Poetry Inspired by Love That Dog

 We have just finished reading the wonderful, 'Love That Dog' by Sharon Creech.  It's a book in which the story about Jack's much loved dog unfolds via a series of poems he writes.  Over the course of a year, he learns about some of the classic poems used as models for writing - in much the same way as we use models of good writing and, he begins to open up and express himself.  He discovers the power of poetry! 

We have used some of the same poems as models for our Writing recently and the results have been wonderful.  We are trying to use 'the best words' and put then in 'the best order'.  This involves editing, going back to the work, thinking about it over a few days, or even weeks, reworking it until we are satisfied that we can't make any further improvements. Here's a couple of examples.

                                                    

We have discovered that poetry is NEVER boring!