Commercials!

This activity covers a broad spectrum of useful skills students can learn. Commercials have always been a popular assignment in my classroom and can be adjusted to any age group.

By the end of this activity students will be able to:

• Identify factors and relationships between produces and consumers
• Demonstrate language through listening and speaking
• Demonstrate cooperation and patience when working with others in classroom dramatization
  

Materials:

• A list of products for students to choose from as a class
• white paper
• construction paper
• scissors
• crayons, markers, and other art supplies
• a reward for winning group

Prerequisite/Vocabulary: Advertisement, Commercial, Product

Instructional Procedures:

1. The commercial assignment for the week is to have students invent a new toy to market and sell in stores across America.
2. Explain to students they will be getting into groups of four or more people.
3. In these groups, students will be able to work as a team. Groups can earn points for carious categories concerning the new toy.
4. Students will have 30 to 40 minutes to complete as many of these tasks as they can
   

Categories:

• Name of Toy (10 points)
• Magazine Ad (10 points)
• Picture of Toy (10 points)
• Team cooperation (10 points)
• Commercial Creativity (10 Points)
• Commercial time (30 points)

Note: Commercials must only be 30 seconds long. Each second under 30 seconds, the group earns a point. Every second over 30 seconds will be subtracted from 30. 10 bonus points will be awarded to teams that have both boys and girls in group.