Teaching the Music of Language - Word Painting: Reading with Expression - Marcia Daft by The Goofy Teacher https://padlet.com/keford/8tx94x8wrrw6 How can we help students change their reading from a plodding monotone to an expressive voice? In this workshop, discover how to teach the elements of vocal expression in ways that are easily understood, practiced, and mastered by students. Explore how expression deepens students’ reading comprehension and their use of inference. Teach these techniques to your students and see how their language development flourishes! Join Marcia Daft, musician and national teaching artist, for this fascinating workshop. en-us 2017-06-14 02:48:58 UTC 2017-06-14 17:53:41 UTC hello@padlet.com CACTUS RED HOT (Mr. T had an album?) https://padlet.com/keford/8tx94x8wrrw6/wish/176429389 - Ask you speak, use your finger to "finger paint" in different arcs to help develop expression and inflection when reading and speaking.
- Using dramatic pauses to change the meaning and emphasis of a single sentence.]]> 2017-06-14 16:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/keford/8tx94x8wrrw6/wish/176429389 Pebble Drop it Like it's Hot :p https://padlet.com/keford/8tx94x8wrrw6/wish/176429445 - Very beneficial for upper grades
- Not just reading words, but performing
- Touched on a lot of poetry. Focused on 5 words
-  Great technique for inferencing
- Write what the students were intending to tell through the techniques
- I pity the fool
- Actually listening to the author read it before having the students do it
- Reading the same sentence different ways. Ex: How are you? say it angry, happy, sad, excited, etc. ]]> 2017-06-14 16:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/keford/8tx94x8wrrw6/wish/176429445