Objective: To deliver an excerpt using appropriate facial expressions, effective and
meaningful gestures and vocal variety Instructions: 1. Study the material on the different kinds of gestures. 2. Listen to the audio on elements of voice and study the material. Disregard the group task mentioned at the last part of the audio because your oral task is an individual delivery of the excerpt of Victor Hugo’s In Defense of His Son. 3. Study the text given and try to identify the various emotions expressed. Identify the words that carry these emotions along with changing meanings. Working with quality, vocal force, tempo, pacing, rhythm and pitch, determine the best way to interpret the passage. 4. Decide what words require gestures. What gestures would be appropriate for them? 5. Determine what facial expressions would accompany the emotions expressed in the excerpt. 6. Submit a performance of the excerpt on VIDEO to the google drive link provided in the GC not later than October 27. For you to maximize the use of your hands for gestures, you need to memorize the text. 7. Criteria for evaluation: Evaluation Rubric: GESTURES E VG G NI Effective use of sufficient gestures that complement the message. Gestures enhance the message and are contextually appropriate. Gestures are clear and reinforce the spoken message. Consistent and purposeful use of gestures throughout the presentation. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS Expressive and appropriate facial expressions that convey emotions effectively. Strong eye contact and connection with the audience. Facial expressions are in sync with the content and tone of the speech. A wide range of facial expressions that engage the audience. VOCAL VARIETY Effective use of pitch variations to emphasize key points and maintain audience interest. Appropriate volume variations for emphasis and engagement. Appropriate rate variations for clarity and impact. Tone aligns with the message and enhances the overall delivery. Well-timed pauses that add meaning and allow the audience to digest the information. Clear and precise pronunciation and articulation.
What are the circumstances? A man, a convict, a sentenced wretch, is dragged, on a
certain morning, to one of our public squares. There he finds the scaffold! He shudders, he struggles, he refuses to die. And at night, the officers, reinforced, drag forth the wretch again, so bound that he is but an inert weight, - they drag him forth, haggard, bloody, weeping, pleading, howling for life – calling upon his father and mother – for like a very child had this man become in the prospect of death…. It is at this very moment that from a young man’s breast escapes a cry, wrung from his very heart – a cry of pity and of anguish, - a cry of horror, a cry of humanity. Excerpt from “Speech in Defense of his Son” by Victor Hugo