Creech, S. (2001). Love that dog. New York: HarperCollins.
Questions/Answers:
“Right there”
questions:
1. Who is Jack’s audience throughout the book? Jack’s
main audience is his teacher, who stays silent throughout the book
2. Why is Jack hesitant to write a poem about
his dog? Jack is worried that the poem about his dog, Sky, will make his
classmates sad
“Think and
search” questions:
1. Jack worries that he’s “borrowing” too many
of Walter Dean Myer’s words in one of his poems. How does the teacher help remedy Jack’s
concern? Jack’s teacher suggests that Jack include the line “inspired by Walter
Dean Myers” in his poem so that the poet receives credit for his inspiration.
2. How does Jack label his poems for
display? Why does he prefer this method
when his class mates can see his work? Jack doesn’t want his classmates to know
about his poems, so his teacher suggests that he label them as “Anonymous”.
Interpretive
questions:
1. The cover of the
book is bright yellow. What kinds
of emotions does this color evoke for the reader? Why do you think the author chose
yellow? The bright yellow evokes a feeling of joy and happiness. Even though Sky’s death was very sad for
Jack, he ultimately came to the realization that he was happy to have such
a great dog in his life.
2. Jack said that
to make a poem “you just have to use short lines”. Is that true of most poems? Why do you think that Jack considered
that a requirement for his poetry? Many poems have very long lines and can
take up several pages. Jack seems
to like the spacing and format of poems with short lines. He likes that his ideas are direct and
to the point and don’t run on.
Critical
evaluative questions:
1. Jack’s poetry is written as a journal, with
dated pages. Why do you think that the
author chose to write the story in this way?
I think that the author wanted to
show Jack’s growth as a poet during the school year by laying out the poems in
a journal format.
2. Which
of Jack’s poems is the climax of the book?
Jack’s poem about Sky’s death—“ My
Sky”—is the climax of the book.
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