Submitted by: Sarah-Henning Snellings
School: Brookland Middle School
Summary
¡Felicidades! You and your partner are about to take the vacation of a lifetime to a Spanish-speaking country. Your Principal is even giving you the week off from school! You leave tomorrow for a seven-day adventure. All you have to do is grab your passport, plan your itinerary (the places you will go and the things you will do), get your tickets, and have a blast!
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Students are gathering information from teacher selected websites to create a presentation describing their adventures in a Spanish Speaking country . Students can search for other sites and information if they choose. THe type of research that they are doing includes prices for travel, pictures, and places of interest.
Students are working together in pairs to create a presentation sharing their travel plans. In addition to working in teams, students are required to include a audio segment to their presentations.
In this project students are expected to plan and virtually complete a vacation in a Spanish speaking country. This task is authentic in nature as students must research the country, determine travel arrangements, and find places of interest. All of these tasks require them to both Critically Think and Problem Solve.
This lesson scores approaching for Creativity and Innovation. While students are somewhat limited in their choices for presentation styles, they still have the several options that allow for multiple learning styles. In addition the teacher has prepared a lesson where students are synthesizing their learning to create an original work.
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