Name
Why should a tourist choose to visit the towns in our area?
Topic
English
Learning time
18 hours
Designed time
18 hours
Size of class
20 students divided in groups made up of 4/5 each
Description
“Why should a tourist choose to visit the towns in our area?” My students should work together in order to find out the best way to convince other people to come and visit our towns.
Aims
Working together and collaborate in order to organize their work for a presentation Students' task is to create a tourist website presenting the history, culture, attractions, and accommodations of our area. Each individual must create a different piece of the overall website, but students need to work together to determine how to organize the information to create it.
Outcomes
Knowledge, Synthesis, Application, Evaluation
Editor
luciacaccioppoli@gmail.com
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Setting up groups - Helping groups become a team - organizing the work
305 minutes)
  • Investigate
    15
    20
    0
    Firstly.I'll create groups using Teamup tool trying to have well balanced groups in terms of abilities and competences level.
  • Collaborate
    20
    5
    0
    To help students develop their collaborative skills. I will ask them to play The Chopsticks Challenge game
  • Discuss
    30
    20
    0
    At this point I will introduce the PBL Driving Question. They have to discuss on the contents of the project,on the way they want to organize it and the design of the final product. They could vote the best ideas using the Teamup tool
  • Collaborate
    45
    5
    0
    Each team has now to make important decisions together taking into consideration the suggestions,ideas from each student in the team.As each individual has to create a piece of the overall final product,they have to work together to determine how to organize the information in order to create it.
  • Investigate
    15
    20
    0
    They must also investigate on which people from our local community they could engage in the project
  • Produce
    180
    20
    0
    Each of them must carry out the task he has been given
Notes:
Resources linked: 1
Identifying the questions they would like to pursue (within the context of the Driving Question)
410 minutes)
  • Discuss
    60
    5
    0
    Once they have agreed on the main activities, they could follow these questions"Which monuments/cultural traditions/local dishes/ natural beauties better characterize our towns?". The person from the real world can take part in the discussion and support their choices or show them tourism websites such as https://skift.com/2013/12/20/the-20-best-designed-tourism-websites-in-the-world/#1 Each student can choose the task he wants to carry out;of course they also have to decide a deadline for the fulfillment of the task.
  • Produce
    120
    1
    0
    Independently at home each student has to work on his task over a certain period of time.For some of them it will be necessary to scaffold the activities starting for example with simpler activities such as finding pictures or material resources ,writing short texts in English, making drawings for the poster or the brochure etc.Of course I will encourage them in case of perplexity.
  • Read Watch Listen
    140
    5
    0
    Inside the groups, each team has to analyze the work done by each of them at different times;If they need,they can ask me for help.Step by step I will ask them to proceed with a more challenging activity . A self-evaluation chart will help them check their progress
  • Practice
    30
    5
    0
    Students are asked to give feedback to their mates following the instructions given in the assessment chart: What you like / don't like about the work.They have to write down the positive and negative points following the Ladder of feedback
  • Read Watch Listen
    60
    20
    0
    in order to check students attainment I can give them a series of questions as a formative assessment related to the project and, of course,i I will assess the use of English in their written texts.
Notes:
https://skift.com/2013/12/20/the-20-best-designed-tourism-websites-in-the-world/#1
Resources linked: 1
Planning the final stage
245 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    5
    120
    0
    At this stage they can help each other,learn from others and collaborate to improve their work which must be aligned with the final product.Each group presents the work done and receive feedback from the other groups.
  • Read Watch Listen
    60
    5
    0
    They must follow the suggestions given by their peers and improve the work done.
  • Collaborate
    180
    20
    0
    When each team has finished the revision of the task they can start to upload the material produced with the help,of the teacher and the outsider,
Notes:
Resources linked: 1
PBL Summative assessment and Evaluation
120 minutes)
  • Practice
    60
    20
    0
    Summative assessment of the whole process can be done through the rubric i have created Here is the link: link http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=2633899&
  • Practice
    60
    20
    0
    When the website is ready,as a conclusion of the PBL activities, I can organize a meeting with the principal and the teachers from our school,parents and representatives from the local tourist office or from the local pro loco club.A student from each team in turn will present their work Visitors,after watching the website, will be invited to leave a comment on the project according to the rubric i prepared here is the link to the rubric: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2634592&
Notes:
Summative assessment http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=2633899& Product evaluation http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2634592&
Resources linked: 1

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