Voice

Created by Karen Loftus

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This unit focuses specifically on the technical aspects of vocal production. By understanding how voice is created, students will be more aware of how to improve their vocal production. Students will explore posture and breathing exercises, as well as how to use the diaphragm, projection, and articulation.

The final project will test students’ ability to properly project and articulate a joke across a large space. A rubric is included for the project as long as journal prompts and exit slips. Please refer to the Pacing Guide for more details and ways to supplement with other DTA materials.

Unit Overview

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Pacing Guide
Social Emotional Learning Connections
Choice Board

1: What makes a “good voice?”

Students discuss and apply aspects of what makes a voice a “good voice:” projection, articulation, posture, proper breathing.

2: Resonance

Students learn about the resonators and use them in an exercise.

3: Articulation

Students learn about the articulators and use them with tongue twisters and additional exercises.

Attachments

Participation Rubric

4: Unit Project

This is a simple project. Your students are going to tell a joke to the class. The reason to use a joke or a riddle (rather than a poem, prose piece, monologue, or scene) is that the students in the audience will want to hear the answer. They will be more engaged in the simple joke or riddle than passively listening to something else.

Voice

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