Do you like this sound? What words could you use to describe it?
Drip
Can you name three things that drip?
What can you slam?
What things can hum?
Put these ten things in order from loudest to quietest:
bacon frying
a cat purring
a jumbo jet
What are your favourite sounds?
The sound of....
What are your least favourite sounds?
The sound of....
Buddhist koan: What is the sound of one hand clapping?
What’s the most annoying sound to wake up to?
Construction tools
Alarm clock
An argument in the next room
Someone snoring in the next room
Your mum calling you?
Morning traffic
A television
The radio
Bird song
Mosquitoes
Other?
What are the differences between a sound and a noise?
Can you walk around your house without making a sound?
Does your voice sound like one of your parents?
Drip
Can you name three things that drip?
What can you slam?
What things can hum?
Put these ten things in order from loudest to quietest:
bacon frying
a cat purring
a jumbo jet
a Harley Davidson
a Tesla
bees
a worm in the ground
someone breathing
a little stream
people playing table tennis
put these adjectives in order from loudest to quietest:
deafening
inaudible
audible
noisy
quiet
loud
explosive
booming
soundless
faint
Can you make a use the two together like this?
"The faint sound of someone whispering."
The ____ sound of a ________
The ____ sound of a ________
The ____ sound of bees
The ____ sound of a ________
The ____ sound of a ________
The ____ sound of a ________
The ____ sound of a ________
The ____ sound of a ________
The ____ sound of a ________
Also let's change the word "sound" to another word for "sound"
The ____ roar of a ________
The ____ buzz of ________
The ____ noise of a _______
The _____ hum of a _______
The ______ purr of a ________
The ______ rumble of th_____er
The ______ boom of an ex_______n
The distant echo of ________
The pleasant tone of her lovely v____e
ha ha ha
Fun task in pairs - go out of the room for five minutes and record three interesting sounds on your phone. Bring them back and see if another pair can guess what they are.
Onomatopoeia Kahoot
What things can creak?
What can tick that isn't a clock or watch?
Can you imitate this sound?
a car screeeeeching to a halt
bacon frying in a pan
the sound light-sabers make in Star Wars
a frog croaking
A guitar solo by Jimi Hendrix
a lion roaring
Donald Trump's voice
a lawn mower
the sound of basketball boots squeaking on the floor of the gym
A drum kit
cicadas
water going down the plughole when you drain the bath
Sound effects in film
Listen to the first few minutes.
Fun task in pairs - go out of the room for five minutes and record three interesting sounds on your phone. Bring them back and see if another pair can guess what they are.
Onomatopoeia Kahoot
What things can creak?
What can tick that isn't a clock or watch?
Can you imitate this sound?
a car screeeeeching to a halt
bacon frying in a pan
the sound light-sabers make in Star Wars
a frog croaking
A guitar solo by Jimi Hendrix
a lion roaring
Donald Trump's voice
a lawn mower
the sound of basketball boots squeaking on the floor of the gym
A drum kit
cicadas
water going down the plughole when you drain the bath
Sound effects in film
Listen to the first few minutes.
In the movies, how do you make something that sounds authentically like...
rain?
a bird flapping its wings?
the sound of a cigarette burning (up close)?
a punch?
breaking bones?
Road to Perdition
Listen and write down how many sounds you hear.
In groups, discuss:
Love, like, don't care, hate?
birds chirping in the morning
rotating ceiling fan when you're trying to go to sleep
thunder crash when you're safe inside
the wind whistling at night around the house
rain on the roof as you go to sleep
balloons bursting at a party
TV on in the next room while you're doing homework
Fireworks going off
insect noise in summer
a fountain
someone sniffing next to you on the bus
opera
scissors snipping near your ear when you're getting a haircut
dog barking next door for hours
walking on the coast by a stormy sea
on the bus or train: music heard through someone else's tinny headphones
tennis ball going "pock" in a professional tennis matches
foreigner speaking your language very badly
children playing in a playground
World of the Senses kahoot
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