Read Aloud With Fluency and Expression Practice Test
•8 QuestionsRead the passage aloud. Then answer the question about HOW it should be read.
On Saturday, the community center smelled like paint and popcorn. Posters for the Talent Night fluttered on the walls. Jamal held a wrinkled sign that read: “WELCOME!”
“Do you think anyone will actually come?” Jamal asked, trying to sound casual. His foot tapped the floor—tap, tap, tap.
Sofia set down a stack of programs. “Of course they will,” she said firmly. Then her voice softened. “Jamal… you’re not nervous, are you?”
“Nervous? Me?” Jamal laughed too loudly. “I’m fine!” He glanced at the empty chairs. “It’s just… what if I forget my lines?”
Sofia stepped closer and lowered her voice. “Listen,” she murmured, “if you mess up, you keep going. Everyone does.”
Jamal let out a long breath. “But what if they laugh?”
“Then we laugh with them,” Sofia replied. She lifted the sign and gave it a little shake. “We’re doing this together. Okay?”
Jamal’s shoulders relaxed. “Okay,” he said, quieter now—but steadier. “Let’s open the doors!”
Question: How should the reader change their voice when reading Jamal’s lines from “Nervous? Me?” through “It’s just… what if I forget my lines?”
Read the passage aloud. Then answer the question about HOW it should be read.
On Saturday, the community center smelled like paint and popcorn. Posters for the Talent Night fluttered on the walls. Jamal held a wrinkled sign that read: “WELCOME!”
“Do you think anyone will actually come?” Jamal asked, trying to sound casual. His foot tapped the floor—tap, tap, tap.
Sofia set down a stack of programs. “Of course they will,” she said firmly. Then her voice softened. “Jamal… you’re not nervous, are you?”
“Nervous? Me?” Jamal laughed too loudly. “I’m fine!” He glanced at the empty chairs. “It’s just… what if I forget my lines?”
Sofia stepped closer and lowered her voice. “Listen,” she murmured, “if you mess up, you keep going. Everyone does.”
Jamal let out a long breath. “But what if they laugh?”
“Then we laugh with them,” Sofia replied. She lifted the sign and gave it a little shake. “We’re doing this together. Okay?”
Jamal’s shoulders relaxed. “Okay,” he said, quieter now—but steadier. “Let’s open the doors!”
Question: How should the reader change their voice when reading Jamal’s lines from “Nervous? Me?” through “It’s just… what if I forget my lines?”