A Spanish Travel
Brochure Project
A Webquest
Designed to answer the Essential Question
Does a foreign language influence
culture and transcend across national borders and continental waters?
You have been studying Spanish for a year now. You have learned that Spanish is spoken all
around the world. We have already
studied that Spanish is spoken in
Your task is to choose
another Spanish speaking country other than
The entire brochure must be in Spanish. ¡No inglés! You must pass in a rough draft that includes the
following on the task list. this must be corrected by me before you produce
your final brochure. You have 5 days to complete the brochure. Your grade will
go down one whole grade for each day it is received late. Use the following links to find your information on the web.
Rough
Draft Task List
a welcome or greeting
the
weather
five
articles of clothing
five
typical foods
monetary
unit of the country
five travel
items to remember to bring
five
commands to state what the traveler needs to bring with him, or do on his trip
After you have
completed the rough draft you may begin searching for photos that you want to
decorate your brochure with. You will
need the handout provided on Creating a
Brochure using MS Publisher .
Simply follow the directions from this handout that Mrs. Castraberti has made
for you. Remember to use the brochure
style that has 3 panels. On the first page you will need to create the cover,
the back flap and the inside flap. Make
sure your greeting is on the cover and your checklist is on the backflap. You may add any other additional information on
the second page. All pages must be
complete. When you add a picture from
the internet make sure you cite the source.
Don’t forget to save often!
Use may also use the Shortcut Keys for other Windows Software
handout to insert the foreign language accents or use insert symbols on the
toolbar. Remember these are important because
it may make a difference in meaning without an accent.
Completed
Travel Brochure Task List
·
a welcome or
greeting
·
the name of the
country
·
the flag of the
country
·
5 places or
things of interest with pictures( can be museums, parks,famous
paintings, statues)
·
citations under
the pictures (websites)
·
captions with the
pictures ( what is the picture)
·
the weather (
maximum and minimum temperature)
·
5 articles of
clothing
·
5 typical foods
·
monetary unit of
the country
·
common mode of
transportation
·
5 important
travel items to remember ( on the checklist)
·
5 commands( these
may be anywhere throughout the brochure)
·
your name
You will be graded on
your project according to the rubric that follows below. In your best interest you should refer to the
rubric many times to see exactly what is expected of you. All my expectations
are there for a good grade, there are no surprises. Use the task list above to
check things off as you complete them to make sure you have absolutely
everything you need in the project that is being required. Also look at the
sample projects on the table in the computer lab to see what constitutes an
excellent project, a good project, and a fair project. Use your imagination and be creative when
designing your brochure. Make sure you
are careful to type correctly because I will be marking off for spelling. Again remember ¡NO INGLÉS!
Grade 8
Spanish Mrs. Mirra
Learning Standards
Travel Brochure
Foreign Language Stage 1
Grades 6-8 in a 6-12 Sequence:
Name___________________________________
1.5, 2.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.3
4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 6.2, 7.1
Instructional
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Standard Criteria |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Points Earned |
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Organization |
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Brochure is well planned
and easy to follow. It includes the
following written in French/.Spanish
|
Perfect! Pages flow. Content is specific to the
country. Well-planned. All items are present. |
Good. Missing one item. |
Hastily planned. A few pages not in order. Missing 2 items. |
Totally confusing Where do I begin? Missing more than 2 items from task list. |
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Creativity |
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Brochure is visually
pleasing |
Eye-catching, Fonts are easy
to read; colors are attractive and blend well together throughout the
brochure. Use of bars and dividers
enhance the brochure. Pictures are
pleasing and strategically placed. |
Attractive brochure, but
missing dividers or pictures not placed well |
Fonts are hard to read
(either too small or poor choice of color)
colors do not blend well together throughout the brochure |
Colors do not blend well
together and text is hard to read because of inappropriate fonts. Pictures haphazardly placed |
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Depth of Knowledge |
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Correct French/Spanish
spelling, punctuation and grammar are demonstrated throughout the brochure. |
No errors |
One error |
2 errors |
More than 2 errors |
|
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Brochure exemplifies the influence
of French/ Spanish culture |
French or Spanish culture
is present in every aspect of the brochure |
Good, but could demonstrate
more cultural influence |
Lacks cultural influence of
native country |
Little to no cultural
influence present in the brochure |
|
A+ 16 A
15-14 B+ 12
B 11-10 C+ 8 C
7-6 D+ 4 D
2-3
A- 13
B- 9
C- 5 D- 1
In conclusion, I hope
you have all enjoyed doing this alternate assessment instead of a boring old test.With the help of Mrs. Castraberti we were able to
learn how flexible the publisher software is. I think we made such beautiful
travel brochures that we could start our own travel company. We were able to
cover informal (tú) commands; vocabulary about clothing,
greetings, foods, modes of transportation, and travel items; and weather
expressions. We learned some important
information about all the Spanish speaking countries in the world in just a few
days! We found out
about some of our misconceptions about Spanish culture and how
I would like to thank the
following people for their patience in helping me create my first webquest:
Stephanie Derocher- friend and copier/paster
master
My family- for giving up their time
on the home computer
and for the lack of attention w hile Mom
still
takes courses
Masco- for
offering these courses