Reciting Poetry
Learn poems by heart and recite with appropriate intonation, adding visual displays to descriptions when appropriate, and producing complete sentences in spoken presentations
What a learner can do afterwards
- Recite a poem from memory with expression and clear enunciation
- Add a drawing or visual display to support an oral description or presentation
- Present information to the class using complete sentences and audible voice
The lesson
Reciting a poem means saying it out loud from memory, not reading it off a page. You learn the words so well that they live in your head, then you say them like you mean them.
Priya learns a poem about the moon. She reads it every night, then covers the words and tries to say it from memory. On the day of her class presentation, she speaks up loudly and slows her voice down for the last line, so it sounds calm and magical.
Let your voice match the feeling of the words. Say happy lines brightly, quiet lines softly, and exciting lines with more energy. A small drawing next to you can also help your class picture what the poem is about.
Learn the poem by heart, then use your voice and maybe a picture to bring it to life for your class.
Watch it
Where it sits
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.