Lesson 8— Listening to Podcasts
Objective:
Students will demonstrate their understanding of voice by presenting their podcasts and discussing the vocal variety in each podcast.
Materials Needed:
Audio playing equipment, a way for students to access their saved audio file
Hook:
Bell ringer question: What are you most excited about listening to your classmate’s podcasts? No vocab for today.
- Listen to Podcasts
Have groups volunteer to listen to their podcast. After each podcast, have the students discuss the following questions:
- Where did you hear aspects of diction and projection in this podcast?
- Where did you hear rate and pitch?
- Where did you hear tone and emphasis?
- Where did you hear dialects?
- How did those different things affect the way you perceived the character’s in the podcast?
- Unit Closure
After each group has presented their podcast, have a class discussion on the unit as a whole.
- What did you like about the different podcasts?
- If you were to do this project again, what would you do differently?
- What did you learn about voice during this unit?
Assessment:
Student can be assessed on their podcast, based on the rubric that the students helped you create in lesson 2.