{"id":4437,"date":"2016-02-08T22:13:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T22:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=4437"},"modified":"2016-02-10T17:09:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T17:09:25","slug":"lesson-8-using-vocal-variety-to-convey-meaning-and-create-characters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=4437","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 8: Using Vocal Variety to Convey Meaning and Create Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lesson 8: Using Vocal Variety to Convey Meaning and Create Characters<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lesson Objective<\/u><\/p>\n

Students will be able to use vocal variations by creating voices for a reading of a children\u2019s book.<\/p>\n

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Materials<\/u><\/p>\n

A brief children\u2019s book (a book with a variety of characters, such as The Paper Bag Princess <\/em>by Robert Munsch<\/p>\n

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Quick Review<\/u><\/p>\n

What are the vocal variations we have introduced? [Projection, diction, pitch, inflection, rate, tone, emphasis.]<\/p>\n

Invite the students to sit in a circle. Introduce a brief children\u2019s book (a book with a variety of characters, such as The Paper Bag Princess <\/em>by Robert Munsch). Let the students know they will be reading this book aloud today\u2014a page per person. Suggest that as they read the children\u2019s book they should look for opportunities in the writing to create distinct character voices by varying pitch, rate, and tone. They should also look for places to use inflection and power words to really help create specific meaning. Because the entire class wants to hear the story, they also need to project and use diction.<\/p>\n

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Assessment <\/u><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After the class reads the story (or while the reading is taking place), ask them what kinds of vocal variations were used by their classmates. What was effective in understanding character? the story? Did they discover things during this reading they can consider using in their radio dramas?<\/p>\n

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Rehearsal<\/u><\/p>\n

Inform the students that for today\u2019s rehearsal they will read their entire scripts again as a cast. Today\u2019s rehearsal goal is to further develop and cement vocal variety that will create distinct characters.<\/p>\n

Invite students to separate into their casts and begin practicing. Circulate the casts, listening to the readings. When appropriate, ask the students questions that will help them make choices about their vocal characterizations. [Examples: How can you use emphasis to clarify what is happening in this scene? How might a tone change affect the way this character is understood by an audience?] Allow the students to use the remainder of the class to rehearse their radio dramas.<\/p>\n

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Assessment<\/u><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 About 3 \u2013 5 minutes before class ends ask the students to return to their seats. Ask the cast leaders to each report some of the vocal variations they have chosen for their characters. What are some discoveries they are making about the plots and\/or characters in their radio dramas? Is the use of vocal variety helping them make those discoveries?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lesson 8: Using Vocal Variety to Convey Meaning and Create Characters   Lesson Objective Students will be able to use vocal variations by creating voices for a reading of a children\u2019s book.   Materials A brief children\u2019s book (a book with a variety of characters, such as The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch   …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4438,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437\/revisions\/4438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}