Introduction
Travelogue is a piece of writing about a travel. It gives a lot of information about the places people visit and the people they met. They are a interesting resource as well as an important literary resource. It is the most commonly used way of creating writing skill by visiting a particular area and then putting it into the reader's mind. This Webquest is designed to enable the students to practice their writing skills and grammar. In this task, students will research a country and create a travelogue highlighting attractions and what they saw and learned while visiting using the web. They will be researching their assigned country and writing about where you traveled and what you saw. As you are creating your travelogue, make sure to make it interesting so that others will want to read it and want to visit your country.
Task
A travelogue of a journey to a foreign country in which you write a day to day account of where you went and what you saw. You should be using factual information about the location. Describe your flight to your destination, using some creativity. Talk about the food you ate and the places you went. Discuss some well-known attractions from your destination. You will share your travelogues with your friends by making a short presentation.
Process
First, you need to make a research about how to write a travelogue. You can check these links for information. You need to follow these steps to write your task appropriately.
https://academichelp.net/creative-writing/write-travelogue.html
https://www.freelancewriting.com/business-writing/8-tips-for-writing-a-travelogue/
Second, pick a country and a city about which you are going to write a travelogue. Make a research about the places you will write and give some specific examples from there. You can pick anywhere from the world. Just make sure that you follow the steps for writing a travelogue. You can upload pictures of the place. You need to add the map of the country and city for visual aids.
Here is examples for you to understand more.
https://academichelp.net/samples/creative-writing-samples/travelogue-samples/
https://sirmikko.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/student-travelogue-my-wonders-of-tagaytay/
Finally, pay attention to your grammar usage for this writing. Use appropriate language and pick useful vocabulary.
Evaluation
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CATEGORY |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Organization |
Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. |
Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. |
Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed. |
The information appears to be disorganized. 8) |
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Amount of Information |
All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. |
All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. |
All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each. |
One or more topics were not addressed. |
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Quality of Information |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. |
Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. |
Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. |
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Paragraph Construction |
All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. |
Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. |
Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well. |
Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs. |
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Diagrams & Illustrations |
Diagrams and illustrations are neat, accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are neat and accurate and sometimes add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Diagrams and illustrations are not accurate OR do not add to the reader's understanding of the topic. |
Conclusion
We learn a lot about the countries you wrote about. We will see differences of different places. Your travelogues gave us glimpses into countries within the continents. And you will practice and improve your writing skills through this task. You have all become experts on a part of the world, and I want you to share your knowledge and expertise as we learn together.
Credits
Permissions
We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is granted for others to use and modify this WebQuest for educational, non-commercial purposes as long as the original authorship is credited. The modified WebQuest may be shared only under the same conditions. See the Creative Commons Attribution • Non-Commercial • Share-Alike license for details.
Teacher Page
This project will have students researching countries around the world. Each student will practice their writing skills use their creativity by creating a travelogue and will share their travelogue with the class. This will help students to learn about new places and it contributes to their writing skills.
Students
This lesson is intended for students in college but it could be modified for younger or older students. For instance, younger students might not be required to produce their reports on web pages—posters might make more sense. Older students could be required to produce a travelogue with web pages.