Grade 5 · Reading · Lesson 28

Adjust pace and tone for effect

Two readers can speak the same sentence and make it feel completely different. The trick is PACE — how fast or slow you read — and TONE — the feeling your voice carries. A skilled read-aloud changes both ON PURPOSE, line by line, so the audience feels what the author wants them to feel.

What this lesson teaches

1Match a reading pace (slow, steady, fast) to the moment in the passage
2Shift your tone of voice to fit the feeling the author wants the reader to have
3Mark a passage with pace and tone notes before reading aloud
4Explain why the same line read at a different pace creates a different effect

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