The result is often a piece that fascinates us because of how the writer moves between conflicting elements. Hybrid writers mix fact and fiction; poetry and prose; memoir and history; biography and memoir.
Echo Reading is a strategy teachers use to model oral reading. The teacher reads a line of a story or passage and the student echoes it using the same phrasing and tone. It helps the student focus on the print and helps the reader to read more fluently.
2. Echo Reading: Select a page from the reading for the day and read a sentence out loud while having members of the guided reading group taking turns echoing your reading. Prompt students to follow the text with their eyes as you read and listen for how you phrase and emphasize words.