Lessons prior to the broadcast were engaging, fun, and real.

The budding talk-show hosts and journalists wrote paragraphs to introduce their guests. The students learned the proper elements and structure of a paragraph. They worked with their partners to synthesize their research about the Dalton community member they had been studying into a well-written paragraph. In order to understand how talk show hosts introduce their guests, both in terms of words and gestures, the students watched a clip of Barbara Walters introducing the Obamas on The View. The students  copied their paragraphs onto chart paper, which was used as their cue cards…since professional hosts don’t read off of a paper. The show received such great ratings, it should continue next season!