Georgia 9.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 selected lines from a notable poem or speech. They connect the passage to its speaker, setting, ideas, and historical or literary context.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students recite an assigned passage accurately, with clear pacing, phrasing, and emphasis. They explain its context, meaning, and references to ideas or events.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think recitation means reading aloud with strong expression. Others memorize sounds without understanding the speaker, setting, key images, or historical references.
How to Assess It
- Ask each student to recite 8 to 12 previously assigned lines from memory, then explain one phrase and its connection to the larger work.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups printed line strips to sequence, then remove one strip at a time as they recite the passage together.
Have students write: Which line best reveals the speaker’s purpose, and what background knowledge helps you understand it?
Play recitation relay, with each student delivering one line from memory before the next student continues.
Compare a famous speech excerpt with a modern public address, noting how speakers use repeated phrases to make ideas memorable.
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