Your visits to national parks have left you amazed at their grandeur but also worried about their future. You want to get involved to help preserve them for future generations so you decide to volunteer as a junior park ranger at a national park in your state.

Create an awareness video.
You have been given your first mission as a junior park ranger! You are in charge of recording a video to be posted on the park's website to educate future young visitors and their families on what to do and not do to enjoy their stay to the fullest.

• Select the national park you volunteer at and do some additional research about it if needed.
• Select the facts you want to share about this national park.
• Introduce yourself (who you are, your interest in national parks, etc.).
• Share some information about the national park system to stress the importance of the service.
• Make a list of the main rules you want to include in your video and be ready to explain why.
• Give some advice on how to have the best park experience for now and for the future.

➤ Structurez votre scénario

• Débutez par un fait personnel, une anecdote pour capter votre auditoire.
• Exposez les problèmes, les causes et les conséquences. Choisissez des exemples pratiques.
• Proposez des solutions concrètes.
• Concluez par un message clair.

➤ Préparez un script

• Organisez vos idées pour communiquer de manière fluide. Regardez fixement l'objectif de la caméra, imaginez que vous regardez les futurs visiteurs.
• Utilisez des notes sous forme de liste ou de carte mentale pour viser une prestation la plus naturelle possible.
• Utilisez un langage clair et accessible et variez votre vocabulaire pour être le plus précis possible. Pensez à inclure des expressions idiomatiques.
• Recherchez la prononciation des mots difficiles et inscrivez-la sur vos notes.

➤ Tournez la vidéo

• Respirez et prenez votre temps. Faites des pauses pour marquer les éléments importants. Faites des gestes pour appuyer votre message.
• Mettez le ton ! Soignez l'intonation et l'accentuation.
• Utilisez des accessoires et des vêtements en lien avec votre sujet pour plus d'authenticité.
• Editez votre vidéo avec des images pour illustrer encore plus vos propos.

Write an online message.
The National Park Foundation website is calling for ideas on how to create a more eco-friendly experience for visitors and to better balance tourists and wildlife interactions. As a Junior Park Ranger with a fresh perspective, you send a message on the website contact form to share your proposed suggestions and explain the problems they could help resolve.

• Decide if you want to give general solutions for national parks as a whole or if you want to focus on one type of ecosystem or a specific location.
• Select the national park(s) you want to protect and do some additional research about them if needed.
• Introduce yourself (who you are, why you are interested in national parks, etc.).
• Make a list of the problems you want to address.
• Refer to solutions that are already in place and try to imagine innovative ones.
• Prepare a general outline of your project before you start writing.
• Write a structured text using connecting words and paragraphs.