Ickle+Me,+Pickle+Me,+Tickle+Me+Too

=Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too=

Day 1

 * 1) Introduce the poem. "This is a silly poem about three people who go off in a flying shoe. Their names are Ickle Me, Pickle Me, and Tickle Me Too. Let's practice their names." Have students find their names and read them.
 * 2) Echo read the poem twice. Teacher reads a line or two, group echos. Give positive feedback / make a few suggestions for improvement.
 * After each stanza, have students tells what they __visualize__. They may tell the whole group, and you pull out as many details as you can. After a few stanzas, have them tell partners.
 * second stanza: what is the captain and the crew?
 * 1) Comprehension question: __Infer__ where they flew to. What is your evidence?
 * 2) In pairs, students time each other reading the poem and record their initial time on the graph.

Day 2

 * 1) Today practice the poem with a partner. Have students model reading it with expression. Talk about changing your voice and intonation. Especially focus on the dialogue. Review punctuation and quotation marks.
 * 2) Have them give each other some feedback.
 * 3) Go over each part of the poem in more detail. Paraphrase each part in "talking language." Re-write the story in sentences on chart paper.
 * 4) Partners time each other and record their Tuesday time on the sheet.

Day 3

 * 1) Focus on the punctuation and line breaks.You can choose to pause at a line break, or to keep on going and only pause at the end of some lines, or at punctuation. Have them identify the line breaks (touch them).
 * 2) Students practice alone or with a partner, as they choose, trying out different ways of reading it and paying close attention to punctuation.
 * 3) Comprehension: What __questions__ do you have about the poem? What would you like to ask the poet?
 * 4) They time each other and record the time.

Day 4

 * 1) Today they will get to perform the poem for each other. Give them some time to practice.
 * 2) Comprehension: What can you __infer__ happened to Ickle Me, Pickle Me, and Tickle Me Too? We will never know the answer, but make a guess.
 * 3) People who want to can perform for the group. Time them as they do. If some don't perform, be sure they get timed by a partner and record their times.
 * 4) Other options for performing: have pairs or groups of 3 read each stanza, and go around the circle, reading the poem chorally in small groups.