Discovering London
WebQuest para 4º Curso de ESO
English as Foreign
Language
Autor: Inmaculada Raya Alvarez
E-mail: inmral@hotmail.com
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“Spring trip” Don't you just love the sound of those two words? Every school year we look forward to that trip we will take with our classmates. It's our chance to forget about school and have fun.
Would you like to spend a wonderful trip with your friends? If you want, you can.
You are so excited you can hardly wait. It's time to organize your end-of-year trip to London. You will have to take some important decisions: flights, hotel, sightseeing, restaurants, buyings…You will also have to know aspects of the country such as geography and history. So you will have to investigate, compile data and reach an agreement about important facts on your trip.
Each group needs a historian for the oral presentation on the last session, a bargain hunter, who will be devoted to preparing the flight and lodging at best price and two trip planners, one for sightseeing and the other to arrange the best places to eat and buy. The bargain hunter and trip planners are in charge of working on the poster´s design or travel brochure, which will be the final task.
To carry out this task, you should make groups of 4 people, according to the following rules:
a historian to cover questions 1, 2 and 3.
a bargain hunter to cover questions 4 and 5.
two trip planners to cover questions 6, 7, 8 and 9.
1 Locate on a map 9 regions of the United kingdom and its main towns. Add a photograph.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/regions/index.htm
2 Let's know some historical facts about London. Which civilizations have lived in london since the Roman period?
Name the most important kings of England since 1485.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/history.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/history.htm
3 General data about London.
4 Find and compare information about prices on travel and lodging. You will review the two Web sites to compare the overall costs of the trip. Your goal is to find the cheapest rates you can.
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Map of London tube and touristic map ( We will use
them in our London tour)
http://viajarlondres.blogspot.com/2008/01/mapa-de-londres.html
6 Let's know London in depth: choose the top 10 places to visit.
http://viajarlondres.blogspot.com/
7 Important data of these 10 places.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/buildings.htm
8 Look for the National food and drink in England.
What
food was “invented” in England?
Meal times. Where can we eat?
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/index.htm
9 Locate on a map a tipical market to buy clothes, fashion accesories, music and crafts
What streets can we visit to buy tourist souvenirs?
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/shops.htm
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Escasa consolidación 1 POOR |
Aprendizaje medio 2 AVERAGE |
Buen aprendizaje 3 VERY GOOD |
Excelencia en el aprendizaje 4 EXCELLENT |
Notación numérica |
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Motivation and collaboration
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The motivation is not very high and so is the level of collaboration with other mates
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Quite good level of motivation and interaction
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Very good level of motivation and interaction. The student collaborates actively with the other mates
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Excellent level of motivation and interaction. The student collaborates actively with the other mates and provides personal contributions
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English skills
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Quite a few vocabulary mistakes, misspellings and grammar mistakes
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Quite good. Limited range of vocabulary but effectively used; some spelling and grammar mistakes |
Very good. No errors; only some mistakes
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Excellent. Hardly any mistakes
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Written and graphic presentation
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Not all the information required by the assignment has been given. Some mistakes
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Quite good. Almost all the information required by the assignment has been given. Only a few mistakes
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Very good. All the information required by the assignment has been given. Very good written style |
Excellent. The information provided is complete and exhaustive. Excellent written style |
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Selection of information |
No attempt has been made to collect the right information |
Some of the information has been chosen correctly |
Most information has been chosen correctly |
Relevant information (texts and pictures) has been chosen |
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Oral presentation
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Not all the information required has been given. Some pronunciation mistakes |
Quite good. Almost all the information required has been given . Only a few pronunciation mistakes
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Very good. All the information required has been given. Very good pronunciation and fluency.
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Excellent. The information provided is complete and exhaustive. Hardly any mistakes. Excellent pronunciation and fluency.
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Escasa consolidación |
Aprendizaje medio |
Buen aprendizaje |
Excelencia en el aprendizaje |
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PUNTUACIÓN |
6-11 Poor |
12-17 Average |
18-23 Very good |
24 Excellent |
Buscador en Internet:
Enciclopedias on-line:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
Diccionarios on-line:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Plataforma de información:
Traductor on-line:
http://www.elmundo.es/traductor/
Otras webs de interés:
http://www.guiadeviaje.net/reinounido/quevisitar.html
Way to go! You were given a task to accomplish and you have succeeded. You should have learned how to search the Web sites to find exactly what you were looking for. You should have learned how to navigate sites to pick out important information and translated this information into a descriptive brochure. Finally, you have made a decision based on what you have found.
Do the following quiz:
http://members.tripod.com/~JornP/londonsights.htm
This webquest has been designed for 4ESO students as an activity organised by ISFTIC for their teacher training project.
Thanks to the teacher in charge of the course D. Carlos de Castro Gil.
April 2009
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