Lesson+Plan

Objectives:
 * Students will be able to choose a poem that is meaningful to them by browsing through a selection of poetry books by a variety of authors.
 * Students will be able to read with expression, paying special attention to punctuation.
 * Students will be able to provide feedback for peers on their poetry readings by listening to the student and model versions of each poem reading and making comparisons.

Activities > >
 * 1) Students spent one class period reading through a collection of children's and young adult poetry. The poetry reflected a variety of genres and authors included women and people of color. From these poems, each child selected a poem to practice reading for fluency work.
 * 2)  Students spent another class period reading their poems with a partner and giving each other feedback. Students used the voice feature on dictionary.com in order to hear unfamiliar words aloud. Then, each student spent time reading with the teacher in order to receive feedback.
 * 1)  Over two more 30-minute periods, each child read their poems and was videoed.
 * 1) Once the videos were compiled and put into iMovie, the students watched them all and gave one another written and oral feedback.

Assessments // Kids' feedback from videos //