Emphasis, pauses and phrasing. Part of reading and writing.
Emphasis, pauses and phrasing · Alberta Grade 4 · maddyhelps.com
Before reading each line aloud, mark it: a slash / where the voice pauses, and underline the one word to lean on. Then read it three times, and a fourth time for somebody else.
Which line changed most when you read it the right way? Why?
Read it like you mean it
There is more than one good reading of each line, and that is the point: the choice shows what the reader thinks matters. Natural pauses fall at the punctuation — after Stop!, after ice, after night. Common choices to lean on: cracked, gone, really, fifteen. A child who can say why they leaned on a word has understood it.
Alberta's outcome is reading with emphasis, pausing, phrasing and intonation that reflect comprehension. That last part is the test: a line read with the stress on the wrong word usually means the meaning was missed, not the voice.
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