Oh the places you’ll go…

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Create a travel blog about a different culture.

Your blogs should: Be creatively written Express your own interest in the culture you

chose Be visually appealing Make the reader want to visit your country

Your Task:

1st Week: research and begin writing 2nd Week: finish rough drafts of each blog page 3rd Week: create blog and transpose

information 1 day: present blogs to the class

FINAL DEADLINE: April 15th, 16th, and 17th 2015

Timeline:

You will be working with a partner! Things to

keep in mind when choosing a partner: Do I actually work when I’m in groups with this

person? Does this person compliment my work and

study habits, or impede them? Does this person help me stay on task and get

my work done on time?

Step 1: Choose Your Partner

Step 2: Choose Your Country

1. France2. The United States3. China4. Spain5. Italy6. Turkey7. The United

Kingdom8. Germany9. Malaysia10.New Zealand

11.Austria12.Russia13.India14.Thailand15.Saudi Arabia16.Egypt17.Canada18.Poland19.The Netherlands20.Singapore

The following are a list of the 20 most popular tourist destinations in the world:

Step 3: Choose Your

Blog Weebly:

www.weebly.com

Wix: www.wix.com

Blogger/Blogspot (through your Google account)

Wikispaces: www.wikispaces.com

Tumblr: www.tumblr.com

And many more!

Step 4: Check Your

Sources U.S. International

Travel Office:http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country.html

Foreign Travel Advice from the UK

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

SmartTraveller.govhttp://smartraveller.gov.au/tips/living-working.html

National Geographic Travel

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/

Take responsibility for your work in class

EVERY SINGLE DAY. Meet the deadlines that your teacher sets. Be respectful of those working around you. Make sure your work is YOUR OWN. Questions? Just ask your teacher! (not the

person/group sitting next to you…)

Step 5: Get to Work

Copying and pasting from websites without

citing sources. Using the words of another person as your

own. Using the ideas of another person as your

own.

Any time you can describe what you are doing as ¨borrowing¨ or ¨copying¨, you need to cite the source! Most problems can be avoided by simply stating where your information came from!

What constitutes plagiarism?

Want to include a .gif, a short animation or

video, or an image in your blog? Cite your source!

What about music and other audio? Cite your source!

Where? In the bibliography page on your blog!

What about things that aren´t text?

Ask your teacher!

Or, if you really want to be autonomous, check out this helpful website:

http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/overview/

What do I do if I’m not sure?