| INTRODUCTION
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This
activity started as a fix for avoiding having to use faulty
microphones in school plays. I also realised that the students
couldn't act well with a microphone in their hand. One of the
reasons I do school plays is because I see how effective they are at
giving children confidence in themselves and for battling shyness
and so for the same reasons, learning to project their voices becomes a great skill to
develop. |
| WARM-UP |
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1. |
Breathing |
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(Everyone stands in
their own space)
INSTRUCTOR
OK, let's do some
tactical breathing.
First put one hand
on your chest and
one hand on your
tummy.
We are going to
breath with our tummies
and not our chests.
Now we are going to
inhale for 4 seconds,
hold our breath for
4 seconds,
breath out for 4
seconds
and hold for 4
seconds.
Right. Let's go.
Inhale. One two
three four
Hold. One two three
four.
Breath out. One two
three four.
Hold. One two three
four.
And again. |
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2. |
Pitch |
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| 1. |
Laugh! |
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It
will be fake but it doesn't matter. |
| 2. |
Humming |
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Purse your lips and drop your jaw. Tap your
back and front while you hum. |
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3. |
Head Resonance |
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To get this
going you need to do that annoying children's taunting
melody Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah which sounds quite
similar to Ring a-ring o' roses. |
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4. |
Articulation |
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1. |
Fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell
the blood of an Englishman,
Be he
alive, or be he dead
I'll
grind his bones to make my bread |
| 2. |
Read the capitals repeatedly |
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Q.E.,
Q.R., Q.E., Q.R. |
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| VOICE PROJECTION GAME -
CROSSING THE RIVER |
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| What you need |
| 1. |
A big space
like a school hall or outside |
| 2. |
Coloured slalom
cones or coloured cardboard circles |
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3. |
Question cards
(provided below) - when you know the game well, you can
make up questionss on the fly. |
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| Instructions |
| 1. |
Each team sits
at one end of the hall. |
| 2. |
1 member from
each team goes to the red square. |
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3. |
The referee hands the
question card, which is on the smart phone or written on
a card or whatever, and the student has one chance only
to read the question to their team. |
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4. |
If the team answers
correctly, the asker moves to the blue cone and the turn
goes to the next team. |
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5. |
If the team answer
incorrectly either because they got the wrong answer or
didn't hear the question, the turn goes to the next
team. |
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6. |
Each team must get the
right answer to their question before moving to the next
colour no matter how many turns it takes! |
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7. |
With every correct
answer the member moves further away from their team and
so needs to project their voice accordly. |
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8. |
When one member
crosses the river, so the next one moves to the red
cone. |
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9. |
When there is only one
team member left, anyone from the team on the other
bank, must shout out a red question, then a blue one etc
until they are safely across. |
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10. |
The first team to get
everyone across, wins. |
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|
Question Cards |
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RED
FOOD |
BLUE
ANIMALS |
GREEN
PLACES |
YELLOW
ENTERTAINMENT |
PINK
SPORTS & HOBBIES |
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| Use 1 card per
team. |
| CROSS THE
RIVER |
CROSS THE
RIVER |
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What colour are ripe tomatoes? |
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Where do lions live? |
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Paris is the capital of what
country? |
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What is the name of the snowman
in Frozen? |
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How many players are there in a
soccer team? |
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Name five fruits. |
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Which countries kill whales and
dolphins? |
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Name five African countries. |
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What is the name of the boy in
Coco? |
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Name five ball sports? |
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| CROSS THE
RIVER |
CROSS THE
RIVER |
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Name three types of pasta? |
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Name five countries where
monkeys live? |
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Bangkok is the capital of which
country? |
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Name three of Peter Pan's
friends. |
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Name a sport you can play on
the beach? |
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Name five vegetables. |
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Name five types of fish. |
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Name five Latin American
countries. |
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Name five characters from
StarWars. |
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Name five sports that don't use
balls. |
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| I will be
adding more cards soon but please try to make up your own questions
too. |
