Appendices

Appendix A: Rubric
Emerging Progressing Meeting Exceeding
Toward Toward Expectations Expectations
Expectations Expectations

Pauses The student does The student The student The student
not pause at sometimes pauses pauses performs the
punctuation or at punctuation or appropriately with poem, meeting all
between stanzas. between stanzas each present criteria: pauses,
but has room to punctuation. expression of
work toward more exclamation point
consistency. / question mark,
emphasizes
Exclamation The student does The student adjusts The student italics to match
Point / not adjust expressions for appropriately the sound word ,
Question intonation / only one adjusts their and physically
Mark expression for (exclamation point expression for expresses the
exclamation point or question mark) both the poem in a way
or question marks. but not the other. exclamation point that is theatrical
(excited speech) and entertaining,
and question successfully
mark. conveying the
emotion and light-
Italics / The student does The student The student hearted nature of
Sound Word not change his / changes their emphasizes the this children’s
her emphasis or emphasis for the word in italics, poem.
expression when word in italics but mimicking an
reading the word not in a way that is appropriate
in italics appropriate for the sound that
sound it matches the
represents. given
onomatopoeia.

Physical The student is still The student has The student uses
Expression working on used some several body or
including physical physical facial expressions
expressions (Body expressions but in an appropriate
and facial) when has room to use manner that adds
reading a poem or more to enhance to their oral
the physical their oral reading. reading.
expressions they
use don’t make
sense for the
content of the
poem.
Appendix B: (This is only a photo of the hand-out)
Appendix C: Vocabulary Cards (to be printed and cut out)

tooth bowl

chow mein
fell (past tense of “fall”)
Appendix D