Multicultural Education (TED 1400)

This lesson will be used to help students understand how to read with expression by choosing an expression to read with regardless of what is written.

 Grade Level: 2 - 5th

 Subject: English/Language Arts

 Length of Time: Varied Depending on Usage

Common Core Alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.4.B - Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.B - Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.B - Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.B - Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

Objectives & Outcomes

At te end of this lesson, students will be able to read a sentence or paragraph with a given emotion (happy, sad, angry, etc.)

Materials Needed

Strips of colored paper (at least five colors)

A text or book appropriate for the class

Whiteboard or overhead projector

Introduction

1. Begin by telling students you are going to read them the same page of a book twice.

2. Ask them to quietly listen as you read the same thing and then tell them you would like to discuss the readings.

3. The first time you read the page (text of your choice), read in a monotone voice with no feeling at all.

4. Reread the passage with emotion and feeling. Ask students what was different about the two readings.

5. If students do not respond appropriately about hearing the difference, guide the discussion to how reading with emotion and feeling can make a passage more interesting and hold the listeners attention.

Procedures/Body of Lesson:

1. Tell students that they are going to practice reading with emotion. Remind them that the words are not what is important, it is the emotion they are reading with at the time. Hand out one colored strip or paper to each student; make sure a variety is handed out.

2. On the board or overhead with each color that was handed out and assign it an emotion. (Sample shown below at end of lesson)

3. Demonstrate how to read the following line in each emotion (or your chosen emotions) “The dog jumped over the fence”.

4. Allow students to take turns reading in their given ‘emotion’. The goal is not to read the words as you would if you were simply trying to understand the story, but to express an emotion while reading to understand how much more interesting this can make reading.

5. After everyone has had a chance to read, allow students to break into small groups of three or four. Have students choose two colors each and read through an entire text, taking turns reading in their ‘emotion’.

*If students enjoy this activity and you want a challenge, use the colors to represent a group of people so students would read as a teacher/motivational speaker/wrestler/coach/etc. This is fun and a bit more challenging.

Closure:

1. Ask students, “What did we learn today?”

2. Encourage students to discuss this and lead the discussion toward the objectives and skills of the lessons if needed.

3. Read a different passage to the class and tell them the emotion you are conveying. Have students do Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down to tell whether you are actually conveying that emotion. Do a few of these until most of the class has mastered the skill.

Extension: Encourage students to read with appropriate emotions during other activities.