Harry the Dirty Dog  ( Lisa's retelling)

 

Setting:

            Main Character: Harry, the dirty dog

            Other Characters: The family: Mom, Dad, girl, boy

It takes place in a house, in a bathtub, in a yard and around town (* places where he had been) and during the day.

 

Theme:

            Harry doesn't like baths, but when he gets so dirty that no one recognizes him, he realizes the importance of taking one.

 

Plot Episodes:

·         1. Harry doesn't like to take baths and when he heard the running water he decided to hide the scrubbing brush in the backyard and run away from home.

·         He played where they were fixing the street and he got dirty.

·         He played at the railroad yard and got dirty.

·         He played tag with the other dogs and got dirtier.

·         Harry slid down the coal chute and got so dirty that he changed from a white dog with black spots to a black dog with white spots.

·         2. He began to wonder if the family had missed him and he was hungry and tired so he headed home.

·         Harry got home and was in the yard but no one recognized him.

·         3. He did his tricks to show them that he was Harry but they didn't believe that it was Harry. (* he was dirty)

·         Harry was sad until he realized he had hid the scrubbing brush.

·         4. So he dug it up (* he grabbed the brush) and ran into the house and up into the bathroom and jumped into the tub.

·         Harry begged for a bath and the girl and the boy gave him a bath.

·         5. It was one of the soapiest baths but it worked like magic! They recognized it was Harry.

·         They combed and brushed him and once again he became a white dog with black spots.

·         6. He went to sleep on his pillow with the scrub brush hidden underneath.

 

Resolution:

            Although Harry needed a bath because he was so dirty, he still doesn't like taking a bath.

 

*Problem: he ran away from home

*Solution: he went back home

 

* Student added words to their retelling that were important details.  The numbers in red represent the order the student retold the story.

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