I actually did a Voice Over Unit last year that I found from Teacher Pay Teacher Theater units--it was a Career in Theater about Audiblebooks--what to do and how to use your voice. I do make things up, but often I find things I can use and adapt either for my classes, Sub, or Testing Activities. Anyway, I used this activity with my students who were not the Stage Actors- they were the Tech students- using the audible file of the Click Clack Rattlebag short story, and discussed how the author used his voice to add suspense and intrigue. One doesn't always have to be on stage to act; you can act through vocals.
I received a lot of good files from them. Their assignment was to use short stories from their ELA classes---Common Lit or their Springboard curriculum--they could also choose a novel they were reading and read two pages, depending on if they made it to the time limit I had required. They were also to include a background track that would enhance their story and work to make sure it did not overpower their audio track of themselves.
Sorry for rambling, but I really did enjoy this activity last year, I didn't get to it this year, but one I will pull out for 25-26.
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Lauri Quick, Theater & Debate (Spring)Teacher
Somerset College Preparatory Academy
Port Saint Lucie, FL
O. 772-343-7028 ext 276
F. 772-343-7029
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2025 12:39
From: Wesley Hortenbach
Subject: Voice Over Project Ideas
Hello working with middle schoolers and upper elementary. We have enjoyed using microphones and making sound effects and putting filters on voice. We had a unit on film making and stop motion with legos which we all really loved and started to add sound on there but I am thinking it might be best to isolate these skills since our movies were so short and choppy.
Does anyone have any recommendations for short clips that we can use a microphone and dub with voices and sound effects. Could be something animated that already exists or it could be some other little video online also of legos.
This also helps kids that are a little nervous to just jump up and do improv or struggle with scripts and a nice safe grounded place of just devising a story based on a short film that has some parameters like who is talking and how long.
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Wesley Hortenbach
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