Recitation: Choral Reading
Recitation \ Reading Aloud
Dr. Catherine W. Cordeiro Aims : When you have finished \ completed the reading you should be able to: See the difference between singing and recitation Features of recitation Types of recitation Planning the recitation Pre – task:
1. Is singing the same as reading aloud?
2. Do you think reading aloud is important?
3. Do you need listeners for this activity?
4. Does reading aloud mean “being able to just recognize and read the words on the page?
5. Look up the meaning of the words ‘singing’ and ‘recitation’ in a dictionary. Features of Reading aloud \ recitation :
Being able to read well, is a skill which one can develop, keeping a few things in mind. Haven’t you ever wished that you could read aloud better? Brain storming :
When do the audience listen and enjoy what you read aloud to them? To read anything aloud well you must understand what you are reading. Understanding is not just recognizing the words! You must also understand what the author meant to say / express. Task
Read the following poem ‘Sea Fever’, then think about the following questions :
1. What kind of mood does the poem create? How does the rhythm of the poem help to create this mood?
2. Do you think the title of the poem is a good one? Share your answers with your partner and then with the whole class. Sea Fever I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the winds song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face and a gray dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the
Dr. Catherine W. Cordeiro Aims : When you have finished \ completed the reading you should be able to: See the difference between singing and recitation Features of recitation Types of recitation Planning the recitation Pre – task:
1. Is singing the same as reading aloud?
2. Do you think reading aloud is important?
3. Do you need listeners for this activity?
4. Does reading aloud mean “being able to just recognize and read the words on the page?
5. Look up the meaning of the words ‘singing’ and ‘recitation’ in a dictionary. Features of Reading aloud \ recitation :
Being able to read well, is a skill which one can develop, keeping a few things in mind. Haven’t you ever wished that you could read aloud better? Brain storming :
When do the audience listen and enjoy what you read aloud to them? To read anything aloud well you must understand what you are reading. Understanding is not just recognizing the words! You must also understand what the author meant to say / express. Task
Read the following poem ‘Sea Fever’, then think about the following questions :
1. What kind of mood does the poem create? How does the rhythm of the poem help to create this mood?
2. Do you think the title of the poem is a good one? Share your answers with your partner and then with the whole class. Sea Fever I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the winds song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face and a gray dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the