Reading with Expression Strategies

This lesson focuses on reading with expression, emphasizing the importance of matching your voice to the events and emotions in a story. It provides strategies such as considering character feelings and using visual and textual clues like pictures, speaker tags, and punctuation. The lesson includes a practical example from 'Frog and Toad' to illustrate these concepts and encourages students to practice independently.

Why is reading with expression important?

• It helps you read faster.

• It improves your vocabulary.

• It makes the story more engaging.

• It makes the text shorter.

What is the first step in reading with expression?

• Reading silently.

• Understanding the story's context.

• Reading as fast as possible.

• Ignoring the characters.

What is one strategy for reading with expression?

• Matching your voice to the character's emotions.

• Skipping difficult words.

• Ignoring punctuation.

• Reading as fast as possible.

How can you determine how a character is feeling?

• By ignoring the dialogue.

• By reading the last sentence first.

• By counting the number of words.

• By looking at the pictures and speaker tags.

What can speaker tags tell you?

• The setting of the story.

• The character's emotions.

• The length of the story.

• The number of characters.

What should you do when you see an exclamation point in dialogue?

• Read the words with emphasis.

• Whisper the words.

• Read the sentence backwards.

• Skip the sentence.

Why is it important to match your voice to the character's feelings?

• To confuse the listener.

• To make the story more believable.

• To avoid reading aloud.

• To make the story longer.

In the 'Frog and Toad' example, how does Frog's voice sound?

• Grumpy and tired.

• Angry and loud.

• Excited and energetic.

• Sad and quiet.

What should you do after reading the 'Frog and Toad' passage?

• Write a summary.

• Draw a picture.

• Ignore the passage.

• Try reading it with expression yourself.

What should you do if you're unsure about a character's feelings?

• Guess randomly.

• Look for clues in the text and pictures.

• Ask someone else to read it.

• Skip the passage.