Introduction
Good day, Traveler!
You just won a ticket to travel around the world! Now, you can choose the country you would like to visit. It is important that you remember that knowing about different countries helps you understand different realities. It is important that you choose carefully, because you can only choose one country. Good luck!
Your essential question: What makes the country of my choice worth visiting?
Task
As a future traveler, you will be investigating about a country of your choice, pinpointing the most important places to visit, its customs and relevant events events you would love to attend. You will also need to describe these places and tell us why you chose them and how different their customs are from Chile. You will put this information together and present it to us using a PowePoint.Also, you will look for the information on several webpages (like YouTube and Wikipedia).
Process
You will be working on your own. You will need to follow the next steps:
Step One
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Go to Google, Wikipedia or any other source of information and search the name of your country.
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You should take notes on the important elements (places to visit, customs and relevant events, etc.) in a Google Doc. This will help you later on.
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Use your institutional email and access Google Drive.
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Prepare a folder with all your resources so it becomes easier o organize yourself.
Step Two
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Write a paragraph in your Google Doc describing its location, the spoken language, places to visit, customs and relevant or traditional events.
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Write another paragraph explaining why you would like to visit this place and in which ways it is better or worse than Chile.
Step Three
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Make sure to use comparatives and superlatives in your second paragraph.
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Review your paragraph and make sure it corresponds to the requirements of the rubric.
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Upload your work to the Google Classroom Task Folder.
Resources:
Google: it is required you register with an account so you can have access to all the tools offered by Google.
Google Drive: one of Google's many gadgets. It provides you extra space to use multiple in-apps that mirror the ones provided by Microsoft Word. (how to use Google Drive)
Google Docs: one of Drive's in-apps. This app lets you work as if you were using Microsoft Word. (how to use Google Docs)
Wikipedia: Free-for-all platform which allows you to explore an immense amount of information. However, its worst drawback is that anyone can modify the information.
YouTube: A webpage in which you can upload multiple types of content. From video tutorials to gaming sessions.
Evaluation
This is the rubric.
Name:
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10-9 |
8-7 |
6-5 |
4-3 |
2-1 |
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Content |
The contents are carefully explained and organized. The student provides reasons for choosing their country. |
The contents are explained. The student provides reasons for choosing their country. |
The contents are briefly explained. The students provides few reasons for choosing their country. |
The contents are briefly explained. The student doesn’t provide reasons for choosing their country. |
The contents are loosely explained. |
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Use of English |
The structure of the task addresses all the aspects of language required for the task. |
The structure of the task addresses most aspects of language required for the task. |
The structure of the task addresses some aspects of language required for the task. |
The structure of the task addresses very few aspects of the language required for the task. |
The structure of the task doesn’t address many aspects of the language. |
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Use of Resources |
The student demonstrates great ability at using several ICT resources to produce the task. |
The student demonstrates ability at using ICT resources to produce the task. |
The students shows skill at using some ICT resources to produce the task. |
The student show skill at using the minimum ICT resources to produce the task. |
The student includes very little ICT resources to produce the task. |
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Score |
/30 |
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Mark |
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Conclusion
Conclusion
Congratulations! By completing this task you are now able to travel to whatever country you chose in your paragraph. The judges will now notify you when you can go. Thanks for participating in the contest.
If you are interested in the topic of traveling around the world, here are some resources for you:
Credits
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
Pedagogía en Educación en Media en Inglés
Profesores en Formación:
Mario Gómez Fuentes
Bastián Cárcamo Sáez