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High School Drama Courses
Recommended Unit Areas
Introduction to the Theatre
Stage Movement
Acting
Voice and Diction
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Voice Warmup
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Popular Song Interpretation
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Alternating Words
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PS Announcements
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Readers' Theatre
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Poetry In Motion
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The Radio Drama
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Theatre History
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High School Oral Comm Courses

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Arkansas Guidelines

Department of Education Curriculums
Theatre
Communication - One Semester
Communication - Full Year

Drama Units and Activities

Public Service Announcements

Unit(s): Voice and Diction

Purpose:

To improve voice and diction

Objective:

The students will be able to write and perform a public service announcement, emphasizing pronunciation and articulation.

Materials:

1. Sample P.S.A.:

Helping an adult learn to read. Sitting with an elderly person. Selling snacks at the Special Olympics. These are only a few ways that you can help others in your community. Offer your services to others for a few hours a week. It takes so little to be a volunteer. And the personal rewards last a long time. Be a volunteer. It will make you feel great.

Paid for by the Chamber of Volunteers of Little Rock.

2. Cassette tape and tape player

Procedure:

  1. Discuss possible subjects for topics. Talk about appropriateness of topics.
  2. Each student should choose a topic and write a one minute P.S.A.
  3. Each student will perform the P.S.A. Record the performances for playback.
  4. Have students evaluate each P.S.A. when listening to playback.