Process*
- To create an acceptable travel brochure, you must
find, evaluate, summarize, and paraphrase relevant information. You
will answer the project questions and use this information in a
creative manner in your travel brochure and creative writing
assignment.
- Open a Word document into which you will copy and
paste information. You may find more information than what you
need, but don't worry about that at first; you will decide what
information to paraphrase and insert into your brochure later. First,
you will find and copy relevant information. Always remember to right
click on the web site URL and copy, then paste it at the bottom of the
information you want to keep. It will automatically turn into a link
after you hit the Enter on your keyboard.
- As soon as you have pasted in the information
needed to answer Question 1, save the Word document. Choose "Save as"
and save it to your disk in the "A" drive. Title this information as
Question 1. For each question, follow this same procedure. When you
find a picture you may want to use, save it the same way, naming it
something appropriate as to its content so you may find it when you
need to insert it into the brochure.
- You will find some useful browsers and sites by
going to "Resources" at the top of the page.
- Go to a search engine such as Google or Yahoo.
Then zero in on your country information by wording your search phrase
carefully. Use quotation marks to enclose your subject or use the plus
sign to connect topic information. For example: "Paris + French
Restaurants". This will narrow your search considerably. Some sites
will have a lot of the information you need for the project questions,
some only a little information. If you find no sites for your country,
you may need to get another country or expand your search!
- Remember to save your information as soon as you
copy and paste it!
- Print out your pasted information if you need to
in order to decide what you want to use and what you will delete. You
may also want to work on paraphrasing your information at this time.
Remember to save the URL for the information you use. You will give
the teacher a list of the sites you used when you hand in the
completed brochure.
- Begin paraphrasing the information about the
places you toured. One way to do this is to click your cursor in after
each sentence, rewriting it in your own words, then deleting the
original. You might be able to paraphrase an entire paragraph, then
delete the original. You will need two paragraphs for each of the four
places you virtually tour.
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Questions
Our World Trip
Project Questions
You are embarking on a wonderful journey. You will be
creating your own travel brochure for a country you visit online. After
you create your travel brochure you will write a creative story that
describes the many adventures you and your chosen companions enjoyed.
Below you will find the questions you need to answer in order to complete
your journey and build your travel brochure. You need to include
information from project questions in your brochure. Have a great
time!
What country will you be visiting?
Is your country a United States ally?
Where is the American Embassy located in the country
you are visiting?
What is the language spoken in the country you are
visiting? How will you communicate while there? Place 3-4 phrases from the
language in appropriate spots in your brochure.
How will you get there? Airplane, ship, etc.?
How much will it cost to get there?
Where will you stay? Hotel, bed & breakfast, youth
hostel, etc.
What will lodging / accommodations cost?
How long will your visit last?
How will you travel while in the country?
What will you eat while there? No American fast food –
a local diet only. How much will it cost to dine in your chosen country?
Find a local restaurant’s web site and pull up their menu for costs and
items available.
After some research, choose four places you would like
to tour while visiting. These may be historical monuments, landmarks,
museums, etc. The places you choose must have a web site so you can
download information and pictures to put in your brochure.
What will it cost to tour the places you have chosen?
This information may be on the web site.
What are some other attractions you may want to visit?
Do they have an admission charge or are they free?
What is the currency for your country? Can you find
the exchange rate between your country and the United States?
If you or one of your companions had a medical
emergency, what type of facilities are available? Hospitals like ours, or
something different?
Answer each of these questions and design a brochure
describing how to get there, costs of transportation, etc. Then write two
paragraphs describing each of the places you virtually visited. Make sure
to import pictures, illustrations, etc. of the places visited. This is due
in a rough draft form October 17. The final brochure is due October
21st.
Write a story using your travels as the setting of the
story. You should include friends or family as part of the trip. The story
must include descriptive writing, a plot/conflict, characters, dialogue,
and a resolution. It must be 4-5 typed pages in length, 12 pt font,
double-spaced, no bold or italics, and is due as a typed rough draft
November 7, 2002. We will then peer edit the story using the rubric I will
use to grade the paper. Your final story and the peer edited copy will be
due November 14, 2002.
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