Auditions Open for Oak Creek Middle School's First Student Podcast!
Attention, Fifth Graders!
Do you love sharing stories, interviewing interesting people, or exploring exciting ideas? Oak Creek Elementary is teaming up with our future campus, Oak Creek Middle School, to launch a brand-new student-led audio broadcast: The Falcon Frequency. We are looking for energetic, curious, and reliable fifth-grade students to join our production crew and on-air host team for the upcoming spring term.
What Is The Falcon Frequency?
The Falcon Frequency is a monthly, fifteen-minute school podcast created entirely by students. The show will spotlight school sports, showcase class science investigations, recommend popular library books, and feature interviews with teachers and guest speakers from our neighborhood. Whether you dream of speaking into the microphone as an anchor host or working behind the scenes as a sound designer, there is an important role waiting for you.
Open Roles Available
Students may audition for up to two of the following positions:
- broadcast:
- An audio or video program sent out to an audience.
- podcast:
- A recorded audio show that can be listened to on digital devices.
- production:
- The process of organizing, making, and recording a show.
- audition:
- A short trial performance to show skills for a specific role.
- collaborate:
- To work together with other people toward a shared goal.
- roster:
- A written list showing names of people signed up for an activity or team.
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Purpose
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- 1What is the name of the new student podcast being launched?
- 2Which two schools are collaborating to create this podcast project?
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About this announcement passage for 5th Grade
“Auditions Open for Oak Creek Middle School's First Student Podcast!” is a announcement reading passage about school podcast tryouts, written for 5th Grade. It takes about 4 minutes to read (623 words) and comes with an interactive quiz and a printable worksheet with comprehension questions and an answer key.