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ORC Resource Number #1395
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The Reading Performance: Understanding Fluency Through Oral Interpretation
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PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

This lesson examines how the oral reading of poetry may be used to support and improve fluent reading for middle school students. Central to this lesson is the idea that students require practice and repetition to master decoding skills for fluency and comprehension in oral reading. Following classroom discussions, students work with partners to select a poem for an oral reading performance. Working together, students create a PowerPoint slide show to accompany their performance of the poem. (author/ncl)

OHIO STANDARDS
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English Language Arts Standards
Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency Standard
Communications: Oral and Visual Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Standards for the English Language Arts
Reading strategies, language use, and conventions
Purposes for using spoken, written, and visual language
RESOURCE TYPE
Instructional Resource
PRACTICE LEVEL
Best Practice
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 6–8
TOPICS
English Language Arts --
Reading;
Fluency;
Communication;
Speaking;
Literature;
Poetry;
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KEYWORDS
oral reading;
presentation techniques
Publisher: IRA/NCTE
Author: Laura Hofsess