Read aloud
The activity was to read out loud, a fable that we chose. We chose to read to first graders. All of the EAL students had four chuildren for the audience. I chose a fable called Clarence the Crocodile by Griselda Gifford, because I thought children would love this story. It had many pictures and cute characters.
The purpose of the activity is to practice reading out loud, speak in right and clear pronunciation and to read it to others and also communicate with little childrens.
I larned good reading skills from this activity. I had to have good fluency, pace, expression and volume, so that children who listen to my fable can understand easily what I want to say. I asked them questions, "Who is the characters?" and "Who wants to read this part of the character?", because sometime I made them toread to get their attention and make them enjoy.
I could have learned better if I had chosen a book which had more dialogue. My book had much narration, but little dialogue. I got so nervous and frightened that children were not enjoying my reading. But later, Mrs.Chamberlain gave me a good advice. "Skip the pages which have only narration by telling the children what's going to happen". I think it is a good idea to read. Children don't get bored and I can read the book without feeling nervous, confidently. Next time, if we will do activities of reading out loud, I will use this method, so that I can do better.
