OUR FINAL SCHOOL

TRIPA WEBQUEST FOR STUDENTS OF

ENGLISH AS A FOREING LANGUAGE.

FIRST YEAR OF BACHILLERATOBY LIDIA SÁNCHEZ MARTÍN

LIDIA.SANCHEZ86@HOTMAIL.ES

·INTRODUCTION·TASK··PROCESS·RESOURCES·

·ASSESSMENT·CONCLUSION··CREDITS·DIDACTIC GUIDE·

INTRODUCTION At last! This year you are going to

do your final school trip. You are going to Belgium and France, Paris and... you are going to decide which places you are going to visit! It's up to you!

TASK

The only directions you have to follow are the next ones:

The trip will be six days long (21st-26th June). We will take the train in Chamartín at 10 p.m. and we will arrive Paris at 8 a.m. Then, we will go by coach to Brussels. There, we will spend two days and the 23rd we will go to Paris again. We will be there until the evening of the 25th that we will come back Madrid.

What you have to decide is the places you want to visit there!

TASKFIRST PART: You will work in groups of three to plan your

school trip to Brussels and Paris.

First, do an introduction about Belgian and French culture and people.

You have to decide the places you want to visit and why, and add some information about all the sights.

If you want to move from one place to another, we have the school coaches that we will wait us in Paris. Otherwise, you can use public transport, as the underground or bus.

TASKSECOND PART: Design the official t-shirt of the

school trip. Each group has to design a logo, a picture or a slogan for the t-shirt that every student will wear in the trip.

TASKFINAL TASK: Your final project will be a

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. It will use it as the itinerary and review of your trip. You will present it to the class and then, we will decide which itinerary is the best!

PROCESS

The only directions you have to follow are the next ones:

The trip will be six days long (21st-26th June). We will take the train in Chamartin at 10 p.m. and we will arrive Paris at 8 a.m. Then, we will go by coach to Brussels. There, we will spend two days and the 23rd we will go to Paris. We will be there until the evening of the 25th that we will come back Madrid.

What you have to decide is the places you want to visit there!

PROCESS: 1. Find partners for your group.

(Remember: groups of three).

2. Recover information from the following web pages to do the introduction about the Belgian and French culture.

http://www.everyculture.com/ http://

french.about.com/od/culture/French_Culture_Culture_franaise.htm

PROCESS 3. Recover information from the

following web pages to do the itinerary you would like to do in the final school trip:

http://www.brussels.org/ http://www.visitbelgium.com/ http://http://www.disneylandparis.com/

uk/index.htmen.parisinfo.com/

http://www.trabel.com/waterloo/waterloo.htm

http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/Portal.lut

RESOURCES You can use the net, but specially

the following web pages: http://www.everyculture.com/ http://

french.about.com/od/culture/French_Culture_Culture_franaise.htm

http://www.brussels.org/ http://www.visitbelgium.com/ http://http://www.disneylandparis.c

om/uk/index.htmen.parisinfo.com/ http://www.trabel.com/waterloo/wate

rloo.htm http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/P

ortal.lut

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Accomplished

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Task The task is incomplete and/or it is apparent that little effort went into the development of the task.

At least two areas of the task were not addressed. The plan followed by the team demonstrated a moderate level of thought.

At least one area of the task was not addressed. The plan followed by the team demonstrated a great deal of thought.

All areas of the task were addressed and handled with a high degree of sophistication. The plan followed by the team demonstrated a great deal of thought.

Teamwork

The final product is not the result of a collaborative effort.

The team had problems on working together.

The team worked well together, but could have used each other's skills.

It is evident that a mutual effort and cohesive unit created the final product.

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Originality

There were no original ideas expressed in this project.

The ideas expressed demonstrate a low degree of originality.

The ideas expressed are mostly original. The group may have improved them.

The ideas expressed demonstrate a high degree of originality.

Grammar and Spelling

The task has a lot of grammar and spelling, errors.

The task has 3-5 grammar and spelling, errors.

The task has 3-5 grammar and spelling, errors.

The task is free of grammar and spelling errors.

CONCLUSION Now that we have chosen the

sightseeing you want to visit...

ENJOY THE TRIP!!

CREDITS• Author: Lidia Sánchez Martín• E-mail: lidia.sanchez86@hotmail.es• Level: First year of Bachillerato• Subject: English as a Second

Language• Sessions: 2 or 3, depending on the

Power Point presentations• Date: April, 17th 2010