A fluent reader thinks about phrasing. To read aloud smoothly, a reader groups words that go together and takes a breath only after saying the complete phrase.
If you were reading aloud from "Daughter of Invention,” which underlined words would you need to say together as a group? Check all that apply.
Her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment
Yoyo stormed out of that room and into her own.
She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding and giving advice
Important, crucial, final things, and here was their own mother, who didn’t have a second
“I kept telling you, one of these days my ship would pass me by in the night!”
- Her daughters would seek her out
- at night
- when she seemed to have a moment
- Yoyo stormed out of that room
- and into her own.
- She was a good enough Mami,
- fussing and scolding
- and giving advice.
- Important, crucial, final things,
- and here was their own mother,
- who didn’t have a second.
- “I kept telling you,
- one of these days
- my ship would pass me by in the night!”
To read aloud smoothly, the following underlined words would need to be said together as a group:
- Her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment.
- Yoyo stormed out of that room and into her own.
- She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding and giving advice.
- Important, crucial, final things, and here was their own mother, who didn't have a second.
To read aloud smoothly and group words together as phrases in the given excerpts from "Daughter of Invention," you would need to say the following underlined words together as a group:
1. Her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment.
- Group: Her daughters would seek her out at night
2. Yoyo stormed out of that room and into her own.
- Group: Yoyo stormed out of that room
3. She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding and giving advice.
- Group: She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding and giving advice
4. Important, crucial, final things, and here was their own mother, who didn’t have a second.
- Group: Important, crucial, final things
5. "I kept telling you, one of these days my ship would pass me by in the night!"
- Group: "I kept telling you, one of these days my ship would pass me by in the night!"
By grouping these words together, you can read them aloud smoothly, taking a breath only after saying the complete phrase.