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English Novel Reading Podcast Assignment created by Cynthia Sargeant
Resources
To Create Audio Pod Casts http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Licence Free Music http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html
File to allow audio file to be saved as a MP3 (lame_enc.dll)
http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/L/lame_enc.dll/-/download.html
Searchable Sound effects (click on
file with right mouse button and save target as)
http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll
Step one
Choose a passage of 2-3 pages that you think is important and interesting (check to make sure no one else is using the same passage)
Step two
Read
the passage over a couple of times so you are comfortable with it (aloud
would be best-you can use my office)
Step three
Record your passage using Audacity Software. You can also download the
Audacity Software from home - see links above.
Step four
Listen to music from the Royalty-Free website and choose music that
complements your passage. Add it to your podcast.
Step five
Add at least 3 sound effects to your passage.
Step six
Save your project
and export the project as an MP3 file. Email the MP3 File to yourself,
put it on a flash key or an MP3 player so it can be listened to in school.
Step seven
Listen to everyone’s podcast and vote on your favourite. The winning
podcast will get a prize.
You will have a total of 1 hour to complete the project in class time.
Evaluation: out of 40
Reading 15 marks (fluent, dramatic, appropriate pausing, clear, good volume,
proper pacing, words pronounced correctly, rehearsal is evident)
Sound effects 10 marks (placed throughout the podcast, fits in with passage, adds
interest to the podcast)
Music 10 marks (complements the podcast, fits in with the tone of the passage)
Overall 5 marks (the podcast is interesting, creative and entertaining)