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Introduction

You have always wanted to go to Europe and your family has decided to take a trip to Spain at the end of this summer.

While you are there you will be visiting three major cities: Madrid, Barcelona and Seville. You are extremely excited, however, you’ve realized that there’s a small problem. Neither you nor your family knows any Spanish nor do they know anything about the country.

Since you are out of school for the summer they have left it up to you to figure things out. To make your trip to Spain an enjoyable one you need to find out some essential phrases that will help you to get by. You will also need some basic information about the country and its culture so that you know what to expect when you get there as well as what to do.

Since this is such a big task you have asked 3 of your friends to help you in finding out what you and your family needs to know before going on your big trip.

Task

In looking for the information to assist you and your family in their travels you will need to organize what you have found.

Your task is to take the information you have found and create a small book that can be carried with you on your trip. The book you create will contain the following information all in Spanish: (Please note that the following areas will be explained in greater detail in the process section).

-    Important phrases and words
-    Transportation
-    Foods
-    Climate/Clothing
-    Tourist Attractions
-    Celebrations
-    Hotels

Your book should also contain relevant photos to accompany the different sections. (i.e. A photo of the famous cathedral in Sevilla in the section on Tourist Attractions).

At the beginning and end of this task you will also be required to write a short journal entry based on questions that will be presented to you with respect to the task at hand. However, this is not part of your book, it is a separate part of the assignment and will be done individually.

Process

Before beginning your research each of you will be writing a short essay. Using this link, write your essay based on the questions presented on that page. Write it on your own paper or type it in a new document. DO NOT edit the document shared with you.

Where to begin:

1. The class will be divided into groups of 4 and each person will have a specific responsibility within the group.

2. Students one and two will be designated to find essential phrases while students three and four will be designated to find general information about Spain.

3. While looking for information, be sure to collect some pictures along the way that you can incorporate into the final product.

4. As you go along and do your research you may want to type up what you have found to make it easier when it comes time to design your book. (That way you don't have to hand write everything - appearance counts!)

5. Your group will divide up responsibilities in the following way:

Student One: You will be responsible for finding out some essential phrases that you and your family will need to know in order to do certain things while you are in Spain. You will focus on the following areas:

    -    Common foods/drinks (2 foods per city)
    -    Phrases for ordering in a restaurant (5 phrases)
    -    Numbers
    -    Miscellaneous phrases that you feel would be useful (10 phrases) (Consult with student two about which phrases you wish to include)

Student Two: You will be responsible for finding out some essential phrases that you and your friend's family will need to know in order to do certain things while you are in Spain. You will focus on the following areas:

    -    Modes of transportation
    -    Phrases you would use in an airport, bus station, train station or metro
    -    Finding and/or checking in a hotel
    -    Miscellaneous phrases that you feel would be useful

(Consult with student one about which phrases you wish to include)

Students one & two can use the following links to get started:

Elementary Spanish - Basic Spanish vocabulary on Quizlet

Spanish Phrase Index - Index of a variety of topics that include vocabulary and common phrases.

Spanish Tutorial - Very basic Spanish phrases & greetings.

Hotel Check in Phrases - Phrases used to check-in to a hotel in a Spanish-speaking country

Student Three: You will be responsible for finding out some basic, but important information about Spain that will help your friend’s family to plan for their trip and enjoy their trip while they are there. You will focus on the following areas:

    -    Climate & the clothing you should bring
    -    Customs/Celebrations
    -    Hotels
    - Any other aspects to the country you feel are important to know.    (Consult student four to discuss this part).

Student Four: You will be responsible for finding out some basic, but important information about Spain that will help your friend’s family to plan for their trip and enjoy their trip while they are there. You will focus on the following areas:

    -    Foods
    -    Tourist Attractions (At least 3 attractions for each city that will be visited)
    - Any other aspects to the country you feel are important to know. (Consult student three to discuss this part).

Students three and four can use the following links to get started:

Culture in Spain - Gives a variety of information about the culture of Spain, the different regions of the country as well as popular sites to visit.

All About Spain - Offers a variety of information about Spain from bullfighting to flamenco to information about the climate.

Spanish Food - Introduction to Spanish foods

Now what do we do with all this information?

Now that you have collected all your information it is time to come together as a group, share what you have found and begin to organize it into your book. Your book should contain the following sections:

1. Essential Phrases (Be sure to categorize them according to topic) - Fraces Importantes
2. Climate - El Tiempo
3. Hotels - Los Hoteles
4. Foods (2-3 foods per city) - La Comida
5. Tourist Attractions - Atracción Turística
6. Customs/Celebrations - Celebraciones

Include any pictures or photographs you found while searching for information. You must include at least 10 pictures. See your teacher for materials to put your book together (Paper, glue, markers, scissors, etc.).

Presentation:

So you're all done! You've completed your book and your family is very grateful for your hard work. Now they can go on their trip and enjoy themselves without having to spend their time learning some Spanish and figuring things out on their own about Spain. But now you must present your book to your family and show them what you have found.

You and your group members will spend about 5-10 minutes to briefly explain to the class what you have found. While you are listening to other presentations you will be comparing in your mind the information you found and the information other groups found. Were they similar? Were they completely different? After the presentations we will spend a few minutes discussing what the groups have found.

Post Activity:

Using this link, write your conclusion essay.

Evaluation

Evaluation Rubric

	4 (15-12 pts)	3 (11-8 pts)	2 (7-4 pts)	1 (0-3 pts)	Score

Individual Contribution to the Final Product	-Student contributed all required components -Quality of contribution was excellent	-Student contributed the majority of the required components - Quality of contribution was good	-Student contributed some of the required components -Quality of contribution was satisfactory	-Student contributed very few of the required components -Quality of contribution was poor	%25

Completion and Quality of Pre and Post Writing Activities (Individual)	-All activities were completed -Quality of content and writing were excellent	-The majority of the activities were completed - Quality of content and writing were good	-Activities were half completed -Quality of writing and content were satisfactory	-Activities were partially completed - Quality of writing and content were poor	%25

Ability to collaborate and work together as a group	-Group worked extremely well together - Barely any disagreements -Created final product successfully with no difficulties and collaborated very well to create final product	-Group generally worked well together -Minimal disagreements - Created final product successfully and had only 1 or 2 difficulties in collaborating to create final product	-Group was on their way to working well together - A few disagreements -Created final product successfully but had some difficulties collaborating as a group	-Group did not work well together - Many disagreements -Were unable to collaborate as a group to create the final product successfully	%25

Content and overall quality of final product	- Content was excellent; all information was there and it was accurate -Final product was of excellent quality	-Content was good; majority of information was there and relatively accurate -Final product was of good quality	-Content was satisfactory; missing some parts or misinformation -Final product was of a satisfactory quality	-Content was lacking, inadequate of missing -Final product was of a poor quality	%25

Total Score: %100

Conclusion

Now that you have completed this WebQuest you should have a good understanding/overview of:

(1) The necessary preparations one needs to make before traveling to a foreign country

(2) Basic information about culture, customs, foods, etc. in the country of Spain

(3) Some essential phrases that one should know or have on hand before traveling to a foreign country

Teacher Page

I prepared this web quest as a way to have my Spanish 1 students review all of the important vocabulary and grammar that they may already know. It is also a way to make sure the students are getting enough culture by introducing them to the culture of Spain.

Information included in this webquest is as follows:

- important phrases and words
- food
- climate/clothing

- the use of common verbs such as ser, estar, ir, necesitar, tener etc.

- culture/basic info. of Spain