hesitant about writing it. I would also read the book to them so they can see what a wonderful book it is. I would introduce it to the teachers when they teach poetry to consider it and give them the lesson plan for it too.  I like the book trailer they have on you tube of a dog. I would like to introduce with that the book trailer and read some lines that are catchy like the poem of the "Red wheel barrow by the white chickens". Jacks comments are funny and attention grabbers. I would make a book marks with yellow paper with a dog and the title of the book and author’s name and pass out for the students to remember the book and want to read it. Have a display on one of the shelves with a picture of a yellow lab and the book next to it. A poster reading “If you like dog stories this book you must try.”  

Other books by the author are Hate that cat , it’s very similar to Love that Dog, Jack is still in the poetry class and writing poems but it shifts to his mother and a mean cat his mother got him. Another book by the author is Walk two moons, it is about a girl who wishes be reunited with her mother. Very different to the Love that dog and Hate that cat in that Walk two moons is dealing with a girl abandon by a mother and living with the grandparents. No poetry in this book just a child dealing with a loss of a parent. Another book is Chasing Redbird set in Kentucky like several of her other books and with similar names and places as the other books she written. Is about a girl who believes somehow she has cause the death of her cousin Rose who lived in the house next to them when she was four and her Aunt Jessie who died nine years after that. All her books are not only dealing with real issues but have included humor, sadness, and even romance.

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Love that Dog

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Love That Dog Reader’s Response Journal, Poetry Pack, and Book Test Bundle 

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Aligned to Common Core! This download includes:

• a 26 page reader’s response journal
• extra poetry pages/activities found throughout the packet
• Love That Dog book test
• answer keys

Common Core Aligned Vocabulary Includes:

• imagery
• rhyme
• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• repetition
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• stanza

Reader’s Response Journal and Extra Poetry Activities

This 26 page reader's response journal is designed for students to use while reading the book Love That Dog by Sharon Creech. This packet is broken down into approximately 30 page sections with reader's response questions and aligned poetry activities for each section. 

The breakdown of pages included:

• Poetry Survey #1
• Vocabulary Introduction
• Reader’s Response Questions pages 1-29
• Vocabulary Review
• So Much Depends Upon…
• Poetry Peace Map (Poem Analysis)
• Reader’s Response Questions pages 30-60
• Vocabulary Sort
• Similes & Metaphors
• Reader’s Response pages 61-86
• Vocabulary Review
• Quotations
• Miss Stretchberry
• What Did Jack Learn?
• Vocabulary Review
• Figurative Language Review
• Poetry Survey #2

An answer key is included!

Love That Dog Book Test

The book test includes 5 pages with 32 questions that consist of fill in the blank, multiple choice, and open-ended questions.

An answer key is included!

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Wonderstruck

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Wonderstruck novel activity pack! 

Includes the following graphic organizers for the story Wonderstruck:

Author's Purpose for writing Wonderstruck
Interviewing Brian Selznick, author of Wonderstruck
Making Inferences
Reading Reflection
Summarizing Chapters
Setting in Wonderstruck
Main Idea
All About Ben
Ben and Me
Character Growth and Change - Ben
Character Study - Ben
All About Rose
Rose and Me
Character Growth and Change - Rose
Character Study - Rose
My Predictions
Follow the Plot of Wonderstruck (identifying the main plot points)
Problem Solver (main problem and solutions)
Cause and Effect in Wonderstruck
Vocabulary Exploration
My Favorite Quotes from Wonderstruck
Ask Questions (Who...What.. etc.)
Book Critic (after reading - personal opinion)
Story Sequel (creative writing) for Wonderstruck
Creative Cover

Wonder Struck

 Selznick, B. (2007). Wonderstruck. NY: Scholastic

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick about a boy named Ben whose mother has died and is deaf and is made to live with his aunt but goes out to find his father in New York City. This book is filled with pictures all done as a silent movie. The faces of the characters you can feel the intensity of each emotion the characters are going through. The pictures are very captivating and the plot of a deaf boy and the story of a deaf girl told only by pictures. It is such a wonderful way to tell a story. As if you are watching a silent film. Students who are reluctant to read? They’ll read this one! That is what I will use to get the viewer to come and get the book, by the pictures so richly done. I would sale this book by its pictures.  I would ask the teachers to allow me to introduce a lesson about this book I found in Teachers pay teachers web site called “I See It!” A lesson plan I so much liked is on “Building Inferences from Drawings” from the pictures. Another lesson plan for the book I found is “Turn up the Volume:  Creating a Soundtrack for a Picture Sequence.” I would make one of the pictures from his book into a ledger size and place it in front of the library on display. I would show his book trailer and ask what is book about and how will it end? When they come to visit the library they can get a glimpse of the story and get book marks of the cover. His other books are very similar so I would put them together in a display in front of the library so they can grab and see the pages. His book sure captivates a visual learner and a reluctant reader.

Another book from the author is “The Houdini Box” about a boy fascinated with the great Houdini. This book is very similar to Wonderstruck by its pictures and the story line of a boy fascinated with a man. In his other book “The Invention of Hugo Cabgret” is a book about a boy who is very much intrigued with a mechanical man. Most of this book is told by pictures. In “The Boy of a Thousand Faces” a story about a boy who wants to make the face of silent films is funny and enjoyable. Again his pictures are extraordinary and they help the story line. The author has combined a novel, a picture book, a graphic novel, and a movie to make this distinctly books by which my school should get to know. In all his books there seems to be a pattern which contain a story line told by pictures and boys with  strong fascinations that take them on a journey filled with humor and mystery. 

The plot is about a little boy whose mother died and he goes out to find his father. He finds letters from his mother to his father and goes on a journey to find his father in New York City. The main character is (Ben) is deaf.

  His mother  a librarian taught him many things that he remembers and guild him through his quest. He has no other family member to go to but his aunt, uncle and  a bully cousin.Then his life got even worse by losing hearing in his other ear. He decides that he needs to go and his father who lives  in New York City.

Selznick, B. (2007). Wonder. NY: Scholastic

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