Reading Response 6

One article that I went back to and read was the Guidelines for Reading Aloud by Fox. I first want to start off with something that stuck out to me while reading this. She states, "If anything could be more important than the first line of the story, it's the last line." It just ties everything in together and gives that "ah-ha" moment completing the story. I also like how she talked about being expressive when reading. I know that when I read, I just read the words. In the article, she states that instead of just reading the words, pay attention to them. If a line in the book says "whisper", you wouldn't want to yell, you would want to whisper. She also points out that we need to be aware of what we are doing as well as the students. Our body position, our eyes, the student's reaction, our facial expressions, and our voice. These characteristics are all important when reading aloud and making it more entertaining. Something that I got from reading between the lines is that we learn by doing. When we hear someone else read, we tend to read that way as well and pick up on the things they do. After listening to her read Koala Lou, I couldn't get her voice out of my head. The way she used her voice to go up and down and how expressive she was. It was something that stuck with me and if I ever read that book aloud, I will copy the way she did it. "Expressive reading is reading that is remembered."

I'm glad I went back and read this article, because it gave me some insight on what to do when reading. It's more than just reading the words off the page, it's about being a part of the book and expressing that.