{"id":5407,"date":"2018-04-25T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=5407"},"modified":"2018-04-25T01:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T01:00:34","slug":"lesson-5-or-inflections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=5407","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 5: ?! or Inflections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lesson 5: <\/strong>?! or Inflections<\/p>\n

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Objective: <\/strong>Students will demonstrate an understanding of dramatic inflections within Shakespeare by notating inflections on the Crispian Speech.<\/p>\n

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Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

Copies of Crispian Speech\u00a0\u00a0Lesson 5.Crispian Speech<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hook <\/strong>: Inflections<\/p>\n

Draw four shapes on the board representing different inflections<\/p>\n

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  1. Upward \u2934<\/li>\n
  2. Downward \u2935<\/li>\n
  3. Sustained \u2192<\/li>\n
  4. Caesura or Circumflex\udbc0\udc00<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After you draw them on the board, point to one and speak to the students, making sure all of your sentences end in that inflection.\u00a0 After a few minutes, let them guess what all of the different symbols mean.\u00a0 Have a brief discussion about why those different inflections would be important in theatre, especially Shakespeare.<\/p>\n

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    • Helps you know when thoughts are ending, when there is more, what is emphasized, and allows the actor to build tension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Let them try each vocal inflection, and have them repeat the sounds a few times until they have it.<\/p>\n

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      1. Circumflex <\/em><\/strong>emphasis on a certain word. Ex. Mom! When you are whining.<\/li>\n
      2. Sustained <\/em><\/strong>makes you feel like there is more coming, no punctuation. Ex But…ummm… well\u2026.<\/li>\n
      3. Upward <\/em><\/strong>Inflection <\/strong>change in pitch going from a lower to a higher note within the vowel. Means there is more to this. Examples: Raise the pitch at the end of these words, keeping in mind what they convey with a upward inflection. \u201cWow! Really?\u201d<\/li>\n
      4. Downward <\/em><\/strong>Inflection <\/strong>This is when there is a change in pitch going from a higher to a lower note within the vowel. Most often, this change in pitch indicates confidence, finality, power and certainty. Examples: Lower the pitch at the end of these words. keeping in mind what they convey with a downward inflection. \u201cDone, No, Go\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Activity<\/strong>: Inflection Improv<\/p>\n

        Have four volunteers come to front.\u00a0 Tell them to improvise a scene, but that each person may only use one of the four inflections.\u00a0 Get suggestions from the audience for the scene location and situation.\u00a0 Let a few groups go.<\/p>\n

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        Activity<\/strong>: Inflection Scenes<\/p>\n

        Split the class into 4 groups.\u00a0 Tell them to create a rehearsed improvisation titled, \u201cStudying Shakespeare,\u201d but that their group may only use the assigned vocal inflection.\u00a0 Allow for rehearsal times, then watch the scene.<\/p>\n

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        Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Have a brief discussion again about why it is important to use a variety of inflections in theatre.<\/p>\n

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        • Keeps the audience engaged<\/li>\n
        • Expresses emotion and meaning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          Activity: <\/strong>Crispian Speech: Part One<\/p>\n

          Give everyone a copy of the Crispian speech and display it on the projector.\u00a0 Go through the speech with them one line at a time, deciding which inflection each line should end on or where inflections should be used in the middle of a line.\u00a0 Afterward, have everyone say the speech out loud a few times and take time to answer any questions students may still have.<\/p>\n

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          Closer<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Tell the students to keep their papers with them, and that they will all be performing the speeches for a grade later in the unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Lesson 5: ?! or Inflections   Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of dramatic inflections within Shakespeare by notating inflections on the Crispian Speech.   Materials Copies of Crispian Speech\u00a0\u00a0Lesson 5.Crispian Speech   Hook : Inflections Draw four shapes on the board representing different inflections Upward \u2934 Downward \u2935 Sustained \u2192 Caesura or Circumflex\udbc0\udc00 After …<\/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\/5407"}],"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=5407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5408,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5407\/revisions\/5408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}