Voice Over Acting Unit - 2 Full Weeks of activities, worksheets, and more!

Introduce your students to the dynamic and exciting world of voice over acting through this 2 week Voice Over Performance Unit. In this unit, you will walk students through a variety of different aspects of voice over acting in a fun, dynamic, and exciting way. Students will explore commercial voice overs, animation voice overs, audiobook narration, and more through a variety of activities large and small.

This unit was used with my beginning drama classes towards the beginning of the year to ease students into the art of performing in a less intimidating way than traditional performance. The unit involves no memorization and can be modified easily to help any students with anxiety about performing or leveled up for students with experience or the desire to stand on stage and perform. 

In the two week unit, you will guide your students through fun and engaging activities with voice over acting through multimedia experiences and performance. This unit is filled with fun yet low-risk drama games that will make every student feel comfortable. The unit offers multiple points for reflection of their own work and the work of their peers. All will culminate in two smaller projects at the end of each week, making a movie trailer and recording a page for an audiobook. 

I work primarily out of Google Docs and .pdf files. If you need Microsoft products, you can download any Google Doc or Slide as a Word or PowerPoint file by going to "File" and then "Download As."

In addition to this, please note that a few of my assignments in the unit use Flip. This is a free tool for all educators, and you can learn more about it on their website. 

In this unit you will find: 

• A day to day calendar mapping out the activities for the day (5 pages .pdf)
• An introductory multimedia presentation on the unit (23 slides)
• A detailed and thorough guide to all classroom activities including suggestions for classroom management and print-and-go prompts for each of the activities requiring them. (7 pages .pdf)
• An Actor’s Notebook worksheet for reflection and inquiry (2 pages)
• A multimedia presentation to guide students through the Commercial Voice Over Activity with coordinating worksheet (9 slides, 2 pages)
• A multimedia presentation to guide students through the Animation Voice Over Activity with coordinating worksheet (20 slides, 3 pages)
• A multimedia presentation to guide students through the Create Your Own Content Activity with coordinating worksheet (10 slides, 3 pages)
• Scripts for the final audiobook page narration, example script, and presentation with excellent audiobook narrator examples (18 pages/slides)
• Textual Analysis worksheet for audiobook narrator performance (9 slides)
• A grading rubric for the final performances (1 page)
• A Peer Preview worksheet for students to give and take notes (3 pages)   
• Reviewed and vetted videos to coordinate with the unit

In total, this unit will bring you 45 PAGES of content, 70 SLIDES of presentational material, multiple VIDEOS, 4 DRAMA GAMES, and more fun in your drama classroom!   

For you, the busy drama teacher, all you have to do is print and teach! Everything is now prepped for you! Have fun and enjoy voice over acting through this unit. Break a leg!