Work Time A: Students complete the I Notice/I Wonder Note-catcher: "dog" using a word-processing tool--for example, a Google Doc. Want exclusive content, like free chapters, news, and sweepstakes? Register for the newsletter here!

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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. Place your finger on lie down . Where do you lie down?" (Responses will vary, but could include: in bed.) colorfully adorned with intricate designs that loosely recall illuminated manuscripts, Newbery Medalist Creech's (Walk Two Moons ) protracted fairy tale traces how two orphaned peasants come to rub Continue reading »After 10 minutes, refocus whole group. Focus on one characteristic of poetry at a time and invite the students from those groups to present to the whole group. Balance "air time" when multiple groups have focused on the same characteristic. As groups share, capture their ideas on the What Makes a Poem a Poem? anchor chart in the same categories. Refer to What Makes a Poem a Poem? anchor chart (example, for teacher reference) as necessary. 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.

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Prioritize lessons for classrooms with many ELLs: To prepare for the Unit 1 assessments, consider prioritizing and expanding instruction in Lesson 2, which introduces theme and summarizing; Lesson 4, which introduces the pattern of comparing Love That Dog to a famous poem in one lesson; and Lessons 7-12, which introduce comparing prose to poetry and preparing and practicing for text-based discussions. Be sure to complete the Language Dive in Lesson 6. If necessary, consider placing less focus and condensing instruction in Lessons 1, 5, and 6, which provide helpful practice and repetition but don't introduce as many critical concepts or plotlines. Newbery Medalist Creech’s slim, understated story about a young childless couple who find a small boy of indeterminate age asleep on their farmhouse porch one morning has a fablelike quality. Continue reading » Seigfried's youthful, bright (but not overly chipper) voice proves a good vehicle for interpreting Creech's latest, a novel-in-poems about the swirl of momentous change that moves through Continue reading » Remind students that summaries give us a brief idea of what a text is about so we can determine whether or not we want or need to read it. Focus students on the Criteria of an Effective Summary anchor chart. Remind students that they have seen each of these targets before, but this time the poem they will be analyzing is different.Comparing prose to poetry: Students explicitly compare the characteristics of poetry to prose. Continually remind students as they practice writing poetry and prose that the rules are different. With poetry, just about anything goes, whereas with prose, there are strict rules to help ensure clear, appropriate communication. For example, prose sentences usually contain a subject with a predicate, and the summaries in the unit should be built on a set structure. What is a theme of this poem? What is a message or main idea the poet wants you to take away?" (Dogs have a good, almost enviable, life.) This simultaneously sensitive and ridiculous romp by a Newbery-winning author (Walk Two Moons) begins as spunky nine-year-old Dennis explains that ghosts keep visiting him in his bedroom--""a Continue reading » Families can talk about the format of the book and its effectiveness. Do you like the author's use of poetry for telling a story? Does it make the story more powerful? In a story that is part folktale, part mystery, and part comedy, Newbery Medalist Creech (Walk Two Moons) traces a series of strange events, beginning with a boy’s fall from a tree, which is Continue reading »