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This is an interesting lesson that might work well for one of the extra classes we'll have after finals, or for an afterschool class.
I did a version of it for my afterschool class of 9 or 10 middle school students. It's part of a larger "arc," I guess, of trying to get them to practice conveying emotion while speaking. Normally they speak in a monotone . . . tone, but through this and my
giving praise lesson I'm hoping to change that a little.
For high school students there's a lot you can do here. You could probably have them brainstorm different sounds they make when conveying meaning/emotion. For middle school it was pretty challenging. The powerpoint got kind of tedious, so I cut it short and didn't go into the quiz.
I'm breaking it into two lessons. On the first day was introducing paralanguage and the sounds on the powerpoint. Then we did a few of the sounds on the worksheet, where the students had to write down the meaning and use it in a sentence. On the second day we'll do a few more of those, and then do the second attached worksheet where the students read the situation and respond with the proper sound.
Anyway, just wanted to bump this in case you wanted to have a look at what jellomando put together. Go take a look at his other lessons . . . plenty of good stuff you can use or adapt into for middle- and high-school classes.
