American EXPRESSION
Growing
Mallory Hall
Rationale:
It
is important of children to understand that when they read they need to
read
with expression. This will make it
easier on the child to comprehend what they are reading.
This lesson will help children see the
difference between reading with and without expression.
They will learn to recognize punctuation
marks when reading and what each is used for.
This will help their reading continue to improve.
Materials:
Guess
How Much I Love You By: Sam
McBratney
Paper and pencil
Chart
paper
Sentence strips that
you must use expression when speaking
(Such as “Ouch! That
hurt!” or “Shh! Be quiet!”)
Procedure:
1. Tell the
children that we
are going to learn how to read with expression.
First, write punctuation marks on the chart paper. Include question marks, exclamation marks,
quotation marks, etc. Let them know what each punctuation mark means. Let them know that quotes mean someone is
talking, exclamation mark means to read with excitement, if all the
letters in
a word are capital letters read those words loud (HOT!), if all the
letters in
a word are small letters read those words soft (Be quiet),
and
question marks mean to say as if you asking someone the question. Explain to them that when we talk, we talk
with expression. When we read, we need
to read with expression to make the story more interesting for the
audience. Are you ready to read with
expression?
2.
I will read a few pages of Guess How Much I Love
You with no
expression. I will now read a book about
the love that a son has for his father.
Have you ever had a great love for someone and tried to show
them with
your arms stretched out like this? (Stretch
out arms) I will read this book with
expression or no expression. I will stop
and them if they like the way I am reading this book and what I need to
do
differently to make it interesting to them.
I will tell them that now I am going to read with expression. “BE QUIET!” or “Shh! She’s sleeping.” I will
ask them which way they like better and what I did differently.
3.
Ok, now that you understand how to read with
expression. I want to you to read for
me. Hold up the sentence strips with
sentences such as “Wait! That’s hot!”,“Shh! The baby is sleeping.”, “No
way!
That is so cool!”, I lost all my change.
Will you help me find it?”. Let
the students come up to the board and read the sentences how they think
they
should be read if they were reading from a book.
4. For assessment,
have the
children get in groups at their desks and write down sentences they
might read
with expression. Have each group share
their sentences.
References:
McBratney,
Sam. Guess How Much I Love You. Candlewick.
1995. 32
pages
Raybon,
Allison.
Let’s Put Alittle Expression in It! http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/illum/raybongf.html
Styles,
Kelley. Flying With Fluency