Where Is The Best Place To Travel?

Introduction

Do you often dream of traveling to far away places? Well today, you get to!

In this webquest, you will be researching some of the most popular vacation destinations from around the world. You will then pick the destination that you like best and write a pursuasive article as to why the reader should stayat that destination. You will include things such as, what attractions make your destination the best, the price, why customs come back year after year... etc. Your article should be written as though it would be fetured in a travel magazine. Your article should also inclue an enticing photo for the reader.

Task

Research:

1.) Visit websites I have provided to research the most popular vation destinations

2.) Pick the one you like the best to use for your article

3.) Find the specific name of your destination

4.) The most popular hotel at that location to include in your article

5.) The most popular attractions

6.) Good food to eat while visiting

7.) And one other interesting fact of your choice

Task:

1.) Write a realistic persuasive article as to why the reader hsoudl visit that loaction and why it would be the best choice.

2.) Include a picture of the destination

Process

Starting off, use these websites provided to learn about the most popular destination vacations:

1. https://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Destinations-cPopular-g1

2. https://travel.usnews.com/rankings/worlds-best-vacations/

3. https://travel.usnews.com/rankings/best-usa-vacations/

Once you have read a little bit about some of them and looked through the different locations, you need to find 5 things about your location. Have a piece of paper handy to write down your findings:

1.) Find the specific name of your destination (city, state, province, country,...etc.)

2.) The most popular hotel at that location

3.) The most popular attractions

4.) Good food to eat while visiting

5.) And one other interesting fact of your choice

Once you have that information, you will need to find a picture of your destination to include with your article.

Now you are ready to begin your article. Remeber to create an interesting title. This is persuasve, you are trying to get the reader to believe that youur destination is the best and that they should visit it above the rest. Make sure the tone in your article reflects that.

Evaluation

This is your rubric for the project:

CATEGORY	4 - Above Standards	3 - Meets Standards	2 - Approaching Standards	1 - Below Standards	Score
Attention Grabber	The article has a strong hook or attention grabber that is appropriate for the audience. This could be a strong statement, a relevant quotation, statistic, or question addressed to the reader.	The article has a hook or attention grabber, but it is weak, rambling or inappropriate for the audience.	The author has an interesting hook but the connection to the topic is not clear.	The hook is not interesting AND is not relevant to the topic.
Evidence and Examples	Includes 5 examples of evidence and examples are specific, relevant and explanations are given that show how each piece of evidence supports the author\'s position.	Most of the evidence and examples are specific, relevant and explanations are given that show how each piece of evidence supports the author\'s position.	At least one of the pieces of evidence and examples is relevant and has an explanation that shows how that piece of evidence supports the author\'s position.	Evidence and examples are NOT relevant AND/OR are not explained.
Image	The author has an interesting image that would invite the reader to view their article.	The author chooses an unexciting image from their destination.	The author\'s image is hard to see or not viewable for the reader.	There is no image.
Audience	Demonstrates a clear understanding of the potential reader and uses appropriate vocabulary and arguments. Anticipates reader\'s questions and provides thorough answers appropriate for that audience.	Demonstrates a general understanding of the potential reader and uses vocabulary and arguments appropriate for that audience.	Demonstrates some understanding of the potential reader and uses arguments appropriate for that audience.	It is not clear who the author is writing for.
Grammar & Spelling	Author makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Author makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Author makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Author makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

Conclusion

Now you know how to take information from the world around you and create a persuasive article to prove your point. Thsi skillset will be helpful throughout your entire life. Stand up for what you believe in but also have the facts to prove what you believe as you demonstrated in this project.

Teacher Page

In this webquest, your student will learn how to research, collect information, make peronsal desisions, and apply their research to make a persuasive article. This article would be targeted at someone planning a vacation.

Standard this meets: 1.3 Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

Here is an article that could be helpful if your student is having troubl ewriting persuasivly.

https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/teach-persuasive-writing-children/