| Bonjour kids! This is your chance to see Paris and you can go...virtually! You must access the World Wide Web to get the facts about Paris. Then you will present your findings by making a poster board about your trip. |
| You will travel in groups of three. Each member of your team will be responsible for taking down the information about Paris. While you travel, you will learn about the culture and places of Paris. Each member will choose the top two highlights of your trip and present it to the class. |
| 1) You will be assigned to a group of three (3) travel buddies. 2) Each member will take on a special tourist role: *Food Expert *Monument Expert *Foreign Language Expert 3) Each tourist will select the top two highlights of their findings and record in their notebooks to their findings. 4) Use the following links to do your individual roles: |
| Created by Rosemarie Bacani Castro Grade Level: 4th-5th Content Area: Language Arts/Social Studies |
| INTRO THE QUEST THE PROCESS EVALUATION CONCLUSION RESOURCES |
| A Trip to Paris! |
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| INTRO |
| THE QUEST |
| THE PROCESS |
| 5) After you have completed your write-up, you will meet with your travel buddiesto discuss and compile your findings. 6) Your group will create a poster board that summarizes and shows what you learned from your trip. Make sure that it is informative and entertaining to the audience. |
| FOOD EXPERT |
| Start with some French feast at http://www.frenchfeast.com Try some gourmet treats at http://maxims_de_paris.com/Gourmets/indexgb.html |
| MONUMENT EXPERT |
| Learn about the Eiffel Tower at http://www.eiffel-tower.com/ See an image of the Eiffel Tower at http://abcparislive.com/ |
| Next, stop to see the Arc de Triomphe at http://www.parisdigest.com/monument/arcdetriomphe.htm |
| See an image of the Arc de Triomphe at http://www.paris_tourist_information.com/arcdetriomphe.htm |
| Finally, visit the Cathedral of Notre Dame at http://www.parisdigest.com/monument/notredam.htm |
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| FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXPERT |
| Learn some of the French basics at http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_begin.htm Have fun with these tongue twisters at http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/fr.htm |
| BONJOUR! |
| EVALUATION |
| You will receive an individual grade for the individual research and the written parts in your journal. Your group will receive a grade for the final product (informative poster board). |
| BON APPETIT! |
| Individual Research (On-line) |
| Recorded very little or none in journal |
| Recorded little or inaccurate iformation |
| Recorded minimal and accurate information |
| Recorded accurate and comprehensive informarion |
| POOR |
| FAIR |
| GOOD |
| EXCELLENT |
| Individual Writing (Journal) |
| Writing does not state the purpose |
| Writing somewhat states the purpose |
| Writing states the purpose |
| Writing states the purpose and is comprehensive |
| Group Assignment (Posterboard) |
| Does not include the 3 roles , Writing is not neat and organized |
| Includes the 3 roles; Writing is somewhat neat and organized |
| Includes the 3 roles, Writing is neat and organized |
| Includes the 3 roles. Writing is very neat and organized |
| Good job tour experts! Your group has explored various aspects of Paris, France by accessing some websites. You have gathered information and summarized them in your journal. As a group, you have also created a poster board to inform the others of the exciting world of Paris, France! |
| RESOURCES |
| http://www.frenchfeast.com http://maxims_de_paris.com/Gourmets/indexgb.html http://www.eiffel-tower.com/ http://www.abcparislive.com/ http://www.parisdigest.com/monument/arcdetriomphe.htm http://www.paris-tourist-informatiom.com/arcdetriomphe.htm http://www.parisdigest.com/monument/notredam.htm http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_begin.htm http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/fr.htm http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/paristrip/ |
| CONCLUSION |