1. Video Assignment
Names: Danae Lambros, Esther du Plessis, Esther Eun Young Kim.
Target Audience: Freshman University students
Project Title: Tongue twister video
Requirements:
1. From the „Tongue Twister List’ choose: a) Two single line tongue twisters
OR
b) One tongue twister poem
2. You and your partner must practice saying the tongue twister correctly.
(ask your teacher if you are not sure of the pronunciation)
3. Make a video where you both say (not read) the tongue twisters in an interesting
way. (remember to introduce yourselves first – say your names)
4. Your video should be between 30 – 60 seconds.
5. Post your video on YouTube and paste the URL in the shared „Tongue Twister‟
Google Doc.
Rubric:
Requirements
Pronunciation
Volume
Delivery
5
Student meets all
requirements in
an exceptional
manner.
4
Student is
proficient in
meeting
requirements.
3
Student meets
most but not all
requirements.
2
Student fails to
meet most or all
guidelines.
Student‟s
pronunciation is
exceptionally
clear.
Student‟s
pronunciation is
proficient.
Student has some Student has poor
inconsistencies in pronunciation and is
pronunciation.
difficult to
understand.
Student speaks
clearly and at a
sustained and
suitable volume.
Student‟s volume
is adequate
throughout.
Student‟s volume
is adequate but
has minor
inconsistencies.
Energetic and
engaging
delivery; makes
sustained eye
contact.
Adequate and
sustained
delivery.
Adequate but
sometimes
lacking in
consistency and
eye contact.
Student cannot be
heard/ failed to
adjust video
volume/vocal
volume.
Inadequate: needs
more energy,
engagement and
eye contact.

2. Checklist:
1. If we chose single line tongue twisters, we should say each two times.
2. My partner and I practiced our tongue twisters before filming.
3. Our video is between 30 – 60 seconds.
4. We remembered to set the volume control on high on the recording.
5. We spoke clearly and loudly enough to be understood.
6. We were energetic and made good eye contact.
Single Line Tongue Twisters Choose 2
1. Larry sent the latter a letter later.
2. Zelda the Zebra zigzagged into the zoo.
3. A proper cup of coffee from a copper coffee pot.
4. Ten tired turtles told ten terribly tedious tales.
5. Red lorry, yellow lorry. (say it 3 times without stopping)
6. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
7. The quack quit asking quick questions.
8. Six shy shavers sheered six shy sheep.
9. A cupcake cook in a cupcake cook‟s cap cooks cupcakes.
10. The three-thirty-three train tore through the tunnel.
11. A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.
12. If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
13. Fran fed Frank fresh fish for Friday. Freshly fried flying fish, freshly fried fish.
14. Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.
OR

3. Tongue Twister Poems Choose 1
1. I thought a thought
But, the thought I thought wasn‟t the thought I thought I thought,
If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought,
I wouldn‟t have thought so much.
2. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much as a woodchuck would,
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
3. She sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
4. A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the flea: “Let us fly!”
Said the fly: “Let us flee!”
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.