TV STUDIO Curriculum: A Closer Look
Summary
Play, skit, and lessons examine creating a reporter’s timeline, understanding time zones around the world and how to conduct surveys.
Introduction
The Super Jimmy Show begins with excited audience members standing in line outside of a TV studio as they wait for their favorite show to begin. When an older boy attempts to bully a younger kid into buying him an ice cream, Super Jimmy appears and intervenes to break up the fight. Later, inside the studio, the local news team covers Super Jimmy at another successful intervention, interviews the participants and witnesses and with Super Jimmy investigates the causes of bullying, exploring various strategies and solutions for conflict resolution.
Teacher Guide
· Background · Director/Educator Preparation · Casting Notes · Performers · Working with your Set · Program · Integrating Curriculum · Fun Facts
Two Act Play
Script for 20 actors
The characters are waiting among the people printed on the backdrop. They have been waiting for over an hour. MRS WATERS with her sons RICK and ARCHIE stand near the front of the line. A few people back stands MR. TEATHERS and his 5 year-old child, PAT. AUNT LOUISE and UNCLE MARCUS are standing behind them. At first they all are frozen in their places until they speak the first time.
Short Skit
Script for 4 actors
Waiting in line outside the television studio. The characters are waiting among the people printed on the backdrop. They have been waiting for over an hour. RICK and ARCHIE stand near the front of the line. A few people back stands MR. TEATHERS and his 5 year-old child, PAT. At first they all are frozen in their places until they speak the first time. Pat runs over to the ICE CREAM SELLER. ARCHIE and RICK also run over to ICE CREAM SELLER.
Creative Play Ideas
3 Scenarios for Imaginative Play
Scenario 2: Imagine you are the director of a TV station, and you need to create a commercial for a product. What type of commercial would you make? How does it feature and sell the product? With your class as your audience, present your commercial!
Lesson #1
Vocabulary Strategy - Word Tree
Subjects: Reading, Vocabulary
Lesson #2
Be A TV ReporterR – Make a Timeline
Subject(s): Writing, Reading, Speaking
National Standards:
NL-ENG.K-12.1 Reading for Perspective
NL-ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills
Lesson #3
In the Newsroom - Time Around the World
Subject(s): Social Studies, Science, Math
National Standards:
NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms
NSS-G.K-12.3 Physical Systems
NSS-G.K-12.6 The Uses of Geography
NS.K-4.1 Science as Inquiry
NS.K-4.2 Physical Science
Lesson #4
Our Favorite Superheroes – Conduct a Survey
Subject(s): Reading, Writing, Math
National Standards:
NL-ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills
NL-ENG.K-12.5 Communication Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.7 Evaluating Data
NL-ENG.K-12.8 Developing Research Skills
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