Poetry as Oral Performance Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard: Read with Understanding Outcomes Students will consider poetry text elements and analyze oral expressions involved in reading poetry aloud. Then create an oral performance of a self-chosen piece of poetry using fluency and expression to convey meaning.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:      Language Arts - Reading Roles:      Family, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Urban, Rural, Corrections NRS Learner levels (ABE/GED)       3, 4, 5 Time frame:      2.0 to 3.0 hours Technology Integration Academy of American Poets Poets & Writers Spotlight on Voices & Visions Wired for Books Library of Congress Poetry BBC Arts -- Poetry

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Standard: Read with Understanding

Component of Performance How activity addresses component Determine the reading purpose Students become aware of the elements involved in reading poetry aloud. Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose Students will practice fluency by focusing on reading rate, automatic word recognition and prosody. Prosodic cues are the structure of the text and language. Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies Students adjust their use of spoken and written language to communicate effectively. Analyze information and reflect on its underlying meaning Students apply a wide range of strategies/cues to comprehend, interpret, evaluate and appreciate text. Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose When reading with expression, they draw on prior experience, their interactions with other readers, their knowledge of word meanings and of other texts, their word identification strategies and their understanding of textual features.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Students come to appreciate how authors craft their writing to be read and how readers bring meaning to a text, which enables them to read with expression. Contextual Students are given poetry websites to investigate and listen to poets reading their own work. Building Expertise Each person has multiple opportunities to encounter poetry, either by tape or by reading aloud and then choose poetry that they enjoy reading and would like to perform.

Lesson Designer Judy Franks Ohio Literacy Resource Center (330) 672-0753 jfranks@literacy.kent.edu

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