1. Teacher will pass out choral reading of YMCA and assign parts. Class will rehearse choral reading twice.
2. Teacher and class will discuss their observations after watching Youtube videos of poor speakers. Make a list of positive things a good speaker should do with his/her body.
3. Teacher will show short informational video on "The Cold War" so students have some background. Then, teacher will pass out transcripts of Ronald Reagan's famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany. Teacher will read portion of speech in brackets orally to the class. Then, students will watch Youtube video of Ronald Reagan giving speech.
4. In Kidblog.com, students need to respond to the prompt with 100 words or more: This is considered a famous and powerful speech by Ronald Reagan. What makes it a good speech? What does he do with his voice? What does he do with his body? Explain.
2. Teacher and class will discuss their observations after watching Youtube videos of poor speakers. Make a list of positive things a good speaker should do with his/her body.
3. Teacher will show short informational video on "The Cold War" so students have some background. Then, teacher will pass out transcripts of Ronald Reagan's famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany. Teacher will read portion of speech in brackets orally to the class. Then, students will watch Youtube video of Ronald Reagan giving speech.
4. In Kidblog.com, students need to respond to the prompt with 100 words or more: This is considered a famous and powerful speech by Ronald Reagan. What makes it a good speech? What does he do with his voice? What does he do with his body? Explain.