Class 15

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Class 15

Journal:

What is the difference between reading for performance (oral) as compared to reading silently? Describe strategies you would use to read a children’s story to make it interesting.

Agenda:

1. Journal discussion notes:

a. Style and expression

i. Rate/ pace

1. Emphasis

2. elongation

ii. Tone

1. Pitch

2. Volume

iii. Voice

1. Dialect

2. Pronunciation

iv. Word choice

v. Eye contact

vi. Non-verbal expression

1. Gesture

b. Slide Show

2. Create a slideshow of your Reading Autobiography or a children’s story

a. Create a script based upon chunking the phrasing

i. Remember to make chunks according to what you could say in a breath

ii. You can know this through pause and punctuation

1. This should help you know

a. when to breath

b. where to punctuate

c. how to express with voice

d. meaning

2. Use images to express what is happening in the text

3. Use animations and sounds if you want

4. Have fun

3. Remember—this is a strategy to help you with outlines and oral reading preparation.

a. What is important !here

For Wednesday:

We will try to go back to the computer lab

Be ready to read your autobiography, or Iowa 80.