Spanish-Speaking Country Webquest – CP3 – Mini project (quiz grade)

You are going to make a basic travel itinerary for a trip to a Spanish-speaking country of your choice using the Internet). You can turn in the final mini-project (en español) on Tuesday, April 28th. You can also email it to me at in the event you are absent.

Steps to follow:

This should be handed in as a BROCHURE. You will not present it, but your written project/ brochure will be graded based on the rubric provided. It will also be displayed in class.

1. You will pick a Spanish-speaking country that you want to visit. You must explain why

you picked it.

2. You must find airfare to and from this country (Newark, JFK, or another nearby

airport/city with an international airport is your departure and return city). Websites for

this include orbitz, travelocity, expedia, priceline, kayak, etc. There are a MANY of them.

Pick a date range and try to find the best price.

3. Research the weather/seasons and make sure you pick dates that correspond to good

weather for traveling purposes.

4. Make sure to list the capital city of the country you've chosen and any other cities you would

like to visit (you will likely be flying into the capital city).

5. You need to pick 7-8 things/places you want to visit in the country you have chosen. Good

web resources to research these include lonelyplanet, wikitravel, fodors and letsgo, but

feel free to find your own. List each of them and explain why you want to see them.

6. Find a map of the country you are visiting and include it. Do your best to mark the locations

of each of your 7-8 places on the map.

7. Don’t forget food! Mention what you are looking forward to eating and why.

Good sites for country maps:

http://go.hrw.com/atlas, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids-world-atlas/maps.html or

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/interactive-map/?ar_a=1 .

Travel Itinerary MINI -Project Rubric

Total Project is worth a quiz grade!

CATEGORY / A range / B range / C range / D range
Requirements / All requirements are met and exceeded. / All requirements are met. / One requirement was not completely met. / More than one requirement was not completely met.
Organization / Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. / Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. / Content is logically organized for the most part. / There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.
Attractiveness / Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. / Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. / Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. / Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.
Content / Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. / Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. / Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. / Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Grammar and
vocabulary / No grammar errors and several new words are used. Excellent vocabulary choices / Very Few errors and new vocabulary choices
Well used / Some grammar errors that need work. Vocabulary use is good, but could use editing. / Several grammar errors/problems. Limited use of good vocabulary.