Introduction
This WEBQUEST is designed to help you find information about CHILE. You will need to include some of this information in your booklet. Some tasks will give you interesting information so that you can build your expert knowledge.
Pay close attention to the directions for each task. You will need to write in your notebook. You may need to make a list or draw.
This QUEST consists of
1-following links to gather facts about CHILE
2-soaring through Google Earth to view Chile up close
3-reading and responding to a children's book from Chile
You will need to read, write, draw, take notes, make lists, make recordings, and maneuver through different links on the internet. Please do not browse the internet to find your own resources. Your final product will be your CHILE PROJECT plus any work in your notebook that is required.
Task
PART 1--GEOGRAPHY
For this GEOGRAPHY part of the project, you will be taking notes in your notebook. We will lay out the planning pages in the third section, pages 3-1 to 3-2. DO NOT ADD ANY OF THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FLIP-FLAP BOOK BEFORE DIRECTIONS ARE GIVEN.
We will be constructing a flip-flap book in class for this project. This will be attached to the large flag of your country that you make.
1. Follow this link to find the size of Chile in square miles. Copy it into your notebook and label it for use in your booklet.
https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/chile/cllandst.htm
2. Follow this link to find the current population of Chile. Copy it into your notebook and label it for use in your booklet.
3. Follow this link to find a picture of the flag of Chile. You will need to recreate the flag on the cardstock. Draw it with pencil (outline the details with marker) and then color it in fully with crayon. Be neat and precise.
4. Follow this link to find the countries that border Chile. Copy them into your notebook and label for use in your booklet.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-countries-border-chile.html
5. Follow this first link to find the capital of Chile. Follow the second link to find the next 2 largest cities in Chile. Copy them into your notebook and label for use in your booklet.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-capital-of-chile.html
https://population.mongabay.com/population/chile/
Process
PART 2--GET CLOSE WITH GOOGLE EARTH
For the GOOGLE EARTH part, you will be zooming in close, looking through pictures, and taking notes.
For this process you will be visiting GOOGLE EARTH to check out CHILE. You will have to scroll through many pictures and links to get big views and close-up views of the amazing features in Chile. If ever you get caught on a page and can't get back, just close the page and restart from the link below. The back button works well in Google Earth.
Pay attention to the scenes you view and be ready to talk about the interesting things that you saw during your travels.
----- Follow this link to Google Earth so you can get a bird's eye view of Chile and its amazing sites.
1. Once there, click on the WHITE BOX on the right. This will take you to pictures of Chile. Click on them to enlarge them and scroll through all 20. Pay attention to anything that amazes you or you find interesting during the process of this viewing.
2. Next, scroll below the first photo to find the tile for Santiago, the capital of Chile. Click on the photo set on the right to get a sense of the city. Now return to the satellite view. Notice how much brown is on the map where the city is developed. Zoom around and zoom in to street level to see how closely populated it is. Zoom out the edges of the city. Most of the location labels are links to pictures. Zoom in closer and see if you can find interesting areas. Click on a green tree icon or the camera icon or just the names of places to find 2 places that you would like to visit.
Evaluation
PART 3 - THE LITERATURE CONNECTION
For this part, you will be reading a picture book set in your country. It will connect you to the culture and people of South America. In class you will listen to all the picture books in all 6 webquests. Each book has remarkable characters and illustrations. You will be making a mini-book that reflects your understanding of the read aloud. When you do the writing for the mini-book, cut an index card to fit each page and write your answers neatly on the lines. This way, if you make a mistake, you can redo it before gluing it into the book. Make sure all of your answers are completely clear since the questions are not going to be copied into your book. Any reader should be able to know what you are talking about because you restated the question or clearly labeled your lists or charts.
The story set in a coastal village in Chile. It is a beautifully illustrated folk tale about a merchild who shows the true nature of a lonely old woman who is scorned by the village children.
Ok, now that you have heard the story in class, you are ready to answer some questions and make a book. There are few steps we will do in class.
1--Follow directions in class to make the mini-book. You will have extra cards in case you mess up your drawing or your writing. You can cut the cards up and glue answers into the actual book so you don't write directly on the book pages. You can also use the lined side of index card pieces by trimming them so you can write neatly and straight across for each answer and then glue them to fit nicely onto the pages.
2--- Write the title neatly somewhere on the cover, not too big because you need to fit a picture too! But make it colorful and thick-lined enough to stand out like a title should. Draw an illustration from the story and color it fully. There should be no white space on your cover when you are done. It will look amazing!
3---Read the questions for page 1, 2, and 3. (Remember you are not writing on the inside of the cover.) Write your answers on page 3-3 in your notebook before you plan to write in the little poster book. On page 3-3 divide it into 3 sections by counting down 9 lines and tracing it and then counting up 9 from the bottom and tracing. Make sure you restate the 3rd question because it is a RADD format. Restate, Answer, Detail, Detail.
Question 1---Make a list with a title of the treasure Mariana found after the storm.
Question 2---What is a ramshackle hut? The author uses this word to describe the hut more than once. Use the illustrations and descriptions to come up with a good definition of the word and examples of why it describes Mariana's home.
Question 3---RADD. Why is it important to the story that the children change their feelings about Mariana? Use two details from the text to explain your response.