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    Do You Love Me?

    This poem Do you Love Me creates a beautiful picture of a little girl and her dog that would really inspire kids to write with a picture in mind. After reading the poem students could create a picture of what this poem evokes in their mind.

    I would then ask them to create “picture poem” about their pet or a toy that they feel especially close to that they talk to. Maybe even a pretend playmate or any object that they would like to ask questions of ie. their gaming console or iPad to think in more modern terms. Remember poetry comes from the heart. It doesn’t always have to rhyme. I always tried to help students understand that they should write what they know, and this poem does that. Check it out!

    https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:music:musgottlieb:musgottlieb-01111:ver01:0001/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg

    Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Lilyann Carol, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. United States, 1946. , Monographic. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gottlieb.01111.0/ 

    In The Free to Use and Reuse https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/dogs/ there are some great sources that you could have students choose a photo and write a conversation that the person in the photo maybe having with their pooches as well as what the pooch may be barking back.

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    The original poem is so accessible! I also got a kick out of your final idea about writing "what the pooch may be barking back." If you happened to be teaching the writing (and punctuation) of dialogue, the conversation between human and pet would be another primary source based teaching idea.   

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