Introduction
Bonjour,
You have a new WebQuest to prepare!
You were studying French since Grade 3 and now you’re going to teach it to Grade 5. Are you ready to design a website for teaching French to a lower grade? If yes, then let’s begun!
Task
The following task will be a project that you're going to work on for the last month of the academic year. It will gather all your knowledge of the French language. You will need to follow the below steps to fulfil your task.
- Define the topic of your website;
- Plan and design your website using the template you choose;
- Create new pages according to what is required in the process;
- Introduce your resources in the website pages;
- Add your e-lessons to the website;
- Send the URL of your website to the teacher every Sunday for feedback.
The 3 top websites will be classified as resource websites in the school portal.
Process
To achieve your task, you will be required to accomplish the following steps:
- You will be working individually on this project;
- You will need to create lessons covering the basic topics given in grade 5: numbers, colours, the city, greeting and the basic verbs ('to be' and 'to have');
- Choose a specific topic through which you're going to build on your lessons: tourism, shopping, sports, French festivals, gastronomy...etc. (choose from the topics shown at the end of this page);
- Design a website in French using https://www.wix.com. You will have to log in with your school e-mail using the password of the school portal;
- Upload photos, links or videos or URLs to empower your website and lessons;
- Take extra IT lessons with Mr. Comp -if needed- to learn how to manipulate your template website and choose the right design for the right topic. The IT lessons will be given to the students in the same timing of French class.
- The website should have the following pages: introduction, glossary, lessons (at least 3 lessons), videos, one (01) photo gallery and references page
- The website URL must be sent to the French teacher's school e-mail every Sunday for guiding and updating the job process.
- The website design and topic level must be adequate with grade 5 level and using colours and fun videos are some ways to communicate fun learning.
Evaluation
| Score | Design | Content | e-Lessons | On-Time | References | Multimedia1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The template is kept as it is. No changes were done in the website. | The website content is poor and has no educational value. | E-lessons are poorly designed and no grammar/ vocab is found. | The website is not finished and most required elements are missing |
Few or no references are sited. Few or no URLs found. |
No multimedia is included in the website. The choice of multimedia is not adequate with the e-lessons. |
| 2 | Minor changes were done on the template but not adequate to the context. | The website content is average and has few educational value. | E-lessons are fairly designed and few grammar/ vocab is found. | The website is not finished and few required elements are missing | Some references are sited. Some URLs found. | Few multimedia is included in the website. The choice of multimedia is not relevant to the e-lessons. |
| 3 | Major changes were done on the template and are adequate to the context. | The website content is good and has an educational value. | E-lessons are well designed and grammar/ vocab is found. | The website is finished and most required elements are found. | Most references are URLs are sited correctly. | Good multimedia is included in the website. The choice of multimedia is adequate with the e-lessons. |
| 4 | The template is completely redesigned to suit the context. | The website content is excellent and is an excellent resource and educational value. | E-lessons are perfectly designed and the grammar/ vocab is adequate. | The website is finished and all required elements are missing | All references and URLs are sited correctly. | Excellent multimedia choice is included in the website and is adequate with the e-lessons. |
Conclusion
By the end of this task, you will learn
- How to introduce some French basics to another learner;
- How to search, include and site french references in a scholar work;
- How to design a website and publish it on the web;
- how to make an e-lesson;
- How to find resources on the web.
Credits
I would think Professor Hamdi Abdelaziz, a lecturer at HBMSU who helped me achieve this WebQuest by providing me with all the necessary information on how to make a WebQuest including the following link: http://questgarden.com/