This year many of the sixth grader teachers at my school have chosen to use Reader Theater is classroom. The teachers have the students break into small groups, choose parts, practice their lines during the class for two or three days and perform the play in front of the class. I would like to have my students use garage band to create a podcast of their rehearsals in order to improve their classroom performances. This would give them an opportunity to listen to how they speak their lines. They could hear if they were they speak too fast, where they need to add inflection in their voice, and it will give them the opportunity to make to develop the character. This would also have a significant impact on my students’ fluency and comprehension.
I can also use podcasts during my poetry unit. My students are required to select a poem to memorize and recite in front of the class. I could extend this assignment by having the students to create a podcast of their poetry reading. This would help the students work on the rhythm of the poem. Give them a chance to hear how they sound and give them the practice that they need in order to feel more at ease standing in front of the class. As they start to create their own poems, they can use their podcasts to listen to their poems. This would allow them to listen to their poems to determine how they could edit it.
Every week, we have Current Events in the Classroom. A group of five students are asked to create a newscast. Each student is assigned a category: Local, Sports, National, Weather, and Entertainment. They are given 15 minutes every day to work together on the news cast and then on Friday, they report the news to the class. If the students created a podcast of their newscast, then they would be able to listen to their performance and determine what they need to work on for their next performance and further develop their communication skills.
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