Choral Reading

Choral reading sometimes works as a way of getting students to pay closer attention to an important document, e.g. the Declaration of Independence. Give the students the selection you want them to concentrate on and divide them into groups of six-eight. Choose a director for each group, and explain that the group's job is to come up with an interesting way of presenting the selection. The selection can be divided into solo parts, duets, and trios or into parts for two semi-choruses. Students may have some difficulty at first. Letting the students listen to a recording of Vachel Lindsay reading his poems is a good way to get them started.