Performance
Anatomy of Your Voice
Vocal Warm-Ups
100

When actors are speaking loudly on stage. This is not screaming. 

What is Projection? 

100

This shrinks when we breathe in and pushes the air out of our lungs. 

What is diaphragm? 

100

In under 20 seconds quickly say the following tongue twister 3 times correctly: She sell seashells by the seashore

Mr. Rivera will decide if the team gets the point

200

When actors are speaking clearly onstage.

What is articulation? 

200

This pinches the air as it leaves our lungs. It helps us create our voice. 

What is vocal chords?

200

In under 15 seconds say the following tongue twister correctly 2 times: 

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?

Mr. Rivera will decide if the team gets the point

300

To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp, shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block. This helps us warm up our _________ so we can speak clearly onstage.

What is articulation?

300

This is where your vocal chords are located.

What is the Larynx (Voice Box)?

300

Say the following tongue twister in under 10 seconds 2 times correctly: 


I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you. 

Mr. Rivera will decide if the teams gets the points.

400

The activity where we talked loudly across both classrooms was an example of this. 

What is projection? 
400

These are the two cavities where your voice bounces around.

What is the Nasal and Oral Cavity? 

400

Say the tongue twister in under 5 seconds 1 time correctly: 

A big black bear sat on a big black rug.

Mr. Rivera will decide if the point gets the points

500

Quickly say a tongue twister that will practice your articulation.  

Mr. Rivera will decide if the team gets this point. 

500

Air travels through here to the lungs.

What is the Trachea?

500

Say this tongue twister in under 10 seconds correctly: 

To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp, shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.

Mr. Rivera will decide if the team gets the points