TASK-BASED LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Introduction

Hello English Language Learners! Welcome to your task-based learning activities. In this WebQuest, you will learn more about various topics while you practice your language skills as you learn more vocabulary words. You can also enhance your knowledge about the food and desserts you eat at home, your extended family members who live back home, and more! Let's dive into exciting activities while enhancing your home culture! All the tasks were designed for you to complete with your family to spend quality time with your families while you learn! You can complete these tasks with your parents at home and pick one of the tasks that you would like to present in class. Use Google Translate as needed.  

Task

Task 1: Preparing a Restaurant Menu from the Home Country's Cusine

Prepare a restaurant menu with famous food and desserts from your home country. 

https://youtu.be/2irBxexPpjY?si=VCj7JO6fLUoOu498

https://youtu.be/00bHj2y11Es?si=ykLRei67u39Kfjfp

Task 2: Learning about the extended family members back home

Please share a story about faraway extended family members, including your grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. 

Family Tree Templates: https://freefamilytreetemplates.com/4-generation-family-tree-template/ 

Task 3: Practicing your math and science skills with your family

Have a conversation with your parents about plants and gardening while you enjoy getting fresh air and spending excellent quality time outside with your family.

You can measure water in the water bottle, count seeds, start tallying days on a calendar to keep track of plant growth, and record observations.

If you don't have a backyard, no worries, you can perfectly measure soil into small pots, count and plant seeds, predict which seeds will sprout first, and make observations by counting the days and measuring the length of their height, which will help your number skills in math content.

Measure the approximate size of the objects around your room. Have fun predicting how many inches long or feet high your refrigerator and vanity are.

https://youtu.be/EOYVNcihBn4?si=U5apJrj1nf0n6DCG

Task 4: Rediscovering your neighborhood

You can talk about the places you would like to visit most around your neighborhood. This can be your local library, playground, or favorite patisserie to have your dessert from while enjoying your family talk there.

https://youtu.be/QbgCBr-534A?si=kKOj9x0RSrk4SHux

Google Translate Link: https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&op=translate

Process

Task 1: Prepare a restaurant menu from your home country's famous food and dessert. 

You can show interest by joining the conversation and discussing your favorite food and dessert from your experience with your family.

Ask as many questions as possible about your home country's famous food and dessert.

Pick one famous food and one dessert to discuss the ingredients.

During your presentation, could you give your class more detailed information about those delicious foods and desserts?

Task 2: Write a story about one of the faraway extended family members and share it with your teacher and classmates.

Ask as many questions as you can about the faraway family member to your parents so that you know about the person's likes and dislikes.

The questions shouldn't be yes/no questions. You can use the information question words as you ask about your faraway extended family member.

Take notes while you are listening. Remember the note-taking strategies that we had learned recently in our class.

Task 3: Your notes for your math and science skills from your garden 

Talk about math and science concepts with your parents while you enjoy getting fresh air and spending excellent quality time with your family.

It is time to share your notes with your class during the growth process of your plant.

It is time to present your plant to your classmates and your teacher. 

Task 4: Rediscovering your neighborhood

You can talk about the places you would like to visit most around your neighborhood. This can be your local library, playground, or favorite patisserie to have your dessert from while enjoying your family talk there.

Talk about the places that you like the most to go and visit around your neighborhood.

Is that place in your local library where you go with your family and choose your books to read?

Is that place the playground where you would like to spend time with your family and friends while getting fresh air and having fun?

Is that place your favorite patisserie or bakery where you buy your favorite dessert or bread from there?

Evaluation

Present one of the tasks to your class: your choice of creating a poster or a PowerPoint Presentation. 

Share at least fourteen new vocabulary words you learned during your journey of the tasks you completed with your family!

Google Translate Link: https://translate.google.com/?sl=ar&tl=en&op=translate

Conclusion

You all did a fantastic job! You have explored various aspects of language and your home culture through this WebQuest. Keep practicing with your new vocabulary words and keep up the excellent work! Your English skills will continuously grow as you discover new things with your family. 

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This WebQuest aims to engage English Language Learners in diverse activities that blend language learning while applying the task-based learning methodology—incorporating language learning with exploration and creativity, involving their family for added support and enjoyment.