Introduction
FESTIVALS, FESTIVALS, FESTIVALS!!!
Have you thought of visiting Honduras, Russia, or Mexico? What about having Friends from there? What do they celebrate? Which festivals are important for them? What languages do university students from those countries learn?
Find out information about festivals in those countries!
In this language adventure, you are going to venture into those three countries, visit places and enjoy their important festivals! Besides, you will be able to make Mexican, Russian and Honduran friends in this quest!!
Welcome to your
"Festivals Around The World Quest!"
Task
Objectives:
Content Objective: Ss will talk about what relevant festivals in their own and other countries are like.
Language Objective: Participants will be able to use adjectives, the simple present, simple past, future, as well as the present perfect tenses to talk about relevant facts and information of festivals in their own and other countries.
Let´s start:
Here we go!!
Answer the following questions together with your group partner!
You need to go through all the web pages to answer the questions and then, in class, we will all talk about each question and our journey through the web!
We will travel to:
Mexico, visiting: 
Festival Internacional Cervantino
Morelia International Film Festival, and
The Guelaguetza
Russia, visiting: 
Ivan Kupala Day
Maslenitsa festival, and
Old New Year celebrations
Honduras, visiting:
National Garifuna Festival
Easter week (Semana Santa) celebration, and
Juniana Fair
Process
Welcome to Mexico!
Question 1:
What are the film sections in the Morelia International Film Festival? Mention their important characteristics.
http://moreliafilmfest.com/en/el-festival/
Question 2:
When and where is this important International Film Festival? Mention how to participate in the call for entries or to get tickets for the festival.
http://moreliafilmfest.com/en/el-festival/
Question 3:
What does Guelaguetza mean for Oaxacan people? How is the "guelaguetza" present in their lives?
http://gomexico.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/p/guelaguetza.htm
Question 4:
How can people attend to a Guelaguetza festival? are there specific dates?
http://gomexico.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/p/guelaguetza.htm
Question 5:
Why does the International Cervantino Festival receive this name? What is the relevance of this festival?
http://www.visitmexico.com/en/festival-cervantino-in-guanajuato-mexico
Question 6:
What can be done during the Cervantino festival?
http://www.visitmexico.com/en/festival-cervantino-in-guanajuato-mexico
Welcome To Russia!
Question 7:
What can blossom on Ivan Kupala Day?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyyROi0pYU this video is to feel the atmosphere
Question 8:
What happens during Maslenitsa festival on Thursday?
http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/maslenitsa/
Question 9:
What are people supposed to answer during the last Sunday before the Lent?
Please watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKgujBkyoC4
Question 10:
What do Russian Orthodox believers do during Old New Year?
Please watch this video to find out the answer http://yandex.ru/video/search?filmId=pxVGq6tiUXI&t
Welcome to Honduras!
Question 11:
Where and when do the Garifuna Festival take place?
Question 12:
What are most of the dishes prepared for the Garifuna Festival made of? can you mention some?
Question 13
How is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Easter traditionally celebrated by the Honduran celebrants?
Question 14:
What are the decorative carpets people use to cover the streets made of? How long do they last?
http://thisishonduras.com/People_and_Culture.htm
Question 15:
How long does the Juniana Fair last? and in what month is it celebrated?
http://www.destination360.com/central-america/honduras/feria-juniana
Question 16:
Where and when does the largest parade take place at the "Feria Juniana" (June Fair) in Honduras?
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/parades-honduras-105459.html
Evaluation
You are set!! you are a very adventurous international visitor!
Let´s test your knowledge of those places!
- Get ready to talk about those countries, discuss your adventures with your team! and get ready to meet people from those beautiful countries you visited!
Please, practice what to say about the three countries and their festivals. For doing so use the following pronunciation free online dictionaries to help you:
- Now, let´s organize the information obtained in a mind map using www.spiderscribe.net, to create an ideas web!
Once you finish, please go to:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0bdUNBJugPOaFk1UG9hOFBSWnc&authuser=0 to see the rubric that will be used in peer evaluation.
- The day of the presentation has come! In your group, you will tell your partner what you know of that beautiful country you visited.
- Writing is important! with your spiderscribe.net information, in your group, write a composition of 100 words and continue working hard! In class we will share it with the rest of the groups!
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Get together again and practice reading aloud your information from the composition you wrote! Then, record your voice using http://www.voki.com.
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Once it is recorded, publish your audio productions in our Facebook group account.
Create a flashy, unique presentation about every country, using the information your international friends gave you!
It´s been great to run along with you in this adventurous webquest!
Conclusion
This has been a very exciting and incredible adventure, but sadly, it has come to an end.
We just have one more thing to do:
Go to: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fes.surveymonkey.com%2Fs%2FSWSPV8D&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE8maR4xAv6w-RTkxd4uc3Ce0AVXg to assess your team members participation through an online survey!
Credits
Project presented by:
professors Guadalupe Tenorio, Mexico
Anastasiia Guliaeva, Russia
Gladis Escoto, Honduras.