Tongue Twisters in the Theatre ClassroomI am a huge fan of tongue twisters in the theatre classroom.. We asked our Facebook fans for their favourite tongue twister and, judging by the nu
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I am a huge fan of tongue twisters in the theatre classroom. They have so many uses. Theyget a group focused & relaxed, they help warm up the voice, they get the lips and tonguelimber and ready to enunciate, they get the brain fired up, they get a class working as ateam. And they’re also a whole lot of fun
We asked our Facebook fans for their favourite tongue twister and, judging by the number
of responses we got, it seems that theatre teachers love tongue twisters too! Thanks tothem (and mostly to Douglas Fox) this document has 41 pages of awesome tongue
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Writing Activity
● Choose a tongue twister. Write a monologue or scene that begins with it. Write amonologue or scene that ends with it. Aim to make the words of the tongue twisterorganically fit the scene or monologue
● Choose one of the nonsensical tongue twisters. Write a scene around it that gives itmeaning
● If you’re not working on a play, write a Character Profile for someone who would say
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They do drop, they do
As do dewdrops drop
Trang 17A wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtlecould hurdle myrtle
How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil?
How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot
How much wood could Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods' woodchuckcould and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood,how much wood could and would Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods'
woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as anywoodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood
Trang 18of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big biscuits with the basket ofbiscuits that was next to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into abiscuit mixer and brought the basket of biscuits and the box of mixed biscuits and thebiscuit mixer to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines.
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Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
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Mama made me mash my M&M’S I cried, Mama made me mash my M&M’S I cried, Mamamade me mash my M&M’S I cried
Trang 28or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the catcher who's watchingthe pitcher who's watching the balls
Trang 29Pete's pa Pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in thepine hole pigpen
Pick a partner and practice passing,
for if you pass proficiently,
perhaps you'll play professionally
Picky people pick Peter Pan PeanutButter, 'tis the peanutbutter picky people pick.Pirates Private Property
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Sweater weather, leather weather
Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailingswiftly southward Saturday
Swim, Sam, swim. Show them you are some swimmer. Swim like the snow white swanswam. A well swum swim is a swim well swum. So, swim, Sam. Swim!
Trang 38There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too.There goes one tough top cop!
There once was a man who had a sister, his name was Mr. Fister. Mr. Fister's sister soldsea shells by the sea shore. Mr. Fister didn't sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets. Mr. Fistertold his sister that he sold six silk sheets to six shieks. The sister of Mr. Fister said I sold sixshells to six shieks too!
There once was a two toed, she toad, tree toad,
and a three toed, he toad, tree toad
There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through
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What to do to die today at a minute or two to two. A terribly difficult thing to say and aharder thing to do. A dragon will come and beat his drum Ratatatatatatatatoo at aminute or two to two today. At a minute or two to two
Trang 44Yally Bally had a jolly golliwog. Feeling folly, Yally Bally Bought his jolly golli' a dollie made ofholly! The golli', feeling jolly, named the holly dollie, Polly. So Yally Bally's jolly golli's hollydollie Polly's also jolly!