Introduction
I suppose you are waiting for this moment as soon as you start the secondary education... A schooltrip to a foreign country! A journey to a different place where you will learn and above all, where you will have a lot of fun!
Here you will have the opportunity of planning this trip. You will decide where to go and what to do. The head teacher has entrusted you with the task of preparing the trip to an Anglo-saxon country. You will work in groups of three to plan the journey and present it in a catalogue. The best journey will be chosen by the students.
Each group will divide the tasks into three different researchs, one per nose: the travel agency, the tourist guide and the public relations.
The Task
You will make a catalogue of the journey, setting down the different activities and places to visit. The catalogue will have the following information:
a) Date of departure and arrival, with times and flight numbers.
b) Hotels, guest houses or hostels.
c) Towns and cities to be visited.
d) Everyday schedule .
d) Photographs.
e) Price per head.
You will present the catalogue to your class mates so that they can make a decision of which is the best trip to do.
The Process
1st step:You will be assigned to a group of three students. After that, make a decision. Choose between England, Ireland and Scotland as a destiny to the journey. To do that, complete the Treasure Hunt visiting the provided links.
2nd step:decide your roles: travel agent, tourist guide and public relations.
The travel agent: you will get information about flights and hotels of any kind and price.
The tourist guide: you will search for information about museums, touristic places and different trips in the country.
The public relations: you will get information of the typical food, drinks, restaurants and pubs or discoteques you would visit at night.
3rd step:Now you've got much information to put together. Call a meeting and make a group decision of the activities and places to be included in the final catalogue. Decide what is more important to you and your class mates: 'price or quality', 'funny activities or cultural activities'...
4th step:You are supposed to have all the information you need to make the catalogue. That's the moment to design it. Remember, you have to make it attractive, with colours and photographs!
5th step:Once you have made the catalogue, make a presentation of about 15 minutes to the rest of the class and wait for the final decision!
Evaluation
Here you have a chart to see how the final product will be evaluated:
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Catalogue design |
If you don´t use photographs or colours in the design of the catalogue. |
You have used a few photographs and some different colours. |
There are many photographs, colours and different types of fonts in the catalogue. |
The desing is original, coloured, full of photographs and very easy to read and understand. |
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Grammar |
There are more than ten grammar mistakes, ten syntax and fifteen vocabulary mistakes. |
You have made less than ten vocabulary mistakes, less than ten grammar mistakes and less than 10 syntax mistakes. |
You have made less than seven vocabulary mistakes, seven grammar mistakes and seven syntax mistakes. |
You have made some elaborated sentences. There are less than four vocabulary mistakes, four grammar mistakes and four syntax mistakes. |
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Cultural information |
There are few cultural information. Less than a museum or cultural visit every day and less than a typical meal everyday. |
You have programmed at least two cultural visits everyday. You will taste at least one typical meal everyday. |
You have programmed at least two cultural visits everyday. You will taste at least one typical meal everyday. One of your cultural visits is so original that any other group has planned it. |
You have programmed at least two cultural visits everyday. You will taste at least one typical meal everyday. Two of your cultural visits are so original that any other group has planned it. |
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Economy |
The school trip is expensive. You haven't compared prices of flights and hotels. It cost more than 700 € |
The school trip isn't very expensive. You haven't compared many prices of flights and hotels. It cost more than 600 € |
The school trip is cheap. You have compared prices of flights and hotels. It cost less than 600 € |
The school trip is very cheap. You have compared many prices of flights and hotels. It cost less than 500 € |
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Conclusion
As soon as you finish this Webquest, you will have learnt a lot about a country in particular, but this is not everything, you will be able to arrange a trip to any country! You will also have learnt to organize everything to search the most important information for you in order to prepare a trip in the future. I hope you'll plan and enjoy many holidays through the net!
Credits & References
Thanks to Bernie Dodge for designing this useful tool.
Thanks to www.trekearth.com, www.stuckonscotland.com, www.rampantscotland.com, www.photograph-london.com, www.buyimage.co.uk for the photographs.