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Podcast
Assignment-Acceleration
Resources: Creating
your own podcasts- Audacity is free, open source software for recording
and editing sounds. http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Licence Free Music http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html
Part A Dramatic Reading
Choose a section of the novel Acceleration (min. 1 page) and create a podcast of a dramatic reading of this section of the novel. You will need to add background music and sound effects to enhance your reading.
Evaluation 30 marks (use of voice, no errors, good passage chosen, music, sound effects)
Part B Role Assignment
| Role | Audience | Format | Topic |
| Duncan | Kim | Phone Messages | Let’s try to get back together… |
| Roach | Himself | Tape Recording | Here’s my next evil plan… |
| Wayne | Manager at the Dairy Barn | Speech | Why I deserve my job back… |
| Duncan | Police | Interview | What happened that day with Roach… |
| Vinny | Classroom | Oral Report | What I found out about serial killers.. |
| Graham Macnamee | Publisher | Sales Pitch | Why you should publish my novel.. |
For this assignment you will record a podcast in the role of one of the characters of the novel. Where appropriate, you need to incorporate music and/or sound effects.
You will need to prepare a script first and plan how you will read your script.
Evaluation
Script 10 marks
Podcast 30 marks