Love That Dog

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Guide students through the Language Dive Guide: "dog" (for teacher reference). Refer to the guide for the use of the Language Dive Note-catcher: "dog" and sentence strip chunks. If you have a number of ELLs speaking the same native language, invite family members to come into the classroom to talk with them about poetry and poets in their home countries. Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made." – Roger A. Caras, author of A Dog Is Listening: The Way Some of Our Closest Friends View Us The following materials are introduced in this unit and referenced both throughout the module and the school year: The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." – Andy Rooney, American TV writer and contributor on 60 Minutes

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The following student learning targets are a focus for this unit. Please refer to Teaching Notes in the lessons:Invite students to work with their triad to find at least two details in the poem that helped them identify the theme they have chosen, and to record them in the boxes. The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it." – Michel Houellebecq, French author Distribute the I Notice/I Wonder Note-catcher: "dog" and allocate each triad a characteristic of poetry to focus on. When possible, ensure equal numbers of groups working on each characteristic. There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money." – Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father of the United States

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In last year's Fishing in the Air, Creech took a spare, metaphorical approach to a father-son relationship. Here she examines the bond between a boy and his dog to create an ideal homage to the power of poetry and those who write it. If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog." – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright

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Read student themes, supporting details, and summaries on completed note-catchers to identify common issues to use as teaching points in future lessons. Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn't ever know we had." – Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest

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You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him." – W. Bruce Cameron, author of A Dog's Journey A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." – Josh Billings, humorist and lecturer

Place your finger on tongue all limp and his chin between his paws . Can you gently show me what that looks like?" (Look for students to gently act like a dog, letting their tongue rest and putting their chin between their hands on their desk. If students aren't comfortable acting like a dog or showing their tongues, invite them to sketch the line instead.) I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source." – Doris Day, actress Turn the What Makes a Poem a Poem? anchor chart into a kinesthetic activity. Copy descriptions of the characteristics and lines from "dog" onto separate strips. Students can paste the descriptions and lines into the correct category: Structure, Imagery, or Rhyme and Meter.