My Native Place

Introduction

"East or West home is best" (English proverb)

"There is no place like home" (English proverb)

There are a lot of exciting cities and towns in the world which are famous for beautiful buildings and monuments, museums and concert halls, big shopping centres. Lepel is neither big nor can it boast having many tourist attractions. But in many respects it is a remarkable town and there are some things to see and to do in Lepel.

What do you know about the history of Lepel?
What sights would you recommend tourists to visit in Lepel?

Task

In this web-quest your task is

to do on-line research on the history and places of interest of Lepel;
to find some images of Lepel sights;
to discuss with your classmates what places of interest are worth seeing in Lepel;
to make a collage, a PowerPoint presentation or a booklet (MS OfficePublisher) about Lepel.

Process

STEP 1

go through all the links below and study the information about Lepel and its sights
Lepel 1
Lepel 2
Lepel 3
If you have found some useful links yourselves, don't forget to share them with your classmates.

STEP 2

find some images of Lepel sights.

STEP 3

discuss with your classmates what sights you would recommend to visit in Lepel.

STEP 4

make a collage, a PowerPoint presentation or a booklet (MS OfficePublisher) about Lepel, make a report to your classmates.

Evaluation

Activity/mark	3-4	5-6	7-8	9-10	Score
Research and sharing of information	Finds and shares little or no pertinent information with other team members	Finds and shares some pertinent information with other team members	Finds and shares important information needed to accomplish the task	Finds and shares a great deal of important information to accomplish the task, adding complementary details	10
Cooperation	Rarely takes part in group discussions, shares very few ideas and does not respect others' opinions	Occasionally takes part in group discussions, shares some ideas and respects others' opinions to a limited degree	Takes an active part in group discussions, shares ideas most of the time, and respects others' opinions	Takes the initiative in group discussions, shares ideas, and encourages others to do the same, respects others' opinions	10
Authorship License:	No links to all the materials	No links to the factual material	Some links to the materials used are not direct	All the links to all the materials used are direct	10

Content:	Doesn’t cover the questions studied	There are some factual mistakes	The information seems good but not sufficient or the language is too difficult	Covers topic completely, the language is understandable (adapted, not just copied from the Internet)	10
Organization of thought:	No structure, the information is disconnected	The information is organized, but there are no logical links between the parts	The information is organized logically but misses headings	The information is organized logically and has headings	10
Esthetic value:	There is difficulty in reading the information on the slides/pages, the photos are of low quality	Either the texts or the photos prevent comprehension	There is no unity in organizing the information	The presentation/ collage/booklet is done esthetically and creatively	10

Total score: 60

Conclusion

Dear students, I hope you have learnt a lot of useful things about the history and sights of your native town Lepel. From now on you can recommend what places of interest visitors can see in Lepel.

Teacher Page

This web quest is designed:

to incorporate the use of the Internet and computer programs (MS PowerPoint, MS OfficePublisher)
to teach the students:1) work collaboratively 2) give recommendations
to broaden students' outlook
to stimulate and develop their competences and speaking skills.