They read Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams and even Jack's favorite, Walter Dean Myers. At first, Jack feels he can't write poetry, but his teacher inspires him. However, his teacher exposes the class to many poems and requires a lot of writing from her students. Jack, the main character, is a reluctant poet as he thinks poetry is for girls only. It's the start of a new unit in English class. Written as a series of free-verse poems from Jack's point of view, Love That Dog shows how one boy finds his own voice with the help of a teacher, a writer, a pencil, some yellow paper, and of course, a dog." The more he writes, the more he learns he does have something to say. With a fresh and deceptively simple style, acclaimed author Sharon Creech tells a story with enormous heart. Stretchberry, won't stop giving her class poetry assignments - and Jack can't avoid them. Only girls write it and every time he tries to, his brain feels empty.
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