This humorous poetry book for students is about a boy who dislikes poetry in school. Each free verse "chapter" within this book is like a diary entry written by the boy, Jack. Throughout the poetry novel, Jack continuously dislikes his teacher's poetry assignments. However, as the novel continues, Jack becomes a better poetry writer, and readers can see his poetry develop. In the end, he just might begin to learn to enjoy poetry.
This novel is an easy read for older students, and it is a great entry into poetry for students. The humor within Jack's poetry is relatable to students that may find poetry daunting. As Jack grows, readers can grow in poetry writing as well. I thought a good activity for students with this novel would be to start their own free verse poetry diary just like Jack. I also thought another activity would be to analyze Jack's poetry progress throughout his diary entries since his writing progresses.
The following is a link to Sharon Creech's website: http://www.sharoncreech.com/books/love-that-dog
The following is is a link to a literature guide for teachers for this novel: http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/lovethatdog_t.pdf
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