American Voices: Listening to Fiction, Poetry, and Prose

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.02.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Purpose of Voice
  4. Orality of Africa
  5. Caribbean Cadence
  6. African-Americans Speak
  7. Vocal Performance and Digital Media
  8. Lesson Plan 1
  9. Lesson Plan 2
  10. Lesson Plan 3
  11. Teacher Resources
  12. Student Resources
  13. Appendix A
  14. Appendix B
  15. Notes

Speak Words, Recite Messages: The Oral Interpretation of the Word

Bonnee L. Breese Bentum

Published September 2008

Tools for this Unit:

Notes

1. A. Duku Anokye.

2. Robert Frost. Processing of tone (projecting voice) from words on the printed page brought to sound using background knowledge and/or experiences.

3. Gale Jackson.

4. John Sobol. 19.

5. James Baldwin.

6. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/stereotyping (accessed: July 12, 2008).

7. A central ritual within the Yoruba religion.

8. John Sobol.

9. Ibid.

10. Robert D. Harrison & Linda K. Harrison. The Call from the Mountaintop: … 1993, 169-176.

11. Peter L. Patrick. 4, 5.

12. Carol D. Lee.

13. Frost's poem text can be found at this website, www.orwelltoday.com/jfkinaugpoem.shtml.

14. Angelou's poem text can be found at http://poetry.eserver.org/angelou.html. View Angelou reading the poem at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDtw62Ah2zY.

15. A structured group that meets to discuss and respond to assigned independent reading assignments.

16. www.poetryoutloud.com

17. The visualization of a picture from the past, usually some fragmented piece of a person's heritage.

18. Helen Lock.

19. Howard Husock. Taste: A Standing Oration. 2006, 11.

20. A six-line poem has a central theme; each line is assigned an attribute. Line 1: color, line 2: sound, line 3: taste, line 4: feel, line 5: smells, line 6: looks.

21. A space for reading and writing stories for the web. www.hypertextopia.com

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