Read & Write It Out Loud! Guided Oral Literacy Strategies

1. Reading Aloud to Children: Reasons and Resources. A Model of Reading. Reasons to Read Aloud to Children. Ideas to Consider before Reading Aloud. Read-Aloud Resources. 2. Readying Children to Read Aloud: Reasons and Preparations. Reasons to Teach Children to Read Aloud. Preparing Children to Read Aloud. Breath. Posture. Eye Contact. Gesture. Vocal Variety. Applying Vocal Variety to Texts. Reading Response Groups. Evaluation of Oral Reading. 3. How to Read Aloud to Children: Techniques that Promote Active & Critical Listening. Tour Guide. Think Aloud. Picture This. Rich Language. Punctuation Power. Focused Anticipation Guides. F.I.R.E. K-ThIK Chart. Selective Reading. Call & Response. Concert Reading. 4. Teaching Children to Read Aloud: Strategies that Develop Expressive and Interpretive Reading Skills. Choral Reading. Reading Wrong. Group & Solo Reading. Buddy Reading. Individual Reading. Read It Again. Reader's Theatre. 5. Writing to Read Aloud: Reasons and Ways to Write for Expressive Voice. Literature-Based Writing: A Spring-Board to Read-Aloud Scripts. The Writing Process: Procedures to Produce Products to Read Aloud. Patterns. Prose. Poetry. Evaluation Forms. Writer's Tools. Revision Guidelines. 6. Read-Aloud Scripts: Poetry, Prose, and Drama. Poetry. Prose. Drama. Works Cited.