Introduction
Welcome: Planning a trip
This webquest is created to help students get inmerse in the English language.
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Students: students of english as a second language
Grade:college/ adults
Curriculum language arts
Author Berenice Iruegas
Task
Are you ready for next summer vacation?
Let´s work on it!!
Your task is to create a trip plan or next summer vacation to USA. You need to get in a gropu of 4 members, each member will take a role and look for information:
Budget planner: this student will get all the information about the costs of hotel and airlane tickets. At least 3 options.
Historian: this guide is searching the cultural and historical places of the chosen city. minimum 3 options.
Itinerary guide: this person will seach for the most entertaining places to go.
Safety guide: He will check information about hospitals and health insurance in case of emergency.
After searching all the information necesary, you have to gather to create the plan. You are free to use any digital resource.
Process
Activities:
Sesion 1
- Get in teams of four people
- Take a role
- Search for information
- Work in teams to share ideas
- Show the plan trip to class
Sesion 2
Products.
Your team will show to class the plant trip, by using some digital resources as templates, videos and fliers.
Resources:
http://travel.usnews.com/Rankings/best_usa_vacations/
https://aeromexico.com/us/welcome.html
Evaluation
Evaluation Rubric
Conclusion
Congratulations!!
Now we are ready to go on vacation.
You have experienced what it takes to make a plan.
You have practiced your speaking, listening, writing and reading skills.
You have developed critical thinking strategies.
You have learnt to practice team work, analize its advantages and disadvantages.