Choral Reading
Choral Reading can be a helpful tool in facilitating fluency. Together as one, a class or choir speaks the text together. In some cases, this would include speaking excerpts of a text together or specific directions or instructions. For choirs, speaking a choral text together before singing together can provide a related experience that transforms the text into an artistic performance with words only.
Below are three examples. The first is a choral reading example in a class emphasizing students speaking the questions or parts of the worksheet together. The second and third are examples that feature poetry being read expressively by a small group of students. A variation could be reciting a poem used for a choral setting.
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Other examples of using the choral reading strategy in a vocal classroom include:
1. Gospel Choir performing with soloists.
2. Mass Choir singing with static lyrics to read.
3. Walt Whitman "Pioneers, Oh Pioneers" poem using scrolling text.
4. Public Domain literature for choral or independent reading.
5. Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll, being spoken by the author.
1. Gospel Choir performing with soloists.
2. Mass Choir singing with static lyrics to read.
3. Walt Whitman "Pioneers, Oh Pioneers" poem using scrolling text.
4. Public Domain literature for choral or independent reading.
5. Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll, being spoken by the author.
References and Resources for Choral Reading
Choral Reading - Vocabulary and Fluency classroom strategies. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://mavoigt.weebly.com/choral-reading.html
16 Minutes of “Eyes-on-Text” Can Make a Difference: Whole-Class Choral Reading as an Adolescent Fluency Strategy (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. (n.d.).
Choral Reading - Vocabulary and Fluency classroom strategies. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://mavoigt.weebly.com/choral-reading.html
16 Minutes of “Eyes-on-Text” Can Make a Difference: Whole-Class Choral Reading as an Adolescent Fluency Strategy (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY. (n.d.).