Kidlink Chat on May 9, 2007: "Journeys" and "Visitors"

Discussion topic: "Journeys" and "Visitors"
Chat in KidCom's Who-Am-I? Room
Wednesday May 9, 2007 at 13:30 GMT

Wow...are you ready to go?? It is time to start your vacation!!

Chat about what you are seeing during your virtual vacation. What is your
first impression of places you visit? How do you like it? How do you break
the ice? What do you find in common to discuss?
Talk about what you are doing together while there.

From a visit to Italy by Francesco, 9 , 2004

From a previous virtual travel: We arrived at Salisbury airport at 2.00 p.m. the 5. of May. Mary was there to meet us, and we went straight to the car rentals to pick up our bus. Then we checked in at the Travelers Motel on Ocean Highway in Delmar. With Mary as a guide we went to the "All - You - Can -Eat Seafood restaurant. Some of us had Red Roast Chicken:8.95$ Others: Grilled hicken breast: 9.95$. That we could afford. The food was heavenly, but we got very sleepy. Remeber Norwegian time is 6 hours ahead of yours so 4 p.m. local time is 10 p.m. Norwegian time. No wonder that we were sleepy! The Welcome party at Mary's at night was fun. We really got the opportunity to practice the English - fun, but difficult to understand everything. Students from Norway , 1999 (More)
"Journeys" and "Visitors" (part of the Who-Am-I? program): Curriculum connections; Practical tips about use in classrooms; Supplementary resources; Workshop; Signing up to participate with your students. Participating in chats is not required to do this lesson!
Ideas for involving your students:
- Write a "Travellers Diary" and send it to the mailing list, or post it in KidSpace. You arrive and your friends are there to welcome you....You visit the places you have heard and read about. Your plans and schedule for the visit will now be put to a test. Tell us all about what happens and how your plans work out.
- Listen to music from the place you are going to visit.
- Calculate how far you are going to travel. Do you use miles or kilometers? Why not calculate both? How do you exchange currency from your currency to the currency in the place you are visiting? How do your hosts measure heat? Fahrenheit or Celsius? Can you calculate both? Make a table where you can compare different results depending on what calculation you use.
Preparation for students: "Journeys" and "Visitors" (part of the Who-Am-I? program): Invitation to visit New York; Invitation to visit Russia ; Gorton students travelling to Russia; Azov students travelling to New York; Azov students travelling to London; Azov students travelling to Portugal; Azov students travelling to Italy; Chat log #1 May 13, 2004; Chat log #2 May 13, 2004; more
Previous Virtual Vacation chat logs: log220404.html, log290404b.html, log290404.html

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