Radio Theater Unit Drama Class Aligns CCSS 7.7 Audio Storytelling Foley Artists
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Part of a Bundle One of my most popular products! Get in on the excitement for your classroom, too! Got reluctant students in your classroom? Did you know that podcasts are the newest home for radio theater? Try radio theater--your students will find a place for themselves to participate in this unit! It is my radio theater unit ONLY. No script is provided.
This TEN DAY unit, 43 pages in length, however you can use as little or as much as you like. It is suitable for middle and high school drama classes and includes:
- Teacher's Note
- Lesson on the history of radio theater
- Information about Foley engineers
- Three links to video clips of Foleys
- Student created sound effect project
- Five links to radio play performances (some vintage and some recent)
- Lesson in writing and producing radio commercials
- Links to four commercials and two acting exercises focused on sound effects
- Procedure plan to follow throughout the unit (including minutes allotment)
- Teacher’s script--what I say and how I say it!
- Sound effects quiz and teacher's key--just for the fun of it!
- Radio theater terms--to help the novice director
- Student group example of a radio commercial
- Trivia about radio theater star-- Betty White!
- Trivia concerning Little Orphan Annie and the Radio Drama Program of England
- Page demonstrating how to direct a radio play
- Floor plan for blocking and an explanation of the floor plan
- Page advising what certain stage directions mean which are specific to radio
play - Radio Theater terms--what the heck does "walla walla" mean?
A teacher can pick and choose which lesson they wish to teach and which assignments they want to use. Use as little or the entire unit!
This unit strengthens students' skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening. Plus, there is lots of cooperative learning.
It is my intent to keep every product updated. This product was updated on January 11, 2023.
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"We had a ton of fun with this resource. Our students especially enjoyed learning about sound effects and how to make them. The students loved the recording process, though not the rehearsal process so much. As a teacher, I appreciated all they learned, not only about radio drama and radio history, but also about acting, using only their voice to communicate, and simply working together in general. As a bonus, our local radio station allowed us to come and tour the studio and explain how the station works. Overall, this is an amazing resource that I highly recommend. I would also highly recommend reading the packet all the way through (just like we tell our students), as there were many things I missed the first time through because I thought I knew what I was getting into (afterall, how hard can this be!?). I learned a ton myself about radio theater and how to teach it. Great experience. Great product."
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