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Hello all! I have been charged with designing three new middle school speech and drama classes in a hurry. For the past ten years I have enjoyed doing it all from scratch... Lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, the works... But now, although I have the enthusiasm, I just don't have the time! What are your favorite resources? I have some money left in my budget for materials and am happy to mix and match. The courses are for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, half year, block scheduling. I prefer project-based teaching (but what theatre teacher doesn't?), and they need to include some public speaking lessons as well. So hit me... What are your go-tos? Thanks for your input! ------------------------------------------- Theresa Weiler Beverly Hills MI -------------------------------------------

Good morning! 

Perfection Learning puts out a really great textbook call "Basic Drama Projects."  Although it is a high school text, I use it with my middle school students often.  They will even send you a Teacher's Edition for free.   They also have a speech textbook that is similar to their Theatre text.

Hope this helps!

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John-Austin Wyatt
Director of Theatre Arts
Black Water Middle School
Myrtle Beach SC
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2014 08:20
From: Theresa Weiler
Subject: Must-have Books/Curriculum resources?

Hello all!

I have been charged with designing three new middle school speech and drama classes in a hurry. For the past ten years I have enjoyed doing it all from scratch... Lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, the works... But now, although I have the enthusiasm, I just don't have the time!

What are your favorite resources? I have some money left in my budget for materials and am happy to mix and match. The courses are for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, half year, block scheduling. I prefer project-based teaching (but what theatre teacher doesn't?), and they need to include some public speaking lessons as well. So hit me... What are your go-tos?

Thanks for your input!
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Theresa Weiler
Beverly Hills MI
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Glencoe Publishing Exploring Theatre is a pretty good text for Middle School theatre.  Lots of project suggestions in it as well.

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Kelly Thomas
Mesquite TX
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2014 08:20
From: Theresa Weiler
Subject: Must-have Books/Curriculum resources?

Hello all!

I have been charged with designing three new middle school speech and drama classes in a hurry. For the past ten years I have enjoyed doing it all from scratch... Lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, the works... But now, although I have the enthusiasm, I just don't have the time!

What are your favorite resources? I have some money left in my budget for materials and am happy to mix and match. The courses are for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, half year, block scheduling. I prefer project-based teaching (but what theatre teacher doesn't?), and they need to include some public speaking lessons as well. So hit me... What are your go-tos?

Thanks for your input!
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Theresa Weiler
Beverly Hills MI
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I just finished my student teaching with a very helpful, wonderful Communications/Theater Arts teacher here in Michigan. In his class we used two books one is titled
Raising the Curtain: Activities for the Theater Arts Classroom

• Spiral-bound
• Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation (2006)
• ISBN-10: 0789164337
• ISBN-13: 978-0789164339

The other was a book called 
Basic Drama Projects Teacher Edition

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation; 8th edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789161761
• ISBN-13: 978-0789161765

 
I found both of them very useful and full of information. Each book also has a lot of activities and several projects. The Basic Drama Projects also has a resource binder that has a lot of reproducible sheets with already laid out rubrics for both teacher and peer evaluations. I found them easy to use and fun to work with. I would gladly use either of these two books again.
Hope this was helpful.
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Jennifer Speer
Taylor MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2014 08:20
From: Theresa Weiler
Subject: Must-have Books/Curriculum resources?

Hello all!

I have been charged with designing three new middle school speech and drama classes in a hurry. For the past ten years I have enjoyed doing it all from scratch... Lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, the works... But now, although I have the enthusiasm, I just don't have the time!

What are your favorite resources? I have some money left in my budget for materials and am happy to mix and match. The courses are for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, half year, block scheduling. I prefer project-based teaching (but what theatre teacher doesn't?), and they need to include some public speaking lessons as well. So hit me... What are your go-tos?

Thanks for your input!
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Theresa Weiler
Beverly Hills MI
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Hello Jennifer,

I see that this is quite an old post, but I will try to reach and and see if you receive it.  I am a teacher and am trying to acquire the Basic Drama Projects 8th Edition Resource binder.  I already have the Teacher Edition book, but have not been able to find the Resource Binder to purchase online.  Do you happen to have one available for sale?

Thank you,

Bethany Smith

Fort Myers, FL

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Bethany Smith
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-21-2014 22:35
From: Jennifer Speer
Subject: Must-have Books/Curriculum resources?

I just finished my student teaching with a very helpful, wonderful Communications/Theater Arts teacher here in Michigan. In his class we used two books one is titled
Raising the Curtain: Activities for the Theater Arts Classroom

• Spiral-bound
• Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation (2006)
• ISBN-10: 0789164337
• ISBN-13: 978-0789164339

The other was a book called 
Basic Drama Projects Teacher Edition

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation; 8th edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789161761
• ISBN-13: 978-0789161765

 
I found both of them very useful and full of information. Each book also has a lot of activities and several projects. The Basic Drama Projects also has a resource binder that has a lot of reproducible sheets with already laid out rubrics for both teacher and peer evaluations. I found them easy to use and fun to work with. I would gladly use either of these two books again.
Hope this was helpful.
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Jennifer Speer
Taylor MI

Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2014 08:20
From: Theresa Weiler
Subject: Must-have Books/Curriculum resources?

Hello all!

I have been charged with designing three new middle school speech and drama classes in a hurry. For the past ten years I have enjoyed doing it all from scratch... Lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, the works... But now, although I have the enthusiasm, I just don't have the time!

What are your favorite resources? I have some money left in my budget for materials and am happy to mix and match. The courses are for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, half year, block scheduling. I prefer project-based teaching (but what theatre teacher doesn't?), and they need to include some public speaking lessons as well. So hit me... What are your go-tos?

Thanks for your input!
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Theresa Weiler
Beverly Hills MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 6/12/2024 11:37:00 AM
From: Bethany Smith
Subject: RE: Must-have Books/Curriculum resources?

Hello Jennifer,

I see that this is quite an old post, but I will try to reach and and see if you receive it.  I am a teacher and am trying to acquire the Basic Drama Projects 8th Edition Resource binder.  I already have the Teacher Edition book, but have not been able to find the Resource Binder to purchase online.  Do you happen to have one available for sale?

Thank you,

Bethany Smith

Fort Myers, FL

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Bethany Smith
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-21-2014 22:35
From: Jennifer Speer
Subject: Must-have Books/Curriculum resources?

I just finished my student teaching with a very helpful, wonderful Communications/Theater Arts teacher here in Michigan. In his class we used two books one is titled
Raising the Curtain: Activities for the Theater Arts Classroom

• Spiral-bound
• Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation (2006)
• ISBN-10: 0789164337
• ISBN-13: 978-0789164339

The other was a book called 
Basic Drama Projects Teacher Edition

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation; 8th edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789161761
• ISBN-13: 978-0789161765

 
I found both of them very useful and full of information. Each book also has a lot of activities and several projects. The Basic Drama Projects also has a resource binder that has a lot of reproducible sheets with already laid out rubrics for both teacher and peer evaluations. I found them easy to use and fun to work with. I would gladly use either of these two books again.
Hope this was helpful.
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Jennifer Speer
Taylor MI

Original Message:
Sent: 05-20-2014 08:20
From: Theresa Weiler
Subject: Must-have Books/Curriculum resources?

Hello all!

I have been charged with designing three new middle school speech and drama classes in a hurry. For the past ten years I have enjoyed doing it all from scratch... Lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, the works... But now, although I have the enthusiasm, I just don't have the time!

What are your favorite resources? I have some money left in my budget for materials and am happy to mix and match. The courses are for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, half year, block scheduling. I prefer project-based teaching (but what theatre teacher doesn't?), and they need to include some public speaking lessons as well. So hit me... What are your go-tos?

Thanks for your input!
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Theresa Weiler
Beverly Hills MI
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