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Examples
Below are two examples of the content derivation proce-
dure. The first contains a subject with which you’re not likely
to be too familiar, so you won’t already be expert at the skills
involved.

Figure 13.1

Given a script and a puppet, be able to act out the script.
Criteria: The voices originate from the correct source,
both vent and puppet react appropriately to the other’s
lines, and the vent does not anticipate (i.e., turn toward
the puppet before the puppet begins to say a line).

Can speak
Can
clearly
manipu- Can make
without Can
late second
lip move- read
puppet voice
ment

Example #1: Ventriloquism involves a blending of the skills of
manipulation (operating the puppet), voice, and lip control.
Assuming students can read a script, once these three sub-skills
are mastered they’re ready to learn how to act out a script.
Here’s the objective, along with the hierarchy to show which
skills must be in place before they enter this module. (By the
way, ventriloquists often refer to themselves as “vents.”)