Webquests

A Trip to a Far Away Land

Introduction
Task
Process
Resources
Evaluation
Conclusion

 

Introduction

 

On this unreal trip, the students will visit an exotic country and will discover and learn about a different world and lifestyle.

 

 

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Task

 

The students will use internet, get information from it and will eventually hand in and END-PRODUCT on cardboard, videotape or any material chosen by the group.

All the members of a group will have different tasks (linguistic and non-linguistic) in order to finish and present the end-product in front of the rest of classmates.

This end-product and all the process from beginning to end will be evaluated and assessed.

English will be the only language used during the process.

 

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Process

 

The Webquest will be finished when the groups retrieve from the internet the following information and fulfill all these steps:

1. The students will have to decide which country they want to visit.

2. Once they have chosen a country, they will have to research and give information about the following aspects:

a. Location and size of the country.

b. Climate.

c. Main geographical aspects.

d. Official language or languages and, in general, languages spoken in the country.

e. Political system.

f. Main economical aspects.

g. Personal reasons why you would like to visit it.

3. Additional and visual items like pictures, drawings or colouring will also be taken into account.

 

 

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Resources

 

As mentioned above, all the information has to be retrieved from the internet. The students have to search and find information on the WWW.

As a start-out, the students can check the web sites below:

1. http://www.google.com

2. http://www.infoplease.com

3. http://www.miguelmllop.com/projectwork/projectwork.htm

 

Of course, you can also count on the teacher's help if the sites above are not enough.

 

 

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Evaluation

 

The following aspects will be taken into account before the project is graded:

End-product 25%

Presentation 25%

Contents 50%

The rubric presented below will be used to assess the webquest:

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INCOMPLETE
FAIR
GOOD
EXCELLENT
GRADE
END-PRODUCT
It means that you have not finished it.
You have finished your project but it is very poor. The frame is not well designed.
The project is good but there are a few elements missing.
Your end-product is nearly perfect. It means that you have chosen a good frame and that it is finished beautifully. The tasks have been distributed fairly among the members of the group.
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PRESENTATION
You are unable to be understood and the information that you give to the class is not relevant.
the talk has been given but it has not been distributed equally among the members of the group.
Not bad, you have made your points clear but the distribution of the tasks is unbalanced.
You have given a detailed information to your school mates, you have distributed the tasks equally among them and you have made a great effort to speak in English and be understood.
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CONTENTS
Some parts are missing, or the information that you supply is not enough.
The information is not enough. You have searched the internet but the information that you supply has not been processed adequately.
The amount of information is complete but there are a few pieces of information missing.
The information included in the project is complete and detailed. You have given a good account of all the parts of the projects and it is very well explained.
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Conclusion

 

In the conclusion, the students have to give their personal opinion about the whole process not as a group but as individuals.

On the other hand, they also have to give their opinion about the country that they have visited virtually and the information that they have gathered and put together.