Mrs. Vasquez's Web Quest Trip to Puerto Rico

Introduction

Your awesome Spanish Teacher Mrs. Vasquez and her best friend and fellow Spanish teacher, Mrs. Toro just won the Ultimate Jackpot on the Wheel of Fortune game show during Best Friends Week!

The Ultimate Jackpot prize included $150,000 and a trip to Puerto Rico.  Since Mrs. Vasquez and Mrs. Toro love how their students are so excited to learn about the Spanish language and its culture, they want to reward their level one Spanish classes with a trip to Puerto Rico.  The teachers decided that both classes will travel together to Puerto Rico and that students from each class will be paired up and become pen pals so they can get to know each other before their trip.


































































Task

This webquest will have two parts and each part will have a final product. The first part will be done individually and the second part will be completed as a group.

Part I

Since Mrs. Vasquez's and Mrs. Toro's classes will travel to Puerto Rico together, you will have the chance to get to know one another by becoming penpals with another student in Mrs. Toro's class. For this first assignment, you will compose an introductory letter in Spanish to your penpal and they will write on to you and send it to them via Edmodo.

Part II  

You and your classmates will be divided into groups of three students. The final outcome will be for each group to give a class presentation of their travel plans where Mrs. Vasquez, Mrs. Toro, and our school principal will determine the winning travel presentation. This presentation will be done in English.









Process

Part I: Individual Assignment

To get ready for the trip to Puerto Rico, you are going to write a letter in Spanish to introduce yourself to your new penpal. To help you with process, you must refer to  each of the links below to get some ideas of what your letter should be like.

1.  Take notes during this process, for this will be taken into account on how you prepared to write your letter.

               50 THINGS TO SAY TO PENPALS

               http://www.uncustomary.org/50-things-to-tell-your-penpal/ 

               Describe yourself to others.

               http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/beg09.html

               Describe what you like to do.

               http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/beg05.html

                    Extra Credit: (5pts) Tell your penpal how much you weigh and how tall your are. Measure first using Standard English Measurements and convert it to the Metric System. Must use correct grammar and vocabulary to receive all 5 points.

                   http://www.metric-conversions.org/ 

2. Your letter must include the following:  Proper greetings, typical parts of an informal letter, your age, grade in school, where you live (city and state), date of birth, and where you were born, your nationality, describe your favorites past times, sport, music, singer/ group, and ask them questions about their likes and dislikes.

3. Write your rough draft and submit it to Mrs. Vasquez.

4. After you get your rough draft back, review it, make corrections, and submit your final draft of your introductory letter via Edmodo so you can send it to your penpal.

https://www.edmodo.com/ 

Part II 

You and your classmates will be divided into groups of four students.  Within each group, each student will choose a job from below. Each person will be responsible for completing their tasks in order for the group to put informartion together for a presentation of their findings.

Tour Guide: Is responsible for choosing places to visit in each region of Puerto Rico. The tour guide will also inform group members of the most important and interesting places to visit. The tour guide must also be very well acquainted  with the climate, weather, local crops, and uniqueness of each region, since this information will be helpful in selecting places to visit.

http://www.seepuertorico.com/ 

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g147319-s207/Puerto-Rico:Caribbean:Tourist.Board.Info.html 

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/puerto-rico 

http://www.prfdance.org/history.htm

Cultural Expert: This person's job is to find out about the people of Puerto Rico, typical customs, daily routine, such as time for meals,Puerto Rican cuisine, when students attend school, local greetings, and other customs.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/puerto-rico-history-and-heritage-13990189/?no-ist

http://welcome.topuertorico.org/aboutpr.shtml 

http://www.prfdance.org/history.htm

Photographer/ Graphic Designer: This person is in charge of finding and collecting photos to represent the group's itinerary through Puerto Rico's regions, its culture, people, cuisine, climate, history, etc. It is also their job to obtain graphics of the country's map, and flag, and setting up the graphics for the presentation either via Microsoft PowerPoint, a brochure, or poster board.

 http://welcome.topuertorico.org/aboutpr.shtml

 www.Flickr.com 

 http://www.prfdance.org/history.htm

 






















Evaluation

Part I. Introductory Penpal Letter will be graded as follows:

Letter must be written in Spanish from beginning to end. Consult class notes, textbook, and another student for any questions regarding grammar rules prior to asking Mrs. Vasquez.

  • Proper greeting     (2pts)
  • Introductory letter has the five components of an informal letter   (5 pts)
  • Correct description of:

        a.) your age    

        b.) grade in school

        c.) where you live (city and state)

        d.) date of birth  

        e.) where you were born

        f.) your nationality

        g.) describe your favorites past times, food, sport, music, and/or singer/ group

        h.) ask them questions about their likes and dislikes or on other topic.      (48- 56 pts.)

  • Subject verb aggreement of all sentences
  • Noun adjective agreement related sentences       

                                                                                            Total points   65 

                                                                          Extra Credit    +5

                                                                      Total Pts Possible 70

Part II. Presentation of Trip to Puerto Rico

Category

Very Good

Fair

Poor

Rating

Presentation

 

Speaker’s   voice was clear and had great volume. Audience was able to hear and   understand. Speaker maintained a lot of eye contact with the audience.

 

Speaker’s   voice was clear. Audience had no trouble hearing and understanding. Speaker   had some eye contact with the audience.

 

Speaker   had trouble stating facts. Presenter’s voice too low or soft; making it   difficult to understand. Little to no eye contact with audience.

 

 

 

Organization

 

Project   was well organized. Great transitions between topics. Very evident time was   well spent preparing. Organized display of information.

 

Some   organization of project.  Apparent organization   of presentation and displays Speakers had some knowledge of information being   presented. Noticeable evidence of prep time.

 

Project   poorly organized. Presentation and/or display out of order. Speakers lacked   direction. Little to no evidence of enough time spent preparing.

 

 

Information/

Research

All   information provided. All topics were well covered. Very evident a lot of   time was spent researching for information.

 

 

Most   information provided. Almost all topics covered. Somewhat evident that   quality time was spent researching information.

 

Very   little information provided. Half or less than half topics were covered. Not   much time spent researching information.

 

Display / Content

Well   put together display. Content was easy to understand. Plenty of graphics were   provided.

 

Display   was mediocre. Information legible. Displayed information was understandable.   Some graphics were provided.

 

Display   was poorly done. Information was not displayed well. Difficult to understand displayed   information. Little to no materials /images used.

 

 








Conclusion

Congratulations for completing this web quest. You are now more prepared to go on our trip to Puerto Rico.  You prepared yourselves by reviewing grammar points we covered in class and used them by practicing how to introduce yourselves to someone new and ask them questions. This also was useful to you in getting to know your penpal whom you will meet on the trip.  You also were able to familiarize yourself with the culture, climate, people, cuisine, history, and geography of Puerto Rico, which will be helpful to you when you visit.

All you have to do now is figure out what to take on your trip. Start packing!!!!!!

(I think I have another project in mind......)



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