My heart`s in the Highlands
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Introduction
The title of our Webquest is the line from the famous poem of Robert Burns, Scottish national poet. In this poem he expresses love to his Motherland - Scotland. Consider yourselves travel fans? You have a great opportunity to take a dream trip to Scotland and its capital Edinburgh. When you return, your groups will introduce a virtual Travel Guide in PowerPoint presentation showing everyone that Scotland is an amazing land and it is worth visiting.
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assignment
Task
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You will work in 2 groups
Your overall task is to design a Travel Guide in the format of PowerPoint presentation.
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The best starting spot for discovering the country? Edinburgh. The first group has to research iconic places within the capital of Scotland and introduce Scottish outstanding people.
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The second group will need to follow J. Rowling`s Harry Potter itinararies, present Scottish cuisine, find out some incredible facts about Scotland .
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Evaluation
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10 points
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5 points
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2 points
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Score
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Creativity of Trip
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Activities follow all of the guidelines.
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Activities follow some of the guidelines.
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Activities do not follow the guidelines.
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Quality of Power Point Presentation
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Background and text colors are contrasted consistently. Text is large enough to see consistently. The student shows proper use of power point.
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Background and text colors are contrasted for most of the slides. Text is large enough to see on most of the slides. The student shows proper use of Power point.
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Background and text colors are not contrasted. Text is not large enough to see. The student does not show proper use of power point.
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Quality of Images
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All images are relative to topics and are clear and large enough to be seen.
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Some images are relative to topics and are of average quality and large enough to be seen.
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Images are not relative to topics and are blurry and too small to be seen.
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Speaking
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The student has few to no grammar mistakes.
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The student has some grammar mistakes.
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The student has many grammar mistakes
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Total score |
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Conclusion
Now that you've completed your Travel Guide , please take a few minutes to reflect on your experience with this task and answer the following questions .
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What did you find most enjoyable about the task? Least enjoyable?
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Do you feel that finishing this task has helped you learn? Why or why not?
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What changes would you make to this webquest?
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How did your group work together? Were you happy with the level of cooperation among classmates?
