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=The Essential Guide for Teenagers visiting Spain =

Final Task:
1. To create a travel guide for teenager students visiting Spain, in the form of presentations and photo essays, which will be part of their portfolio. (1) 2. To read, listen to and watch the guides produced by the other participating schools, in order to complete KWL graph- what I know, what I want to know, what I learned. (2)

Brief Description:
A group of 28 students, aged 14-15, will contribute to produce the essential guide for teenagers visiting Spain, by preparing presentations on the topics assigned. After a process of discussion to decide on the topics which will be included in the guide, sections will be distributed among groups (3-4 students). Then some research will be carried out using the Internet, books, atlases, etc.. . After that, they will start creating their own presentations, which will include sound, images and videos. Finally, each group will present their work to the class; partners will be asked to make suggestions to the final versions; then they will be uploaded in the wiki. The task will end up, by reading and listening to the guides created by the other schools, in order to make comparisons and learn about other people’s cultures.

Objectives:

 * A. Audience: a group of 28 Spanish students aged 14-15 and with a pre-intermediate level of English (A2), working in groups.
 * B. Behaviour: Students will search, analyze and select information on the assigned topic in order to produce descriptive and informative texts about their country and its culture, presenting this information by means of presentations, which will include text, images and audio; these products will make up an essential guide for teenager travelling to Spain, which will be available at the wiki and the project blog [] so as to let the other participating schools and classes to judge and comment on their final result. On a second stage, students will exchange information and respond to comments and feedback, using new technologies
 * C. Condition: Students will work in small groups (3-4) and pairs.
 *  D. Degree: As measured by rubrics created by their teachers and reflective writing from their foreign friends. In our case, over 85 percent, as shown in the rubrics.

Process:
0. Questionnaire or survey about the icons of Spain, i.e. the things that most represent or define Spain. 1. Group discussion about things which should be included in a guide for teenager students coming to Spain from other places such as Japan, Romania, Yemen, etc. and selection of topics. (Discussion will be sparked off by means of a questionnaire about what the icons of Spain are) 2. Distribution of tasks among groups (3-4 students), each of which will be provided with the following worksheet, where instructions and rubrics are given. 3. Research, analysis and selection of information and images. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">4. Preparation of summaries and captions for photos and design of presentations (previously instructions for preparing presentations have been given) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">5. Recording of audio and videos <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">6. Presentation of group work and peer assessment (using rubrics). <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">7. Once suggestions are incorporated to final presentations, they will be uploaded to wiki website and blog. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">8. Each group will now read what the other participating schools have written or said as to the section assigned to them (Extra: record findings about different countries using Voicethread, previously each country will have selected the most representative picture or image)

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Assessment:
<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A. The assessment of __products__ created by students will be measured and judged using the following procedures: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1.**Teacher assessment** (criteria sheet, below) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. **Peer- assessment** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. **Assessment and comments from foreign friends (reflective writing)** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">B. The assessment of the __project__ itself will be done by means of the assessment rubric provided for the project

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources:
<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1.Questionnaire: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2.Worksheet 1: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. Assessment Criteria: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">6. Research worksheet :

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. Blog
<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Essential Guide blog]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. Presentations (recording embedded)

 * //**TOPIC**// || Presentation ||  ||
 * Basic Information || [[file:Basic information of Spain.pptx]] ||  ||
 * Festivals || [[file:THE FESTIVALS IN SPAIN.pptx]] ||  ||
 * Places || [[file:Places.pptx]] ||  ||
 * Shopping || [[file:Shopping in Spain.ppt]] ||  ||
 * Landscape and Weather || [[file:Spanish´s landscapes and climates.ppt]] ||  ||
 * Spanish Culture || [[file:wer pi.pdf]] || [|Audio] ||
 * Transport ||  ||   ||
 * Food || [[file:foodNosound.pptx]] || [|Audio] ||
 * Important people ||  ||   ||

3. Feedback and comments

 * **Country** || **Summary of comments** ||
 * Japan || [[file:comments_japanese.pdf]] ||
 * Romania ||  ||