Verbal Call-and-Response
A verbal call-and-response is when the Teaching Artist (TA) says something aloud to the class to which students collectively respond. The goal of a call-and-response could be to get everyone’s attention, refocus the group, cue students, or help them process information and build understanding. (Read more about call-and-response here.)
Pre-plan the call-and-response before your program begins. Since students will be repeating this phrase over the course of the program, find a way to connect it to your curriculum, to your or the students’ cultural background(s), and/or find ways for students to respond verbally and physically.
Примеры
- Related to Arts Education
- Call: “Mic check, mic check.” Response: “One-two, one-two.”
- Call: “Mona.” Response: “Lisa.” The Teacher or Teaching Artist can explain, “Mona Lisa is a very patient student! Wherever I am in the room, her eyes are always on me. She waits calmly for her turn with her hands in her lap.” When students say, “Lisa,” they should pretend to be like the Mona Lisa. It is helpful to keep a picture of her in the room throughout the residency to refer back to.
- Call: “Tableau please.” Response: “Everybody freeze.”
- Call: “A hush fell over the crowd.” Response: “Hush.”
- Call: “Actor’s Neutral.” Response: “Ready to go.” Students also respond by standing in Actor’s Neutral.
- Call: “Three, two, one.” Response: “Action.”
- Non-Arts Specific
- Это прекрасная возможность создавать и использовать мероприятия, учитывающие культурные особенности. Например, два действия ниже используют одну и ту же функцию и обрамление, но ссылаются на разные среды.
- Teacher: “Waterfall, waterfall.” Students: “Shh.” Students mimic a waterfall with their hands as they freeze or take a seat.
- Teacher: “Tire pressure, tire pressure.” Students: “Shh.” Students pantomime a circle with their hands that they shrink as they settle quietly.
- Точно так же это прекрасная возможность получить доступ к различным языкам и отметить их. Вот несколько примеров, каждый на разном языке.
- English: “Ready, set.” Students: “You bet!”
- Spanish: “Otra cosa.” Students: “Mariposa!”
- Ghanaian Akan: “Ago.” Students: Ame!” Ago is a call for attention, like saying, “I would like your attention.” And the response is, “Yes, you have my attention.”
- Indonesian: “Satu, dua, tiga.” Students: “Kami duduk juga!”
- ASL: Stand and sit.
- Классика: «Если ты слышишь мой голос…»
- Вариант 1. Произнесите и смоделируйте действие. Например, вы можете сказать: «Положите руки на голову», положив руки на голову.
- Вариант 2. Произнесите одно действие и смоделируйте другое, чтобы увидеть, слушают ли ученики.
- Option 3: Get funky with it! For example, “Give yourself a mustache,” “Put on a tiny hat,” “Look at me with your monocle.”
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