BUNDLE DRAMA UNITS: TOM SAWYER PLAY STUDY GUIDE/ SET DESIGN DISTANCE LEARNING

20% OFF! This bundle (86 pages, 3 weeks) of resources are focused on Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer dramatized as a play by Tim Kelley. This bundle teaches not only set design and the plot of Tom Sawyer, but gives the perspective of a theatrical piece. A word wall is included too!

A teacher could use these with students who are distance learning by making just a few tweaks. #DistanceLearningTpT

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There are three ways you can use this product:

1) As it stands

2) Dividing up the pages-If you need help with sending home a learning pack, check out: "Selecting Pages for Home Learning Pack"

https://commoncoreconnectionusa.blogspot.com/ If you need to just get one page out of a multi page PDF, you can choose "print to PDF" as a print option and then just select the pages(s) you want in that new document. Then it'll prompt you to save the PDF as a new document with just that one or so pages extracted.

3) You can use this PDF resource to create an activity that students can complete on a device. Select the red button above in the right column which says Create Digital Activity.

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The study guide product includes:

• A Letter to the Teacher
• Short Bio. on Mark Twain
• Information about the novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• Procedure
• Warm Up
• Teacher's Script--What I say and How I say it!
• Discussion Questions from a Theatrical Perspective
• Discussion Questions for a Class Read-Aloud
• Theater Vocabulary Words--34 In Total
• Theater Words Definitions
• Source Page

NOTE: You will need to order a class set of the play from Dramatic Publishing Company at: https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/tom-sawyer-tr5000.

The set design unit includes:

• An overview of the unit for the teacher
• Rationale for teaching set design
• History of set design
• Set designer's responsibilities
• Teacher's Script--what I say and how I say it!
• Extensive warm up
• Procedures for each day (8 to 10) including exit prompts
• Lecture notes including links
• Information about the message color conveys
• Rendering examples
• Stage curtain sheets for rendering--one vertical, one horizontal
• 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
• Assignment and Grade sheets EDITABLE in a separate file
• Source Page

Comprehensive? You bet. This was a very popular bundle of mine when I taught. I never grew tired of teaching it or introducing to my students the basic plot of Tom Sawyer.

HOW DO I USE THIS PRODUCT IN MY CLASSROOM? First, read the script aloud with your class and either use all the questions in the study guide or a few. Then study set design through designing for the play. These units will last about three weeks for you.

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