Georgia 6.P.CP.2.e
The Standard
Build background knowledge by reciting all or part of significant poems and speeches as appropriate by grade level. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Collaboration & Presentation
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students memorize and recite all or part of a grade-appropriate poem or speech. They connect the words to the author, historical setting, audience, and main message.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students recite a selected passage accurately, clearly, and with expression that fits its meaning. They can identify the author or speaker, historical setting, audience, and central message.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat recitation as saying words quickly from memory. They may also memorize the lines without understanding the speaker, setting, audience, or message.
How to Assess It
- Ask each student to recite four to eight lines from a studied selection, then name one context fact and explain the passage's main message.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Cut a studied poem into line strips; pairs rebuild the sequence, rehearse it, then recite one stanza without looking.
Ask, "What does this passage reveal about its time, audience, or purpose?" Students answer with two details from the wording.
Play Recitation Relay: teams take turns delivering one line in order, restarting only the missed line after a correction.
Compare a historic speech excerpt with a principal's assembly message, then identify one shared purpose and explain how each addresses its audience.
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