«The sights of London»

Introduction

Dear journalists! We are going to visit London , enjoy the spectacular city views and go sightseeing. More than six million people live in London. London lies on both banks of the river Thames. It is the largest city in Europe and one of the largest cities in the world.Today we will know many interesting facts about London and its sights.



Task

Well, we start our trip. And you should do the following things:

  1. find  partner for the work;
  2. find some information about the sights of London to answer questions, it may be a text, video, audio information;
  3. choose the sight you like most of all;
  4. find information to prepare a presentation using a multi-media information about this sight;
  5. make a presentation;
  6. send an e-mail to your editor-in chief.
Process

Let’s start our work! You have to go to steps 1-4 and to do all tasks.

Step 1. Surf the Internet to find the answers to questions of the quiz:



Choose the best variant:

1. This park is famous for its outdoor entertainments and Speaker’s Corner.

a)   Green Park                     b)  Hyde Park               c) St James’s Park

2. It’s the popular museum of the famous detective and his friend.

a)   MOMI                             b) Science Museum    c) Sh. Holmes Museum

3. It’s a symbol of England, the coronation of all British kings and queens takes place there.

a)  the Tower of London     b) Big Ben                     c) Westminster Abbey

4. This park is famous for the popular London Zoo, a boating lake and an open-air theatre.

a)  Regent’s Park                   b) St James’s Park       c) Kensington Gardens

5. It’s the famous waxworks museum which has one of the largest collections of wax models in the world.

a)  Science Museum              b) MOMI                       c) Madam Tussaud’s Museum

6. It’s really a bell, you can hear it every hour.

a)   Big Ben                           b)  the Tower of London    c) the Houses of Parliament

7. This park is beautiful with its trees, flowerbeds and the view of Buckingham Palace.

a)   St James’s Park                b) Green Park                      c) Regent’s Park      

8. It’s the museum of the history and magic of cinema and TV.

a)      MOMI                           b)  Sh. Holmes Museum     c) Science Museum              

9. You can see the statue of the famous fairytale hero Peter Pan in this park.

a)  St James’s Park                  b)  Kensington Gardens        c) Regent’s Park                    

10. It’s a popular museum in London which has big collections of airplanes and microchips, here you can visit interesting scientific exhibitions.

a) Madam Tussaud’s Museum    b)   Science Museum       c) MOMI



Keys:

  1. Hyde Park    
  2. Sh. Holmes Museum
  3. Westminster Abbey    
  4. Regent’s Park                  
  5. Madam Tussaud’s Museum
  6. Big Ben                            
  7. St James’s Park                
  8. MOMI  
  9. Kensington Gardens          
  10. Science Museum

Step 2. Dear friends, have a look at the map of London , use your cards and try to find the sight.

  • Card1. You are at the Nelson’s Column at Trafalgar Square. Go straight on the Mall Fleet Street.Take left turn at the end of this street and go straight.It will be in front of you. (St. Paul’s Cathedral)
  • Card 2. You are near St. Paul’s Cathedral. Go along New State Street. Then take the Oxford Street. Go straight on until Marble Arch. Turn left at Park Lane and go that way. Then turn right at the Kensington Road. It will be on your left. (Buckingham Palace)
  • Card 3. You are at the London Eye.Go across the river Thames on Waterloo Bridge and turn the street to the right.Go straight on Embankment, and then go along Upper Thames Street. The river Thames is on your right.It will be between the London Bridge and Tower Bridge. (Tower of London)
  • Card 4. You are near the Tower of London. Cross over the river Thames on Tower Bridge. And go along Tower Bridge Road, and then The New Kent Road. Turn right at Waterloo Road. Go across the river on Waterloo Bridge and go straight on.Cross over the New State Street and Oxford Street.And go straight until it will be in front of you. (BritishMuseum)

Step 3. Answer the questions, please:

1.What is your team name?

2.What sight would you like to study and present?



Step 4. Now surf the resources for the images, video, audio, musical information about the sight you chose. You can use the following points: 1.location (map) 2. history (events that have influenced greatly)



Step 5.  You are to prepare your presentation. Use all the information you have found today. Good luck!



Step 6. Let’s listen to your presentations.Be ready to answer questions. Please, listen your classmates to choose the best variant for sending to your editor-in-chief.

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on 5 things:



1. Research Web Search and Investigation - 25 points

2. Presentation Contents - 25 points

3. Language Accuracy (Style, Grammar, Vocabulary) - 25 points 

4. Group Work - 10 points 

5. Design - 15 points 

Conclusion

My congratulations on a well-done job!  I hope you enjoyed the webquest! You should be proud of yourself!

Teacher Page

This webquest can be very useful and interesting  for all the teachers who want to develop their students' creativity!

In this webquest students develop:

  1. speaking skills
  2. creativity
  3. analysis
  4. sense of responsibility
  5. cooperation
  6. communicative competence of English



Filatova Alexandra (AK-120), Tatarchuk Tatyana (AK-120)