Narrating with Fluency NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR

2 Pronunciation Make a list of the words that you have difficulty pronouncing. Ask your English teacher to model the pronunciation for you. Look at your teacher’s mouth. Repeat the words after your teacher. You can also use an online dictionary to practice pronunciation:

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 3 Pronunciation I looked around, and to my enormous surprise, a magnificent golden phoenix was perched on the branches of a tree. Then, to my amazement, the beautiful creature looked at me … from: The Magic Door by: Alexandra Lee, Christie Cheng, Anthea Pang, Nicole Hurip (Marymount Secondary School) (Marymount Secondary School)

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 4 Linking of Sounds Pay attention to the consonant sounds at the end of words. Do not drop these sounds! If the next word begins with a vowel, link the consonant to the vowel.

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 5 Linking of Sounds I looked around, and to my enormous surprise, a magnificent golden phoenix was perched on the branches of a tree. Then, to my amazement, the beautiful creature looked at me … from: The Magic Door by: Alexandra Lee, Christie Cheng, Anthea Pang, Nicole Hurip (Marymount Secondary School) (Marymount Secondary School)

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 6 Stress and Rhythm Pay attention to the stress and rhythm patterns. Draw small dots ( ) over the unstressed syllables and large dots (  ) over the stressed syllables.

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 7 Stress and Rhythm     I looked around,       and to my enormous surprise,       a magnificent golden phoenix       was perched on the branches of a tree.

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 8 Intonation Pay attention to the rises and falls in the intonation. Draw small arrows at the end of each phrase to indicate when the intonation rises ( ) or falls ().

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 9 Intonation I looked around, and to my enormous surprise, a magnificent golden phoenix was perched on the branches of a tree.

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 10 Vocal Expression Vary the volume: soft vs loud Vary the pace: slow vs fast Vary the pitch: high vs low Use pausing Use different voices for different characters

NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSAR 11 Vocal Expression How would you vary the voice for dramatic effect as you read this excerpt aloud? I looked around, and to my enormous surprise, a magnificent golden phoenix was perched on the branches of a tree. Then, to my amazement, the beautiful creature looked at me …