Georgia 7.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 a selected poem or speech excerpt accurately. They connect its words to the author, speaker, setting, historical context, and main idea.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students accurately recite a selected passage from memory with clear pacing, phrasing, and expression. They can explain its speaker, historical or literary context, and key idea.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think recitation means reading aloud from a page or paraphrasing the original words. They may focus on dramatic delivery while missing accuracy, context, or meaning.
How to Assess It
- Give students a six-line excerpt studied in class. Have them recite it from memory, then explain the speaker, context, and main idea in two sentences.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed line strips from an excerpt, then have them arrange the lines, remove strips one at a time, and recite.
Ask students to write: How does knowing this passage by heart help you understand its message or historical moment?
Play a recitation relay where each student says the next line, with teams restarting when a word or line is missed.
Watch a recorded public speech, then compare how the speaker’s pauses and emphasis shape meaning before students perform the same excerpt.
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