Build Confidence8 min High None

Voice Levels

Students practice saying the same thing at different volumes and intensities.

Physically warms up the voice and separates volume from confidence — students discover they have more range than they thought.

Instructions

Give everyone a simple sentence (e.g. 'I have something important to say'). Go around the circle — each person says it at a different level: whisper, quiet, normal, loud, very loud, and theatrical. No one is graded on performance. Then try it with emotion: tired, excited, scared, angry.

Classroom timer

8:00

Best used when

Before any activity requiring verbal participation — works as a physical warm-up.

Variation

Students choose their own sentence — something they actually want to say.

Time

8 min

Noise

High

Prep

None

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