The Time Traveler's Talkshow
by: Anne Siebert and Raymond C. Clark
Content based: Geography and history
reading, discussion, vocabulary, writing, internet research
Designed to involve ESL, ABE, and LD and other special needs
students.
Levels: Grade 6 to Adult.
ESL Intermediate to Advanced Level.
ISBN:0-86647-183-9
Take your students on a trip all around America, visiting 18 famous
sites. Start the tour at the Statue of Liberty, go on to Boston, Lowell,
Gettysburg, Chicago, St. Louis, Mount Rushmore, the Oregon Trail,
Alaska, Hawaii, The Golden Gate, the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, the
Alamo, New Orleans, Cape Canaveral, the Castillo de San Marcos, and
fi nally, Washington, D.C.
This is a radio-style talk show. Your students can listen to the show on
the double CD. They can also act out (and record) the scripts. What
makes this talk show distinctive is 1. that the show travels, taking your
students on a trip all around America, visiting 18 famous sites. and 2.
that the host (JD Rivera) is magical - he's a time traveler. With J D as
their host, your students will be introduced to famous people and
events throughout American history.
Start the tour at the Statue of Liberty, go on to Boston, Lowell,
Gettysburg, Chicago, St. Louis, Mount Rushmore, the Oregon Trail,
Alaska, Hawaii, The Golden Gate, the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, the
Alamo, New Orleans, Cape Canaveral, the Castillo de San Marcos, and
finally, Washington, D.C.
At each stop, in the present, the talk show host meets a local guide,
and then special guests from across time tell about the site being visited
and what they did there. General Lee talks about the Battle of
Gettysburg, Abigail Adams describes the Boston Massacre, Vitus Bering
tells about his discovery and exploration of Alaska, Queen Liliuokalani
tells how outsiders took over Hawaii and put her in jail, Powell roars
down the Colorado -- in short, we meet a cast of over 50 figures who
shaped history. Then callers from around the nation call in with
questions and observations. All 50 states are represented in the scripts,
which also touch on 900 years of American history.
Using The Show Scripts book, your students read the scripts aloud as a
cooperative, dramatic reading. For example, in St. Louis, one student is
the host, another is the local guide, two students are Lewis and Clark,
another is Eero Saarinen, the architect of the Gateway Arch, and two
others "call in" from Santa Fe and Tulsa with questions.
The Study Guide/Activities Workbook enhances language acquisition
with a variety of exercises and activities that prepare the students for
the scripts with a pre-reading, vocabulary work, and attention to
idiomatic speech. Other activities follow up on the script reading with
comprehension checks, more vocabulary work, a writing assignment,
and internet research.
The 2 CD's contain dramatic readings of all 18 shows for listening
practice.
The complete program (Scripts, Workbook , and CD's) offers practice in
all skills - reading, speaking, writing, listening, as well as lots of
vocabulary work with emphasis on idioms and adjectives.
And of course, the tour of America is a virtual visit with the people and
places of American history, from the ancient pueblos of the Anasazi to
the skyscrapers of Chicago.
The trip is done as a traveling talk show. At each stop, the talk show host meets a local guide, and then special guests from across time tell
about what they did. General Lee talks about the Battle of Gettysburg,
Abigail Adams describes the Boston Massacre, Vitus Bering tells about
his discovery and exploration of Alaska, Queen Liliuokalani tells how
outsiders took over Hawaii and put her in jail, Powell roars down the
Colorado –– in short, we meet a cast of over 50 fi gures who shaped
history. And then callers from around the nation call in with questions
and observations. Using The Show Scripts book, your students read the
scripts aloud, as a cooperative, dramatic reading. For example, in St.
Louis, one student is the host (JD Rivera), another is the local guide,
two students are Lewis and Clark, another is Eero Saarinen, the
architect of the Gateway Arch, and two others “call in” with questions.
The Activities Workbook enhances language acquisition with a variety of
exercises and activities that prepare the students for the scripts with a
pre-reading, vocabulary work, and attention to idiomatic speech. Other
activities follow up on the script reading with comprehension checks,
more vocabulary work, a writing assignment, and internet research. The
18 talkshows are also available on two CD’s for listening practice. And
of course, the tour of America is a virtual visit with the people and
places of American history, from the ancient pueblos of the Anasazi to
the skyscrapers of Chicago. The complete program (Scripts, Workbook
, and CD’s) offers practice in all skills — reading, speaking, writing,
listening, as well as lots of vocabulary work with emphasis on idioms and adjectives.
The Time Traveler's Talkshow
by: Anne Siebert and Raymond C. Clark
Content based: Geography and history
reading, discussion, vocabulary, writing, internet research
Designed to involve ESL, ABE, and LD and other special needs
students.
Levels: Grade 6 to Adult.
ESL Intermediate to Advanced Level.
ISBN:0-86647-183-9
Take your students on a trip all around America, visiting 18 famous
sites. Start the tour at the Statue of Liberty, go on to Boston, Lowell,
Gettysburg, Chicago, St. Louis, Mount Rushmore, the Oregon Trail,
Alaska, Hawaii, The Golden Gate, the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, the
Alamo, New Orleans, Cape Canaveral, the Castillo de San Marcos, and
fi nally, Washington, D.C.
This is a radio-style talk show. Your students can listen to the show on
the double CD. They can also act out (and record) the scripts. What
makes this talk show distinctive is 1. that the show travels, taking your
students on a trip all around America, visiting 18 famous sites. and 2.
that the host (JD Rivera) is magical - he's a time traveler. With J D as
their host, your students will be introduced to famous people and
events throughout American history.
Start the tour at the Statue of Liberty, go on to Boston, Lowell,
Gettysburg, Chicago, St. Louis, Mount Rushmore, the Oregon Trail,
Alaska, Hawaii, The Golden Gate, the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, the
Alamo, New Orleans, Cape Canaveral, the Castillo de San Marcos, and
finally, Washington, D.C.
At each stop, in the present, the talk show host meets a local guide,
and then special guests from across time tell about the site being visited
and what they did there. General Lee talks about the Battle of
Gettysburg, Abigail Adams describes the Boston Massacre, Vitus Bering
tells about his discovery and exploration of Alaska, Queen Liliuokalani
tells how outsiders took over Hawaii and put her in jail, Powell roars
down the Colorado -- in short, we meet a cast of over 50 figures who
shaped history. Then callers from around the nation call in with
questions and observations. All 50 states are represented in the scripts,
which also touch on 900 years of American history.
Using The Show Scripts book, your students read the scripts aloud as a
cooperative, dramatic reading. For example, in St. Louis, one student is
the host, another is the local guide, two students are Lewis and Clark,
another is Eero Saarinen, the architect of the Gateway Arch, and two
others "call in" from Santa Fe and Tulsa with questions.
The Study Guide/Activities Workbook enhances language acquisition
with a variety of exercises and activities that prepare the students for
the scripts with a pre-reading, vocabulary work, and attention to
idiomatic speech. Other activities follow up on the script reading with
comprehension checks, more vocabulary work, a writing assignment,
and internet research.
The 2 CD's contain dramatic readings of all 18 shows for listening
practice.
The complete program (Scripts, Workbook , and CD's) offers practice in
all skills - reading, speaking, writing, listening, as well as lots of
vocabulary work with emphasis on idioms and adjectives.
And of course, the tour of America is a virtual visit with the people and
places of American history, from the ancient pueblos of the Anasazi to
the skyscrapers of Chicago.
The trip is done as a traveling talk show. At each stop, the talk show host meets a local guide, and then special guests from across time tell
about what they did. General Lee talks about the Battle of Gettysburg,
Abigail Adams describes the Boston Massacre, Vitus Bering tells about
his discovery and exploration of Alaska, Queen Liliuokalani tells how
outsiders took over Hawaii and put her in jail, Powell roars down the
Colorado –– in short, we meet a cast of over 50 fi gures who shaped
history. And then callers from around the nation call in with questions
and observations. Using The Show Scripts book, your students read the
scripts aloud, as a cooperative, dramatic reading. For example, in St.
Louis, one student is the host (JD Rivera), another is the local guide,
two students are Lewis and Clark, another is Eero Saarinen, the
architect of the Gateway Arch, and two others “call in” with questions.
The Activities Workbook enhances language acquisition with a variety of
exercises and activities that prepare the students for the scripts with a
pre-reading, vocabulary work, and attention to idiomatic speech. Other
activities follow up on the script reading with comprehension checks,
more vocabulary work, a writing assignment, and internet research. The
18 talkshows are also available on two CD’s for listening practice. And
of course, the tour of America is a virtual visit with the people and
places of American history, from the ancient pueblos of the Anasazi to
the skyscrapers of Chicago. The complete program (Scripts, Workbook
, and CD’s) offers practice in all skills — reading, speaking, writing,
listening, as well as lots of vocabulary work with emphasis on idioms and adjectives.