Example:
Making Connections With The Bookshop Dog
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| Ben: |
Your
dog looks just like Martha Jane, the Bookshop Dog!
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| Mrs.
L.: |
Yes,
they are both yellow labs, aren't they? You know another thing I have
in common with Cynthia Rylant is that I can hardly bear to be away
from my dog, Jordan Max. This is just one of the many reasons The
Bookshop Dog is one of my favorite books.
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| David: |
Your
dog's initials are J.M. and Martha Jane's initials are M.J.
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| Mrs.
L.: |
You're
right! I hadn't made that connection. Let me show you the page where
Martha Jane is "sitting at the window, wearing a big yellow bow
and smelling like a flower garden. She had waited for the woman all
week long, and when Martha Jane saw the woman coming, she leaped to
the floor and ran to the door and covered the woman's face with dog
kisses." Jordan nearly knocks me over in his excitement to give
me dog kisses when I come home from school each day.
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| Courtney: |
Milton,
my dog gives me kisses, too. Sometimes he jumps ten feet in the air.
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| Eric: |
Sinbad
barks like crazy until I give him a pat on the head....
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| Madison: |
My
mom says my dog, Allie, knows when my bus is coming down our street
because she gets down off the couch and sits by the front door....
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We continue
making connections with The Bookshop Dog to the pets in our
lives. The students and I get to know each other through our favorite
books, and in discussing these books, we share a part of ourselves.
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