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Read It Aloud: The Night the Lights Went Out

Read an original story and poem aloud, then use punctuation and clues to choose pace, pauses and expression. Includes a tip card on rereading.

Grade 5ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.5.4.b

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students read prose and poetry aloud, pausing at commas and stopping at end marks.
Students use punctuation and story clues to choose pace, volume and feeling for expressive reading.
Students reread a text to read it more smoothly and with more expression.

How to use

Have students read the story and the poem aloud to a partner two times before answering. Listen for pauses at commas and a voice that changes with the mood. Review the open responses together.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.5.4.b

Read grade-level prose and poetry aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

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Read It Aloud: The Night the Lights Went Out

Read a story and a poem with a smooth pace and a lively voice.

Read the story aloud

Read the story aloud to a partner or to yourself. Then read it a second time, a little more smoothly and with more expression.

The Night the Lights Went Out

1Rain had been drumming on the windows since supper. Imani and her little brother, Teo, were sprawled on the living room rug, building a tower out of wooden blocks. Their grandfather sat nearby in his old green chair, humming softly and turning the pages of his newspaper. The tower was almost as tall as Teo, and every new block made it wobble a little more.

2Suddenly, everything went dark. The lamp clicked off. The refrigerator stopped humming. The whole apartment fell silent, and the blocks on the rug seemed to vanish. Imani held her breath and listened to the rain. "Grandpa?" Teo whispered. "Where did the light go?"

3"Stay right where you are," Grandpa said in a calm, slow voice. "The storm has knocked out the power. I will find the flashlight." Imani heard the creak of his chair. Then she heard slow footsteps, one, two, three, across the floor. A drawer scraped open. After a long moment, a bright circle of light jumped onto the ceiling. "Got it!" Grandpa cried.

4"Hooray!" shouted Teo, bouncing up and down. "Can we make shadow animals? Can we? Please, please, please?" Imani laughed. She held her fingers in front of the flashlight, and a floppy-eared rabbit hopped across the wall. Teo made a barking dog. Grandpa made a bird that flapped its wings so fast that Teo giggled until he got the hiccups.

5They played until the thunder grew quiet and the rain slowed to a gentle patter. Teo yawned, rested his head on the soft rug, and closed his eyes. Imani watched the last shadow fade as Grandpa clicked off the flashlight. "Goodnight, Teo," she whispered. "Goodnight, Imani," he whispered back.

6A few minutes later, the lights flickered on. The lamp glowed, and the refrigerator began to hum. Nobody moved. Grandpa smiled at the tower, which had not fallen, and Imani smiled back. Teo was fast asleep on the rug, with a sleepy grin on his face. It had been a perfect evening.

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