A No-Good Dog

A No-Good Dog is a realistic story about Sundance, a dog from the pound who can’t get anything right.  Dad says she’s a no-good guard dog, a no-good sheep dog, so she must go.  Danny, the dog’s master, is very upset. When Dad and Danny go for a hike in the woods with Sundance, Danny gets buried in a rock slide, and Sundance saves his life by pinpointing his location.  Dad decides the no-good dog can stay forever.  Narrative and dialogue are used to tell the story.

The story follows the pattern of a problem-solution narrative.  A variety of sentence types are used.  Illustrations support the text and add meaning.  Bold face, ellipses, and enlarged type are used for emphasis and to create drama.  A hyphen is used in the words no-good and do-good.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that gives the characteristics of a narrative, including information about who the story is about, when and where it takes place, and the problem and solution.

Some words, such as do-good, thrashed, rockslide, and nagged may require clarification.  The adjectives dead, rough, wagging, and flat are used. The pronouns they, he, she, me, her, and it are used. 

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