Summary
Sound design is the art of creating sounds to invoke emotion and mood in a production. In order to understand this concept, students listened to two Kevin O’Malley & Patrick O’Brien picture books, Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery and Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates. They divided into two groups and practiced Reader’s Theater scripts for the two stories. The students then worked with the music teacher to choose instruments that would compliment certain words/parts of the stories. The Readers Theater’s were performed and recorded by the students, using musical instruments for sound effects. Recordings were put into iMovie and shared on the classroom blog.
TIPC Ratings
Other than reading the selected stories, Research and Information Fluency was not a component of this lesson.
This lesson falls in the Ideal/Target range for Communication and Collaboration. Students worked collaboratively to best decide how to work together to add sound design into a reader’s theater skit. Students worked together to establish teams and organize their sound effects. Musical instruments were used to create the sound effects and a flip camera was used to record the skit. The completed videos were posted on Vimeo and embedded on the class blog for students, staff, and parents to view and comment. Students reflected on their final productions as to what went well, what needed improvement and how this type of activity is a career for some. They used a Google Form to complete this self-evaluation.
This lesson falls in the Approaching range for Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Students were presented with the authentic task of sound design to enhance performances. Students had to choose sounds to enhance and fit certain words/parts of the performance. They had a choice of any instrument. Students reflected on their final productions and set goals for future growth using a Google Form.
This lesson falls in the Ideal/Target range for Creativity and Innovation. Students were encouraged to think outside the box with not only musical instruments, but also props, such as trash cans, crumpled paper, etc. This was an environment where the success of the lesson was dependent on student creativity and innovation. Students reflected on their final productions using a Google Form.
Student Artifact
Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery RT from Michelle Grubbs on Vimeo.
Download Files
Reader’s Theater Plus
Contents:
- Lesson Plan
- Permission From Author To Produce a Reader’s Theater Skit
- Project Rubric
- Student Self-Evaluation
- Reader’s Theater Performance
