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Lesson Objective:<\/b><\/p>\n
Students will demonstrate their understanding of expressing emotions by communicating various emotions and character traits with their voices.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
National Arts (UT Core) Standards:<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Cr3.1.4.b. Develop physical and vocal exercise techniques for an improvised or scripted drama\/theatre work.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Re7.1.4.a. Identify artistic choices made in a drama\/theatre work through participation and observation.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Re8.1.4.c. Identify and discuss physiological changes connected to emotions in drama\/ theatre work.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Materials:<\/b><\/p>\n\n- Chalkboard or White Board and Writing Utensil<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Before class, write the \u201cI can\u201d statement on the board: \u201cI can use my voice to show different emotions and characters\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nWarm-Ups (3-5 min):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAt the beginning of class, have the students sit on their dots and give instruction from the front of the room.\u00a0 Begin class by saying \u201cWe\u2019re going to start class today by warming up our ears, voices, and parts of our face.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nFirst, warm up the ears. Be as quiet as possible and listen to the things around you.\u00a0 What do you hear?\u00a0 People walking outside in the hall, breathing, air conditioner\u2026? What background noises can you identify?<\/span><\/p>\nNow we\u2019re going to warm-up our voice. Be sure to enforce classroom management with this one as it can easily get out of hand.\u00a0 If students start to goof off, pause until they are behaving as they should.\u00a0 Instruct the students to say an \u201cAaahh\u201d sound.\u00a0 Say it loudly, quietly, in a higher note, in a lower note, and variations of these things.<\/span><\/p>\nNow let\u2019s warm up our faces!<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Stretch – Mouth instruct the students to open their mouths as wide as they can, then as tight as they can.\u00a0 Go back and forth for various lengths of time.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Stretch – Tongue (in and out, brush inside of cheeks & around teeth)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Lip Rolls – (\u201cbrrrr\u201d)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Yawns – \u201cAhh\u201d (high to low) & (low to high)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- Tongue Twister – write \u201cFast Feet Fleet For Fun\u201d on the board. Have the students say it slowly, enunciating each word clearly, then faster & faster)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Review:<\/span><\/p>\nBegin class by reviewing what\u2019s happened in the previous classes.\u00a0 Ask the students what they remember.<\/span><\/p>\nAnswer: We\u2019ve learned how to tell stories with our faces and bodies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPractice a few things they\u2019ve learned previously.\u00a0 Instruct the students to use their facial expressions and body language to show different emotions such as happy, sad, angry and tired.\u00a0 Remind the students that they should not be using their voices.<\/span><\/p>\nHook (3-5 min):<\/span><\/p>\nToday, we\u2019re going to learn how to communicate stories through our voices.\u00a0 When might we only use our voice to tell a story?<\/span><\/p>\nPossible answers: puppetry, scary stories, radio shows\u2026<\/span><\/p>\nHave the teacher face away from the students and say \u201cToday is Monday\u201d with different emotions (sad, excited, tired, etc).\u00a0 Have the students guess what the emotion is as a class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAfter a few different emotion examples done by the teacher, say \u201cNow you get to practice changing your voices to show different emotions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nLesson:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Have the class come up with a list of emotions and write them on the board as they\u2019re shared.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Possible answers: happy, sad, angry, tired, frightened, confused, surprised, embarrassed, sick\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Select different emotions and say \u201cI\u2019m going to a friend\u2019s house\u201d in each emotion. Remind the students that they\u2019re focusing on their voices, not body language.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Next, we\u2019re going to play a knock knock game. Explain the following to the students:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- A student will come up and pick a card out of the bag, [tell students not to show it to anyone.]<\/span><\/li>\n
- This student will begin the knock knock joke by saying the phrase,\u201dKnock, Knock\u201d using their natural speaking voice<\/span><\/li>\n
- The class responds, \u201cWho\u2019s there?\u201d using their natural speaking voice<\/span><\/li>\n
- Then the one with the card says, \u201cGuess Who!\u201d using the type of emotion on the card.<\/span><\/li>\n
- The class then guesses the emotion until they get it right.<\/span><\/li>\n
- You may need to ask the person with the card to try again, by asking, \u201cWho\u2019s there?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Do 4-5 rounds as a class by calling up a student and guessing as a class to make sure they understand this.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Have the students then split into groups of 4 to do this on their own.\u00a0 This will give an opportunity for every student to participate.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Hand each group some cards to play the game.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Throughout the activity, check-in with the various groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Bring the class together again and ask \u201cWhat did you learn about using your voice during this activity?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nPossible answer: Our voices can tell a lot of different emotions.<\/span><\/p>\nWrap up activity:<\/span><\/p>\nHave the students go back to their groups and decide on a story to tell with their voices. They need to have a specific emotion in their story that they\u2019re trying to tell.\u00a0 The students will be telling the story with their back to the audience, so they need to rely on their voices to tell the story.<\/span><\/p>\nGive the students 10 minutes to work on their stories, then use the last of class to do their performances. Ask the students what emotions they identified after each performance.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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