Love That Dog Final Assessment - Block 2

1. Why do you think Jack doesn't understand Robert Frost's poems?

• He isn't trying very hard to understand them.
• Robert Frost's poems use a lot of figurative language.
• Jack doesn't read Robert Frost's poems.
• Ms. Stretchberry tells him he can't understand them.

2. Why did Ms. Stretchberry type Jack's poems and hang them on the board?

• She wanted to show her students an example of incorrect grammar.
• She believes in Jack and wants him to believe in himself.
• Jack couldn't type the poems, so she did if for him.
• Jack didn't follow directions and wrote a story instead of a poem.

3. What did Miss Stretchberry want Jack to write about November 9th?

• His mom
• His dad
• His pet
• His sister

4. What did Jack like about the poem, The Tiger?

• The topic
• The author's use of onomatopoeia
• The author's description of the tiger
• The rhyme and rhythm of the poem

5. How can you tell Jack dislikes poetry?

• He says only girls write poetry.
• He writes horrible poems on purpose.
• He throws his poems in the trash.
• He asks Ms. Stretchberry to type his poems and hang them up.

6. Who is Jack's audience? Who is reading his journal?

• His pet
• His friends
• Ms. Stretchberry
• His parents

7. What did Jack write about on January 24th?

• The blue car
• His dad
• Getting his dog
• A letter to Mr. Walter Dean Myers

8. Why doesn't Jack want Ms. Stretchberry to read his poems out loud to the class?

• He's embarrassed about what he wrote.
• He doesn't like the way his teacher reads poems.
• He wants to edit the poem first.
• He wants to read it out loud himself.

9. What does anonymous mean?

• the trait of being cautious or careful
• having no name or identity or known source
• the act of raising something
• a field covered with grass

10. Why did Jack let Ms. Stretchberry put his name on his March 1st poem?

• He was proud of his poem.
• He though the poem was good.
• He wanted others to know he wrote it.
• All of the above.