My Best Selling Teacherspayteachers Products

If you are unfamiliar with Teacherspayteachers, it is an online marketplace for teachers to sell their lessons and units. Similar to Etsy, each seller is an independent contractor. Teacherspayteachers was recently named the #1 online market place for teaching products. Pretty darn cool, I say.

One of the greatest parts of TpT is teachers selling their best lessons. That means the buyer gets the best of the best!

I joined TpT about a year and a half ago and I’m very pleased to have found a place to share my thirty-eight years of teaching experience. It’s very humbling to know a teacher has entrusted you to help them and consequently help their students. Your teaching keeps on going.

I have several most popular products which might be of interest to you.

First, my bundle Set Design Unit and Set Piece Templates. I created this unit approximately twenty years ago and refined it over the years. My middle school students enjoyed technical theatre and many students wanted additional information about it. Hence, the set design unit was created!

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It’s description is lengthy, so here goes:

Set Design Unit

In this eight day unit on set design, students learn about the history of set design, famous set designers and develop a critical eye about what makes up an award winning set design. Using fairy tales as their subject and setting, they create a ground plan for a story of their choosing and draw a rendering. In addition, the students must work with ratios and measuring. The first two assignments are completed individually, but then the fun begins! The students are paired up to create a model working together towards the goal. There is even room for parents to celebrate the end of the unit with your students.

Included in the unit:

• An overview of the unit for the teacher
• Rationale for teaching set design
• History of set design
• Set designer’s responsibilities
• Teacher’s Questions
• Warm up for day one
• Procedures for each day (8)
• Lecture notes including links
• Information about the message color conveys
• Ground plan example
• Rendering examples
• Stage curtain sheet for rendering
• Step by step directions for model building including photo examples
• Cheat sheet for various set pieces
• Assignment sheet for each step of the design process
• Exit slip prompts for 4 days
• Grade sheet EDITABLE
• Source Page

Set Design Templates

These Set Design templates are time savers for the busy teacher. They were created to answer the requests for additional templates to accompany the Dramamommaspeaks Set Design unit. These products are part of an Elements of Drama product category and suitable for gifted elementary and middle grade drama class.

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Another is Radio Theater I with Free Play, The Invisible Man

This THREE WEEK radio theatre unit teaches the history of radio theatre, Foley engineering, gives students an opportunity to write a commercial, create sound effects and perform in a radio play. Plus students’ reading, writing, listening and speaking skills are strengthened. It’s a one stop shop!

It includes:

A lesson on the history of radio theater
Information about Foley engineers
Three links to video clips of Foleys
Student created sound effect project
Five links to radio play performances (some vintage and some recent)
A lesson in writing and producing radio commercials
Links to four commercials and two acting exercises focused on sound effects
A FREE script of my adaptation of H.G. Welles’ The Invisible Man suitable for classroom with NO ROYALTIES for performances, including sound effects and music cues placed in the script
Procedure plan to follow throughout the unit
Teacher’s script—what I say and how I say it
A sound effects quiz
A student group example of a radio commercial
Trivia about radio theater stars and radio programs
Music suggestions with links
Floor plan for blocking a radio play and suggestions how to direct it, plus links demonstrating the directing of a radio play

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Third is Costume Design with Fairy Tale Characters

This two-day lesson on costume design is focused on fairy tale characters and gives the students an opportunity to be costume designers. Suitable for students in grades 4 to 8, the product is broken in to two class periods, although it could be used for a one day exploration of the subject. This is a huge time saver for the busy teacher!

Note: Not only do I provide you with the lessons and information, but I also share the questions I ask students and give you the time allotments for each step of the process.

Students will learn about:
The History of Costume Design
The Rationale for Teaching Costume Design
Costumes Notes for Students
Procedure
Materials List
Source & Video link list
A Warm-Up—engaging and creative
Fairy Tale Character list
Two Assignments–one creative and one written
Student Examples

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Next is Set Design, the Rendering

This two day lesson on set design was created for gifted upper elementary or middle grade students. Students learn about the history of set design, famous set designers, develop a critical eye about what makes up an award winning set design, and draw a rendering of their choosing becoming set designers themselves.

This is a perfect emergency lesson or for a substitute.

Included in the Lesson:

Rationale for teaching set design
History of set design
Set designer’s responsibilities
Teacher’s questions
Warm up for day one
Procedures for two days
Lecture notes including links
Rendering examples
Stage curtain sheets for rendering–one vertical, one horizontal
Assignment sheet (using folk tales as the focus) for both rendering andwritten description
Written description examples
Lined paper for assignment
Source Page

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And lastly……Lin Manuel Miranda Famous Artist Biography

PART OF A BUNDLE (Ohhhhh, that means there are more!)

Here’s a mini lesson to re-energize your class. This non-fiction biography about the performing artist Lin Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame, is suitable for middle and high school students and can be used as a stand alone lesson or with other biographies. Each lesson in the Places Please series is tailored to the strengths of that particular artist. Just copy and go!

Need a quick emergency lesson plan? Or one for a substitute?

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