Student Materials Cost and Resources

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Introduction

The basic objective of classes held at the church school for which a cost analysis of supplies is performed is to enable students to excel in communication, music and acting skills. Classes conducted at the school cover four main areas to achieve this objective. The four skill sets taught to students include speech, drama, vocal and piano classes. The material required for these classes and related costs for the material and resources required are covered in this report. An analysis of costs and quality of items was performed by conducting a research of various sources. The recommendations based on this research are highlighted in the following sections.

Speech

The first area of study in this school covers speech development and enhancing public speaking and debating skills. According to a course outline developed by Madison city board of education the materials required for speech classes include a three-ring binder with dividers, college ruled loose leaf papers, pens or pencils, sticky pads, markers or colored pencils and poster boards as required. The book required for speech is Speech for Effective Communication – second edition (Williams, 2007). The best recommendations regarding prices and quality of these items are outlined in the following table.

Items Price Source
Textbook: Speech for Effective Communication(2 Edition) $90.85 Amazon.com
One three-ring binder with dividers $3.2-$2.09 Amazon.com
College-ruled loose leaf paper $1.32 Amazon.com
Pen $1.44 22pk pen-blue
Pencil $1.44 USA pink pencil
Sticky pads $6.99 Handstands.com
Markers / Colored pencils $13.99 Target.com
Poster board as required $34.99 Orientaltrading.com

Table 1: Speech.

Drama

The second area of study in the school focuses on the development of acting through drama classes. The main items required to teach students about drama include various movies and books, Television set and DVD player. Several movies have to be purchased or rented and the best deals are available at blockbuster.com. Movies which are available at libraries can be borrowed for viewing from OCU library or a public library. The comparative costs are presented for a 32 inch LCD and standard 27 inch television sets and DVD players available at Best buy store or Circuitcity.com.

Items Price Source
Purchase Movie $9.99 – $22.99 Blockbuster.com
Rent Movie $0.99 Blockbuster.com
Dynex 32″ LCD TV $349.99 Best Buy Store
Dynex 27″ 480i Standard Definition Digital TV $189.99 Amazon.com
Sony DVD Player with a discount of 15% $35.68 Best Buy Store
Sony DVD Player $24.99 Circuitcity.com
General Movies & Books $0 Borrow from library

Table 2: Drama.

Vocal

The third area covered in the school comprises of vocal classes which focus on developing and enhancing singing and other vocal abilities. This area of study requires song books which can be used as references in singing classes and a movie song book which covers songs from various block buster movies which would help in applying effective vocal chords. The best songbooks of Gaither vocal band can be purchased from Sheetmusicplus.com while the movies song book can be purchased from Amazon.com. The following table provides the prices of these items.

Items Price Source
Gaither vocal band – Everything good song book $19.95 Sheetmusicplus.com
Gaither vocal band- A cappella song book $19.95 Sheetmusicplus.com
Best of the Gaither vocal band song book $29.95 Sheetmusicplus.com
Movie Music Hits Sheet Music Playlist $13.57 Amazon.com

Table 3: Vocal.

Piano

The fourth and last area covered by the school is based on piano lessons. The objective of this course is to develop and improve students’ understanding of music and playing the piano. The main items required for this course are music and chord sheets and music paper for writing chords. The best recommendations for purchasing music and chord sheets and music paper sheets are Sheetsmusicplus.com, Amazon.com and Musicianfriend.com which offer these items at attractive prices. The following table provides a list of these items with related prices.

Items Price Source
Best Gospel songs song book $19.95 Sheetmusicplus.com
Movie Music Hits Sheet Music Playlist $13.57 Amazon.com
Archives sheet music paper $5.99 Musician’s Friend

Table 4: Piano.

Conclusion

The report is prepared after research of various sources for purchasing and renting materials and equipment based on low prices and high quality. The lists included in each of the four sections of speech, drama, vocal and piano classes provide the recommended prices of various products required in classes. The recommendations also include sources for purchasing and renting these materials. The items were evaluated by gauging price and quality available at different stores and websites and listed prices are only recommendations and are subject to change with reference to market trends and store policies. When purchasing these items it should be considered that additional discounts can be availed through coupons, special discount offers during various seasons and through bulk purchasing and shipping.

Reference List

Williams, B. L. (2007). Course Syllabus Speech 1. Web.

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