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MY WEBQUEST A
TREASURE HUNT ON BRITISH LIFESTYLES WebQuest for 2nd course of Bachiller English Marian Ucar
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Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Didactic Guide |Credits | |
Have
you ever thought that you can create a Didactic Unit and participate in the
English teaching process of your class?
Have
you ever thought that you can improve and extend the knowledge of your
classmates in an interactive manner?
Have
you ever thought you could share your work with anybody in the world by
uploading it in the web?
In this
WebQuest you are going to visit some WebPages in
order to get information and make a real Treasure Hunt or Scavenger Hunt and
you are going to know
more about the our neighbour country: Great Britain.
As I
said before the final task is to publish a Treasure Hunt about different topics
related to the field of English and the English-speaking world.
The
class will be divided in groups of three students.
Each
person in the group will have to play a different role. One will be responsible
for finding a relevant topic and the necessary information to prepare the
questions, another student will search for the necessary technological devices
to organize and publish the activity, and the last student will be responsible
for the
design and the use of the correct English grammar and vocabulary.
1 Reach a consensus
Select
a topic you will enjoy developing: English food, English leisure time,
Different languages in GB, English festivities, English climate, English
history, etc.
There
are three main roles: the investigator, the expert on new technologies and the
language expert.
Discuss
and reach a consensus in English: first, about the topic, and then, decide who
will be responsible for each role.
2 Individual
search work
There
will be individual search work. As the language expert won’t have any work
until all the information is compiled and organised in different templates,
this
student will coordinate the other two student’s work in terms of pace,
rhythm, etc.
Information Links about
T.H.:
http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/treasure.htm
http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/works.htm
http://edutec.rediris.es/Revelec2/revelec16/adell.htm
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/formats.html#Hunt
http://www.aula21.net/cazas/index.htm
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr113.shtml
Information links about
English culture:
http://www.sprachcaffe-england.com/ingles/index.html
http://www.easyexpat.com/londres_es/ocios_restaurantes-pubs.htm
http://www.britemb.cl/100qts/100qts_costumbres.html
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Information Compilation
When
every member of the group has enough information, they
can start working as a group, discussing the issue(s) and planning their work.
The student in charge of the
correct use of the language will use several online tools to improve the level
of the language and overcome the different problems. The others, meanwhile, can
give their opinions.
Dictionaries:
http://www.goldword.com/v4/index.asp?english+spanish+dictionary+online
Translators:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=es#
http://www.freetranslation.com/
4 Information uploading
Group work should result in a
Treasure Hunt about the topic they consider most interesting. You will present
your work to the rest of the class in English. The efforts to use the English
language as a means of communication will be rewarded.
5 Practise with the tools created
Your works will be used as class
activities.
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Rubric |
EXCELLENT (3) |
AVERAGE (2) |
POOR (1) |
SCORE ( /3) |
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SEARCHING INFORMATION |
You found
out the information without problems and showing autonomy. |
You have
found some problems when searching for the information. |
You rarely
find the information without any help. |
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USE OF THE RESOURCES |
You have
used the resources contrasting and transforming the information. |
You have
just used the resources without. |
You have
just copied from the links without any kind of selection. |
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INDIVIDUAL WORK |
You have
finished all the activities and kept focused on task. |
You haven’t
finished some of the activities or you did not focus on task. |
You have
not finished most of the activities and/or you did not focus on task. |
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GROUP WORK |
Active
participation, cooperation and support within the group. |
Not very
active participation, cooperation or support within the group. |
No
participation, cooperation or support at all. |
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USE
OF LANGUAGE AND DESIGN OF THE TREASURE HUNT |
Correct
grammar and vocabulary and also good selection of pictures or drawings. |
Some
grammar mistakes and not always good use of vocabulary. Some essential
pictures or drawings are missing. |
Many
grammar and vocabulary mistakes and/or
you did not add pictures or drawings. |
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(out of 15)
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Excellence in learning |
Medium
learning |
Poor
consolidation |
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PUNTUATION |
10-15 |
6-10 |
1-5 |
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Resources
http://www.goldword.com/v4/index.asp?english+spanish+dictionary+online
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada
http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/treasure.htm
http://edutec.rediris.es/Revelec2/revelec16/adell.htm
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/formats.html#Hunt
http://www.aula21.net/cazas/index.htm
http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/scavenger_hunts.htm
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr113.shtml
http://www.sprachcaffe-england.com/ingles/index.html
http://www.easyexpat.com/londres_es/ocios_restaurantes-pubs.htm
http://www.britemb.cl/100qts/100qts_costumbres.html
After completing
your task successfully you should have learnt:
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To use the Internet as a useful tool to search information on Treasure
Hunts and |
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To reflect on the way you learn, how you make deductions, how you
analyse, organise and summarize information. |
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To organise group work and share information to reach an agreement. |
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To consider how important visual presentation is, and how useful it
can be to prepare your own learning tool. |
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Coincident aspects between British and Spanish life styles. |
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New vocabulary in connection with food, leisure time, routines,
journeys, education, institutions, festivities, habits, etc. |
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Didactic Guide |
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Title of the WebQuest
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Treasure Hunt on British
lifestyle |
Author
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Marian Ucar |
E-mail
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mucarcam@pnte.cfnavarra.es |
Academic level
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2º Bachillerato |
Subject
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English |
Estimated duration
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10 sessions aprox. |
Comments
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Date
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15 November 2008 |
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