-TH.912.H.1.4: Interpretation and perspective
-TH.C.2.4: Collaborate
Essential Question
-How do tone, pronunciation, and work choice impact communication and performance?
Agenda:
1. Finish grading reading performances
2. Challenge upper levels with creating the fox hunt school stunt
3. Set up and begin the reader's theater: Mock Trial of the Big Bad Wolf
a. Divide the class into 2 teams
b. The leaders of each team are to be the directors.
-They must select the correct persons for the parts
-They must rehearse the individuals until the performance is letter perfect
c. Each group must create their own set, props, and anything else needed.
d. Each group will be the jury for the other
e. An effort will be made to find judges to determine the winning team.
f. Students are to write a journal each day about the accomplishments of the day.
4. Remind students to continue the assign 5 part pronunciation assignment
a. Observe the conversation and word sounds around you. Take note and record any interesting observations
b. As you hear interesting sounds, word choices, accents, or the like, ask questions to investigate where they come from or why they are used that way. Note and record observations.
c. Take something you say or read and say it or read it multiple times, using different pronunciations each time. Note and record how the different pronunciations make you or others feel about what is being communicated. Be aware of the feelings associated with the pronunciation.
d. Find a sentence. Read the entire sentence accenting a different word each time you read it. Note and record how the emphasis works to change the meaning or feel to the sentence.
e. Read one page of anything. Carefully pronounce each word on the entire page. Be sure not to miss any words, splice any words, or pronounce any words lazily. Note and record your observations.
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