Introduction
Introduction
You are journalists and experts who get the mission to find and give information about all sights of London for building "New London".
A publisher wants you to create newspaper a about the New London project to tell the world more about it.
Task
Task
- You will work in pairs and choose a sight of London which you are interested in.
- After choosing your sight you are going to do research on the sights using the given links. Answer the questions.
- When you have done this create a newspaper page on your sight for the class newspaper.
- Present your newspaper page in front of class.
Process
Process
1. Find a partner and choose a sight from the list (every sight can only be picked once!)
London Eye Tower Bridge
St. Pauls’s Cathedral Houses of Parliament
Buckingham Palace Tower of London
Big Ben Westminster Abbey
Trafalgar Square Piccadilly Circus
Hyde Park British Museum
2. Do research on the sights using the given links and answer these questions:
http://www.aviewoncities.com/london/londonattractions.htm
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/england/london/sights
http://www.topsightseeing.com/england/london/topsights/
When was your sight built?
Where is it located?
What are its measurements? (height, length, etc.)
What is its history?
3. Create a newspaper page about your sight. Put in the information you found answering the questions. You can use the template as an example; be creative!
4. Present your page in front of the class.
Evaluation
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Very good |
Good |
Okay, but needs some work |
Needs some more work. |
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How did your group work go? |
Our work went very well, because… |
Our group worked together quite well, because… but we could improve… |
Our group had some difficulties because…but this went well… |
Our group found it very difficult to work together, because… |
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How did your newspaper page turn out? (written task) |
We found a lot of information, structured it well and our newspaper page is very good. |
We found quite a lot of information, the structure is okay and our newspaper page is good. |
We found some information with difficulties, there is little structure and our newspaper page is okay but needs improvement. |
We barely found information, the structure is not done well and our newspaper page is not ready for presentation (needs revision) |
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How did your presentation go? (spoken task) |
Our presentation was well structured, easy to follow, interesting and clear. |
Our presentation was structured, you could follow, it was interesting and mostly clear. |
Our presentation was not well structured, it was a bit difficult to follow, was partly interesting and partly clear. |
Our presentation was not structured, difficult to follow, not interesting and not clear. |
Conclusion
Well done!
You finished your tasks and helped to built “New London”.
I hope you had fun browsing the internet and looking up information about your sight.
Teacher Page
This WebQuest is designed to...
... teach the students about London Sights
... enhance teamwork
... incorporate multimedia in class and enhance students awareness of media
... refine competences (written and spoken)