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2.7 Reading Aloud Phrasing Articulation Word recognition
French · Grade 7 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Reading without tension: loose jaw, dropped shoulders, breath out before you start
- Four French sounds that cause most stumbles: u, the r, the nasals on/an/in, and eu
- Echo reading short descriptions of people in small groups
- Matching picture stimuli to written descriptions; word recognition in appearance vocabulary
What you will be able to do
- decode familiar sounds in words to read simple short texts
- read texts with correct intonation, pace and fluency
- read varied texts with enthusiasm
Key questions
“How do you ensure you read without tension?”
Lessons
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Reading a description without tension
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDrop the shoulders, jaw and held breath, then echo read a description using four tricky French sounds.
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Which picture does this describe?
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizMatch written descriptions to pictures using the words that actually separate them.