U4-L9.2 Voice Recording About World Record Holders
Completion requirements
Assignment - Oral Presentation
Voice Recording About World Record Holders
Pick one of the world record holder paragraphs on pages 37 to 39 in Literacy in Action 4B and practise reading out loud as you prepare to showcase your hobby or interest.
Click each coloured tab to view information about the Websites, Instructions, Checklist and Rubric for this assignment.
This Effective Voice Recording Checklist includes elements of speech for you to consider when making your voice recording.
Read the Effective Voice Recording Rubric before you start so you know what is expected of you.
Your teacher will use this to evaluate your oral speaking ability.
Make sure you
Unit 4
What do kids like to do?
Assignment - Oral Presentation
Voice Recording About World Record Holders
You will do the following assignments in this section:
- a voice recording of one of the paragraphs about world record holders
- an additional five words to your A to Z Hobbies chart
Voice Recording
Pick one of the world record holder paragraphs on pages 37 to 39 in Literacy in Action 4B and practise reading out loud as you prepare to showcase your hobby or interest.
Websites, Instructions, Checklist and Rubric
Click each coloured tab to view information about the Websites, Instructions, Checklist and Rubric for this assignment.
Directions for your voice recording.
How to Make a Voice Recording
Follow these instructions to make a Voice Recording:
- Choose the World Record article you would like to record. Practice reading the title, the paragraph, and a short comment telling your opinion of the record (was it cool, silly, great?).
- Practise reading the article out loud before recording so that you can read it clearly.
- Go to the Vocaroo site. You will need a recording microphone set up on your computer to record your voice.
- When you are ready, click record. When you are finished recording, click stop.
- Click either retry or listen. Re-record if you did not like it the first time.
- When satisfied with your recording, click happy with the recording on the bottom of the screen and save.
- Save your recording by clicking the email button.
- Type your email address and a message stating the recording is from you, then click send.
- Ask your teacher for help if you have problems.
- OR: Follow these steps to make your mp4 recording to submit.
Checklist
This Effective Voice Recording Checklist includes elements of speech for you to consider when making your voice recording.
Rubric
Read the Effective Voice Recording Rubric before you start so you know what is expected of you.
Your teacher will use this to evaluate your oral speaking ability.
Make sure you
- speak clearly so the words and ideas are easy to understand
- speak smoothly and not too fast or slow
- read with expression to make the idea interesting
Save
How to save a file:
- Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
- Name your Effective Voice Recording file in this format: jsmith_effectiverecording and save the file to your Documents folder.
Throughout the unit, you learned and practiced new concepts and presentation formats. Now it's time to demonstrate or "sum up" your understanding of that information by submitting this assignment for a mark.
- Submit your Effective Voice Recording now to your teacher for marking.
- Click Add Submission to upload your document.