18.09.07 US Road Trip Activity Booklet

©Anglaisance (Nadège Saysana)
US Road Trip Activity Booklet
1. The best adventures begin with preparation!

Before listening to episode 44, answer the following questions.
1.When were your born?
2. Can you write the date in letters please?
3. How old are you?
4. Can you write your age in letters please?
5. If you’re 35 years old, answer 35 questions. How many questions do you need to answer?
6. Have you ever been to the United States?
7. When did you go there?
9. How long did you stay there?
10. Please the number in letters.
11. Why – holidays or business?
12. Where have you been to in the States?
13. Please trace your route on the following map:
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14. Did you like it?
15. What did you like most?
16. Rank the American cities you would like to visit someday by placing a number next to your
favourite ones (1,2,3…).
17. What would you like to do in the US someday?
18. What do you know about the United States?
19. What do you want to know about the United States?
2. Now listen to episode 44 and answer the following questions.
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20. Scavenger hunt bingo!

Mark off the images you see below as you “explore” episode 44. Find at least half to score a BINGO!
Bracelet
pizza beer
cranberry juice bison burger antlers
hummingbird Agatha Christie Winston Churchill
21. How many national parks are there in the US?
22. Can you write the number in letters please?
23. What’s the English for « garde-forestier »?
24. On the map below, circle the airport our plane landed in.
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25. How many kilometres are there between Denver and Paris?
26. How do you write that number in letters?
27. Do Americans use the metric system?
28. What’s your opinion on that?
29. What system of measurements do Americans use for length?
30. How many miles did we fly from Paris to Denver and then back to Paris again?
32. What time difference is there between Denver and Paris?
34. How many time zones are there in the US?
36. Can you name them?
37. Which time zone is Los Angeles in?
38. Which time zone is Denver in?
39. Which time zone is Dallas in?
40. Which time zone is New York in?
41. Match each picture to the corresponding city :

Los Angeles Denver Dallas New York
42. Bingo!
As you explore the episode try to get a bingo! Circle each number as you hear it in the episode. If you
circle 4 boxes in a row, either vertically, horizontally or diagonally, that is to say in any direction, you
score a bingo.
35 8 7 800
7 900 44 0,6
12 000 1,6 6
4 400 9 693
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43. What do you know about Los Angeles?
44. What do you want to know about Los Angeles?
45. Have you ever been to Los Angeles?
49. Where have you been to in Los Angeles?
52. If not, would you like to go there?
53. Why?
54. What do you know about Dallas?
55. What do you want to know about Dallas?
56. Have you ever been to Dallas?
60. Where have you been to in Dallas?
64. Why?
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65. What do you know about New York?
66. What do you want to know about New York?
67. Have you ever been to New York?
71. Where have you been to in New York?
75. Why?
76. What do you know about Denver?
77. What do you want to know about Denver?
78. Have you ever been to Denver?
82. Where have you been to in Denver?
85. What do you know about Denver?
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86. What do you want to know about Denver?
88. Why?
89. What’s the French for « daylight saving time »?
90. How many kilometers did we drive?
92. How many miles did we drive?
94. What’s the equivalent of a mile in kilometer?
96. What’s the equivalent of a kilometer in a mile?
98. How many states have we visited?
100. On the following map, put a check next to the states’ names we’ve visited.
101. What famous novel did we listen to in the car?

 Gulliver’s travels  Harry Potter  Alice in Wonderland  Frankenstein
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102. Put the following titles in the right order, from first to last:
 « The Chamber of Secrets »
 « Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone », « The Sorcerer’s Stone »
 « The Deathly Hallows »
 « The Prisoner of Azkaban »
 « The Half-Blood Prince »
 « The Order of the Phoenix »
 « The Goblet of Fire »
103. Which one haven’t we finished yet?
104. Have you read the “Harry Potter” novels?
105. How many of them have you read?
106. Please write the number in letters.
107. Did you like them?
108. Why?
109. Which one is your favourite?
110. If not, would you like to read them?
111. Why?
112. Have you seen the Harry Potter movies?
113. How many of them have you watched?
114. Please write the number in letters.
115. If not, would you like to see them?
116. Why?
117. Did you like them?
118. Why?
119. Which one is your favourite?
120. How many national parks have we visited?
121. Would you like to wear a Park Ranger’s hat? If so, cut it out after printing it from this address:
https://gb.education.com/worksheet/article/park-ranger-hat/?source=related_materials&order=7
123. Would you like to visit an American national park?
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138. Match each picture to the corresponding word:

Hot tub Fitness center Treadmill
139. Where would you like to be right now if you could:

 in the fitness center  on the treadmill  in the hot tub?
140. Why?
141. Tick the right translation:

Pin:  boardwalk  treadmill  sandstone  pinewood
Grès:  boardwalk  treadmill  sandstone  pinewood
142. Match each park to its main feature:

Dinosaur Arches Badlands Sand dunes
143. « Pristine » means « principal » in French. Right or wrong?
144. « Boardwalk » means « passage en bois, promenade ». Right or wrong?
145. Describe or draw what you liked most about this episode so far:
146. Match each picture to the corresponding action:

Pollute your Adopt a street, litter
Spend 5 quiet
Hug a tree. pocket, not your control.
minutes outside.
planet.
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147. Which of the above actions would you like to do right now if you could:
 Hug a tree.
 Spend 5 quiet minutes outside.
 Pollute your pocket, not your planet.
 Adopt a street, litter control.
148. Why?
149. What can you find in a touch basket or on a touch table:

 horns  antlers  furs  bones
150. Would you like to touch any of those?
151. Which one?
152. Why?
153. Which is your favourite animal?  moose  bear
154. Why?
Let’s sit on an imaginary Reflection Chair!

155. What can you see around you?
156. What can you hear around you?
157. What can you smell around you?
158. How many faces are there on Mount Rushmore?
159. Can you write that number in letters?
160. Tick the Presidents whose faces are on Mount Rushmore:

 Trump  Roosevelt  Lincoln  Washington  Obama  Bush  Jefferson  Clinton
161. Which other president would you like to see on Mount Rushmore?
162. Imagine your very own Mount Rushmore. Whose faces would you carve there if you could
choose anyone?
163. Crazy Horse Memorial was started in 1948. Right or wrong?
164. Complete the three quotes with the following words:

accomplishment / carving / death / man / mountain / work / worlds
* « Every ________________ has his _________________. I’m ________________ mine. » (Korczak)
* « With ________________ comes. » (Billy Mills)
* « There is no ________________. Only a change of ________________. » (Chief Seattle)
165. Which quote is your favourite?
166. Why?
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167. Match each picture to the corresponding plant:
Avocado
blueberries
corn
cocoa
green beans
tomatoes
pumpkin
strawberries
pineapple
cranberries
168. What is the common point of the plants above?
169. Which is your favourite plant above?
170. Why?
171. Have you ever tasted cranberries?
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172. What did you think about them?
173. Match each picture to the corresponding animal:
cottontail rabbit
lizard
squirrel
marmot
deer
doe
longhorn sheep
furry caterpillar
prairie dog
rattlesnake
174. Which is your favourite animal above?
175. Why?
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176. Word search
Animals (created by Puzzlemaker)
Z I R I I W L B E D D K T N C
A B S Q U I R R E L O M V H A
L I H H D Y W Y K S G E S J U
Y O H R R B R O U P L E H L P
Y T N R A D R A Z I L K X O E
F K U G W L E C A B K A H P E
T F U C H R L T F K D N B R H
M O L U A O N I F F Y S K A S
J U M B L O R P P D E E R I Z
O I B R T N O N A R S L G R A
A I Q T A Y U H M T E T Q I E
T T O M E M R Z U K S T Y E S
L C S D B S D L O F V A A C V
D A V W Q Z M N B T N R R C A
C E B E V K X A L Q L W O G V
CATERPILLAR
COTTONTAIL
DEER
DOE
DOG
FURRY
LIZARD
LONGHORN
MARMOT
PRAIRIE
RABBIT
RATTLESNAKE
SHEEP
SQUIRREL
177. Horns or antlers? Write the right word.

- Buffalo have got ________________.
- Elks have got ________________.
- Longhorn sheep have got ________________.
178. Complete with the right number: 5, 7, 13, 20, 12,000

Hummingbirds’ hearts beat more than ________________ times per minute.
They can stick their tongues into nectar between ______________ and ______________ times per
second.
They live from ________________ to ________________ years.
179. Write the numbers in letters:

- 5: ________________
- 7: ________________
- 13: ________________
- 20: ________________
- 12,000: ________________ ________________
180. Have you ever seen a bear?
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181. What colour was it?  black  blonde  light brown  cinnamon  white
An extract from Grand Teton National Park Junior Ranger Adventure Guide:
182. Describe or draw an imaginary animal.
183. Think about how it will find food, water, or shelter.
184. How will it move?
185. How will it stay warm?
186. Why did we really want to have lunch at the Cheesecake Factory?
187. Have you ever tasted cheesecake?
188. What flavor was it?
190. Why?
191. Have you ever tasted Philadelphia cream cheese?
192. What flavor was it?
194. Why?
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195. What food is available at a hotel breakfast buffet?
 oranges  bananas  apples  fruit salad  croissants  cookies
 pancakes  waffles  baguette  cereals  bagels  eggs
 chocolate  pains au
 ham  muffins  cheese  bacon
spread chocolat
 sausages  milk  tea  coffee  hot cocoa  yogurts
196. What would you like to eat for breakfast?
197. What do you usually have for breakfast?
198. Word search
Food (created by Puzzlemaker)
W J T H D C T P D S S C M Z C
A E A A O A A O E T E H I E D
F M G F L N L G H R G E L C G
F P F G C O N A S U A E K H N
L E H A S A C L S G S S T O S
E A K H R E P O J O U E R C N
S E V O K Z V C H Y A P E O I
S B A N A N A S O C S R L L A
E T T E U G A B Y O E Z S A P
H S S N I F F U M A K E O T K
H J P T I U R F L N L I F E Y
P Y I R L W I S O P V Z E F M
C I D E E V E C P A S B C S Q
C O C O A A A A X B A G E L S
P M J Z P B D A E T X F H F M
APPLES
BACON
BAGELS
BAGUETTE
BANANAS
CEREALS
CHEESE
CHOCOLAT
CHOCOLATE
COCOA
COFFEE
COOKIES
EGGS
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FRUIT
HAM
HOT
MILK
MUFFINS
ORANGES
PAINS
PANCAKES
SALAD
SAUSAGES
SPREAD
TEA
WAFFLES
YOGURTS
199. Match each quote to its translation.

motivated by chocolate rien ne m’arrête
a balanced diet is chocolate in both hands je me lève et rien ne m’abat
perfectly imperfect je poursuis mes rêves
fluent in sarcasm belle dedans comme dehors
beautiful inside out motivée par le chocolat
following my dreams je parle le sarcasme couramment
un régime équilibré, c’est du chocolat dans
unstoppable
chaque main
I get up and nothing gets me down. parfaitement imparfaite
200. Which one could you have engraved on a bracelet?
201. Why?
202. What other words or sentences would you like on a bracelet?
3. After listening to episode 44, answer the following questions.
203. Match each measure units to its translation:

An inch A pound A foot
Une livre Un pied Un pouce
204. What would you do to help protect the parks if you visited them?
 stay on trails  watch animals from a safe distance  leave everything where I would fin dit
 look at rocks, but wouldn’t carve or mark on them  respect other visitors  pick up trash
205. What else would you do?
206. What have you learnt about the United States?
207. What have you learnt about the national parks?
208. What have you learnt about the animals?
209. What have you learnt about the food?
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210. Write a poem about your time while listening to episode 44.
I see…
I smell…
I taste…
I hear…
I feel…
An extract from Canyonlands National Park Junior Ranger Explorer Guide:

211. My park poem
where I am __________________________
I smell __________________________
The weather is __________________________
I hear __________________________
It looks __________________________
It sounds __________________________
It feels __________________________
I feel __________________________
Example
My park poem
where I am: Needles
I smell dust.
The weather is windy
I hear raven’s croak.
It looks open.
It sounds silent.
It feels towering.
I feel freedom.
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212. Bingo adapted from several Junior Park Ranger booklets:
Try for four in a row!
Find a sagebrush and sketch it Sit in a quiet place for two Visit the river.
below. minutes. How many fish can you spot?
Smell it! Can you hear birds? The river?
Hold a safety meeting with Use your nose. Draw something you saw in
your group. How does the desert smell the park that’s smaller than
Check that everyone is different than home? your thumb.
prepared for the hike.
Touch a Juniper Tree. Have a picnic. Attend a ranger program.
Hint: look for a tree with small, Clean up your trash. Don’t
hard blue berries. attract bears, birds, or
Where did you find it? chipmunks!
Find an animal’s home. Hike a park trail. Look for lichen growing on the
Sketch it. rocks. Circle the colors that
Who lives there? you find: black, purple, blue,
green, yellow, orange, red,
white.
Spot a lodgepole pine. Sketch an oak leaf. Spot an animal bigger than
Hint: look for acorns under the you.
tree.
Check out the visitor center. Find a hidden shape in the Listen to running water.
What did you learn? rocks.
What did the shape remind
you of?
Meet another Junior Ranger. Hide under a small tree or Collect the park stamp.
under a bush like a mountain
lion. What would you hunt for
dinner?
Dip your hand in a lake carved Find 5 pieces of litter and put Take a picture of Mount
by glaciers. them in the trash or recycling. Rushmore.
Find out how many people Find the president with Find out what the park service
worked on Mount Rushmore. glasses. arrowhead represents.
Find an animal track and Ask a Park Ranger a question. High five a ranger!
sketch it.
Whose is it? What animal left
it?
Sketch a wildflower. Wave to a mule deer. Find and write the name of
Don’t pick it! something in nature that is
yellow.
Hug a tree. Say hi to a Park Ranger. Find out when Mount
Rushmore was completed.
Spot a soaring bird. Listen to one natural sound. Use the park map to help your
Hint: look up! What is it? group plan an activity.
Podcast journal
213. Today, (date) __________________________________________, I listened to episode 44.
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214. It was (time) ________________________________________________.
215. I was  indoor  outdoor.
216. The weather was :
217. I was
 walking my dogs  washing the dishes  drawing
 hiking  petting my cat  knitting
 going to work  cooking  taking care of my nails
 doing yoga poses  feeding my bird  having a meal
 brushing my hair  sewing
218. Choose three words to describe your time listening to the podcast:
1. __________________________________
2. __________________________________
3. __________________________________
219. My favourite part of the episode was:
220. I learnt a really cool fact:
221. Draw a picture to illustrate episode 44:
An extract from Arches National Park Junior Ranger Adventure Guide:

Read this example of the three steps to presenting an opinion. Then, use the steps to practice stating
an opinion:
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1. assertion: “We should hike the Devils Garden Trail today…”

2. reasoning: “… because it’s the longest!”
3. evidence: “The trail is over 7 miles long!”
222. Your opinion on episode 44:

1. assertion:
2. reasoning:
3. evidence:
An extract from The Grand Adventure! Junior Park Ranger Grand Teton National Park:
223. If you were a ranger, what would you want to teach people about?
Follow the coin (adapted from The Grand Adventure! Junior Park Ranger Grand Teton National
Park):
224. Which sight will you go to? To find out, flip a coin and move your game piece along the heads
(H) or tails (T) line to the next space. Trace and color in the path your adventure takes.
(H) Devils Tower (T) Crazy Horse

← START! →
↙↘ Memorial ↙↘
(H) Arches National (T) Grand Teton (H) Canyonlands (T) Yellowstone
Park National Park National Park National Park
↙↘ ↙↘ ↙↘ ↙↘
(H) Colorado National (T) Scotts Bluff (H) Dinosaur National (T) Flaming Gorge-
Monument National Monument Monument Uintas National
Scenic Byway
↙↘ ↙↘ ↙↘ ↙↘
(H) Mount Rushmore ↙ (T) Black Canyon
(T) Fort Laramie ↘ ↙ (H) Custer State Park
National Memorial ↘ National Park
THE END!
225. How many questions have you answered?
226. Please write that number in letters.
227. Do you want to receive your certificate?
An extract from Fort Laramie Guide:

Junior Ranger Pledge
I promise to discover all I can about my National and State Parks and to share my discoveries with
others. I pledge to preserve and protect my National and State Parks for the enjoyment of future
generations.
228. Complete the following pledge according to the words in italics.
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Word box
Protect / Culture / Respect / Language / Enjoy / Share / Conserve / Nature / History / Teach /
Knowledge / Explore / Discover / English / Fun / Future / Role-model / Guide
You will need to choose:

- 1 verb + ed __________________
- nouns ____________________________
- nouns ____________________________
This game is called Mad Libs. Here’s an example:

https://www.woojr.com/summer-mad-libs/summer-vacation-madlibs/
Your turn: now add the nouns and verb you’ve selected to the following paragraph.
« I, (your name) ____________________________, promise to teach others about what I (verb -ed)
___________________, promise to explore other (nouns) ____________________________ and
promise to take care of (nouns) _____________________________ so that people can enjoy them
forever. »
Your signature:
Date:
Finished? Congratulations!
Email your completed booklet (or pictures of it) to Anglaisance@outlook.com.
I will email your certificate!
Do you want to become a Web Ranger? Go to: https://www.nps.gov/webrangers/
The pictures in this booklet come from Pixabay.com.
Thanks for completing your booklet!
I hope you had fun!
Nadège Saysana
Anglaisance.com
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US Road Trip Activity Booklet

1. The best adventures begin with preparation!

1.When were your born?

2. Can you write the date in letters please?

3. How old are you?

4. Can you write your age in letters please?

6. Have you ever been to the United States?

7. When did you go there?

8. Can you write the date in letters please?

9. How long did you stay there?

10. Please the number in letters.

11. Why – holidays or business?

12. Where have you been to in the States?

13. Please trace your route on the following map:

14. Did you like it?

15. What did you like most?

17. What would you like to do in the US someday?

18. What do you know about the United States?

19. What do you want to know about the United States?

2. Now listen to episode 44 and answer the following questions.

20. Scavenger hunt bingo!

cranberry juice bison burger antlers

hummingbird Agatha Christie Winston Churchill

21. How many national parks are there in the US?

22. Can you write the number in letters please?

23. What’s the English for « garde-forestier »?

26. How do you write that number in letters?

27. Do Americans use the metric system?

28. What’s your opinion on that?

29. What system of measurements do Americans use for length?

31. Can you write the number in letters please?

32. What time difference is there between Denver and Paris?

33. Can you write the number in letters please?

34. How many time zones are there in the US?

35. Can you write the number in letters please?

36. Can you name them?

37. Which time zone is Los Angeles in?

38. Which time zone is Denver in?

39. Which time zone is Dallas in?

40. Which time zone is New York in?

41. Match each picture to the corresponding city :

43. What do you know about Los Angeles?

44. What do you want to know about Los Angeles?

45. Have you ever been to Los Angeles?

46. When did you go there?

47. Can you write the date in letters please?

48. Why – holidays or business?

49. Where have you been to in Los Angeles?

50. Did you like it?

51. What did you like most?

52. If not, would you like to go there?

54. What do you know about Dallas?

55. What do you want to know about Dallas?

56. Have you ever been to Dallas?

57. When did you go there?

58. Can you write the date in letters please?

59. Why – holidays or business?

60. Where have you been to in Dallas?

61. Did you like it?

62. What did you like most?

63. If not, would you like to go there?