LESSON PLAN: Tuning Your Voice, Grades 4-7 (Language Arts, Reading, English)
The following short writing assignments will help you tune your voice. Describe each of the following experiences or objects from a different perspective. Try to assume the role of each person. How would he or she describe them?
1. A piece of cheese cake:
a. Describe it from the perspective of a person who is on a strict diet.
b. Describe it from the perspective of a hungry lumberjack who has been working all day.
2. A deer:
a. Describe it from the perspective of a hunter.
b. Describe it from the perspective of an animal rights activitist
3. A game winning shot during the last second of a basketball game:
a. Describe the shot from the perspective of a fan from the winning team.
b. Describe the shot from the perspective of a fan from the losing team.
4. The top of a bungee jumping platform:
a. Describe it from the perspective of a thrill seeker who loves the adrenaline rush of such
activities.
b. Describe it from the perspective of a first time jumper.
5. A heavy metal rock concert:
a. Describe it from the perspective of a seventy-year-old grandmother.
b. Describe it from the perspective of a sixteen-year-old Metallica fan.
6. A father who must steal for his family:
a. Describe it from the perspective of his son.
b. Describe it from the perspective of a sheriff who wants to arrest the father.
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION:
Scenario 1:
The teacher can display the scenarios in a PowerPoint format, using fun, interesting pictures found from the Web. I'm sure there are plenty of activities that can be found on the Web (with more scenarios) about tuning one's voice. The teacher could also show the students how to set up an online forum for discussion, or a page where the students can display their ideas (so they can post at later dates, or in the next computer scenarios below...)
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