Every day we will be reading and exploring “Love That Dog” and other poems by amazing poets!

You will keep a response journal just like the speaker, Jack, in our novel!

Love That Dog: Pages 1-2

This is my puggle, Reese! My husband and I adopted Reese 3 years ago because his owners could not care for him.

Jack Room 105 : Miss StretchberrySeptember 13 I DON’T WANT TO BECAUSE BOYS DON’T WRITE POETRYGIRL’S DO

September 21I TRIED. CAN’T DO IT. BRAINS EMPTY.

Who is Jack?

Who is Miss. Stretchberry?

What doesn’t Jack want to do? Why? Who is he speaking to?

What’s his tone toward poetry?

Love That Dog : Pages 3-5

September 27I don’t understand the poem about the red wheelbarrowAnd the white chickensAnd why so much depends on them

If that is the poem About the red wheelbarrowAnd the chickens Then any words Can be a poem. You’ve Just Got ToMakeShort Lines

Is Jack right? Can “any words” put together be a poem?

What did you think about The Red Wheelbarrow poem by William Carlos?

Love That Dog : Pages 3-5

October 4Do you promise Not to read it Out loud?Do you promise not to put it on the board?

Okay, here it is,But I don’t like it.

So much dependsUpon Blue car Splattered with mud Speeding down the road.

October 10

What do you mean –

Why does so much depend Upon A blue car?

You didn’t say beforeThat I had to tell why.

The wheelbarrow guy Didn’t tell why.

Love That DoG: 16 Word Poem

On the first page of your poetry response book, please write a 16 word poem.

Your poem must be 8 lines long with 16 words total.

Your poem must start with“SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON…”

Check this out!!A Snow DayBy: Mrs. Ritchie

So much depends upon

A FunSnow day

Mountains of ClimbingSnow

Beside the Burrowed Buses

Love That Dog : Pages 6-7

October 17What was up with the snowy woods poem you read today?

Why doesn’t the person just keep going if he’s gotSo many miles to go before he sleeps?

And why do I have to tell moreAbout the blue carSplattered with mud Speeding down the road?

I don’t want to Write about that blue carThat had miles to go before it slept.so many miles to go in such a hurry.

Love That DoG: Snow Poem

On the second page of your poetry response book, please write a cinquain about winter.

Check this out!!Winter Wind By: Mrs. Ritchie

Winter Artic, BitterBlowing, Stabbing, Icing I wear a scarfWind

The first line is one word.

The second line contains two adjectives. The third line has three words ending in “ing.”

The fourth line has four or more words that make a complete sentence.

The fifth line is one word.

Love That Dog : Pages 8-9

October 24I am sorry to say I did not really understandThe tiger tiger burning bright poemBut at least it sounded good In my ears

Here is the blue car with tiger sounds…

Blue car, blue car, shining brightIn the darkness of the night:Who could see you speeding byLike a comet in the sky?

I could see you in the night, Blue car, blue car, shining bright.I could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky.

Some of the tiger soundsAre still in my ears like drums beat-beat-beating

In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? 

And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet? 

Let’s find the end rhyme pattern in “Tyger” by William Blake!

What is the Rhyme scheme?

What other poetic devices did you notice in this poem?

Love That DoG: End Rhyme Poem

Here are the requirements of a CLERIHEW!Please write this on page three of your response book!1.They are four lines long.

2.The first and second lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other.

3.The first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.

4.A clerihew can be humorous or serious! Your choice!

Must Follow…AA BB

Format!

Garfield

Garfield the catOn his rear he sat.Eating lasagna galoreWhile Ruining the decor.

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Love That Dog : Pages 10-16

November 6Yes You can put The two blue-car poemsOn the board But only if you don’t put My nameOn them.

October 31They look niceTyped up like that On blue paperOn a yellow board

(but still don’t tell anyone who wrote them, okay?)

(And what does anonymous mean?Is it good?)

Love That Dog : Pages 10-16

November 15th

I don’t have any pets So I can’t write about one And especially I can’t write A POEMAbout one.

November 9Yes, I used to have a pet. I don’t want to write about it.

You’re going to ask meWhy not?Right?

Lets INFER… Why might Jack not want to talk about a pet he used to have?

Love That Dog : Pages 10-16

November 29

Can’t I make up a pet- A different one?Like a tiger?Or a hamster?A goldfish?Turtle?Snail? Worm?Flea?

November 22I liked those Small poems We read today.

When They’re small

Like that you can readA whole bunch in a short timeAnd then in your head are all the pictures Of all the small thingsFrom all the small poems.

I liked how the kitten leapedIn the cat poemAnd how you could seeThe long head of the horse in the horse poem

And I especially liked the dog In the dog poemBecause that’s just how My yellow dogUsed to lie down, With his tongue all limpAnd his chin Between his paws

And how he’d sometimesChomp at a flyAnd then sleepIn his loose skinJust like that poet, Miss Valerie Worth, Says, In her small Dog poem.

Love That Dog: Valerie Worth Inspired Poem

Please write on page four of your response journal

Write a poem describing an animal, person, plant, insect… it has to be living.

Your poem must be at least 6-8 lines long!

Your poem must also include at least 5 verbs!

Having trouble? Picture yourself watching an animal at the zoo! What is the animal? What is it doing?

Giraffe By Irene Latham

December 4th

Why do you want To type up what I wroteAbout reading The small poems?

It’s not a poem?Is it?

I guess you can put it on the boardIf you want toBut don’t put my name on it In case other people think It’s not a poem.

December 13th I guess it does look like a poem When you see it typed up like that But, I think maybe It would look better if there was more space Between the linesLike how I wrote it The first time. And I likes the picture of the yellow dog you put beside it.

But that’s not how My yellow dog Looked.

January 10Love That Dog : Pages 20-21

I really really really Did NOT get the pasture poemYou read today. I mean:Somebody’s going out to the pastureTo clean the springAnd to get The little tottery calfWhile he’s out thereAnd he isn’t going To be gone long And he wants YOU (Who is YOU?) To come too. I mean REALLY.

And you said that Mr. Robert FrostWho wrote about the pastureWas also the one who wrote about Those snowy woods And the miles to go before he sleeps – Well!

I think Mr. Robert Frost

has a little Too much time on his hands!

Love That Dog: Robert Frost Inspired Poem

Write a poem inviting someone to join you doing or experiencing something that you especially enjoy.

It can be something you like to do outdoors or indoors. It can be a special place that you like to visit or an activity that you enjoy.

Think about the things that make the place or activity special.

Use descriptive words in your poem to encourage the reader to accept your invitation.

Help him or her to see, hear, and feel the wonderful experience that is so special to you.

Free Verse

A poem that does not have any Rhyme.

Please write on page 5 of your response journal.