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How do you read a poem out loud?

How do you read a poem out loud?. In this lesson, you will learn how to read a poem out loud by pausing for punctuation and at the end of a stanza. Poems have stanzas. In the Garden A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw.

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How do you read a poem out loud?

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  1. How do you read a poem out loud?

  2. In this lesson, you will learn how to read a poem out loud by pausing for punctuation and at the end of a stanza.

  3. Poems have stanzas. In the Garden A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sideways to the wall To let a beetle pass.

  4. Punctuation tells the reader how the author wants the text read. . , ! ? : ; -

  5. Reading too quickly STOP

  6. In the Garden A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sideways to the wall To let a beetle pass. Where will I pause?

  7. Punctuation= pause In the Garden A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sideways to the wall To let a beetle pass. YIELD

  8. Stanzas = stop In the Garden A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a drop of dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sideways to the wall To let a beetle pass. STOP

  9. In the Garden A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a drop of dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sideways to the wall To let a beetle pass. Pause at punctuation; Stop at stanzas

  10. 1 • Scan the lines of the poem. 2 • Ask yourself, “Where will I pause?” 3 Read the poem out loud.

  11. In this lesson, you have learned how to read a poem out loud by noticing line breaks and stanzas.

  12. He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all abroad, - They looked like frightened beads, I thought; He stirred his velvet head Like one in danger; cautious, I offered him a crumb, And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home Than oars divide an ocean, Too silver for a seam Or butterflies, off banks of noon, Leap, plashless, as they swim. • Mark the punctuation and circle the stanzas on the right. • Read the rest of the poem “In the Garden” out loud. • Remember to pause and stop!

  13. Find a partner. Practice reading the whole poem “In the Garden” out loud. • Listen to your partner for pauses.

  14. Mark the punctuation and circle the stanzas on the right. • Read the poem “X” by X out loud. • Remember to pause and stop!

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