Enter+This+Deserted+House

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 * 1) Introduce the poem. Make __predictions__ from the title and picture.
 * 2) See if you can __visualize__ what's happening while we read it. Read the poem once out loud. Then echo read the poem. Teacher reads a line or two, group echos. Give positive feedback / make a few suggestions for improvement.
 * 3) Things to go over before the second time through:
 * what does deserted mean? Can you infer it from the picture?
 * dwell (infer it)
 * ferns (infer from the context more or less what it is)
 * gnomes (little magical men)
 * 1) Comprehension: What do you __visualize__ in your mind? Try to get details and talk about one line at a time: what is the ceiling like? What are the floors like?
 * 2) In pairs, students time each other reading the poem and record their time.

Day 2

 * 1) Today practice the poem with a partner. Have students model reading it with expression.
 * 2) Look for rhyming words. Talk about the hyphens, and the nonsense / sound effect words, and how you might make them sound.
 * 3) Retell the story in prose, in only 2 or 3 sentences.
 * 4) Comprehension:
 * 5) What do you think happened to this house? Who used to live in it?
 * 6) Connections: Do you have connections to the poem? What does it remind you of?
 * 7) Partners time each other and record their Tuesday time on the sheet.

Day 3

 * 1) Comprehension:
 * 2) Powerful words: What words help you visualize the story best? Choose your favorite powerful words.
 * 3) What do you think it means when he says at the end, "I dwell here ... and so do you"? How can it be that we dwell there? (You might want to do a think-aloud about what you think it means. There's no right answer, and you can say that too.)
 * 4) Today they will get to perform the poem for each other. Give them some time to practice.
 * 5) 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.