Students read a brief history of spoken word poetry. They then tell what the most significant point of the reading was to them using the POMs strategy.
This task could be used as a formative assessment to gauge student understanding. Teachers are encouraged to participate in the discussion board in order to facilitate a rich discussion, but that is not required.
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Differentiation: If delivering this lesson virtually, consider a synchronous meeting to complete the reading as a Jigsaw activity. That would put less pressure on lower readers and could invite more discussion.
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