Trip to Edinburgh
| Autor: Mercedes Pina | Área: Inglés Nivel: ESO |
| INTRODUCTION | Imagine that you have won the first prize on a TV contest. The prize consists on a week-trip going to the International Annual Festival in Edinburgh (Scotland) under only one condition: you have to sort out everything including transport, accommodation, visit to the city, cultural activities… I hope you enjoy the trip!!! |
| TASKS | Your task will consist on planning a week-trip to Edinburgh. You will work in groups of four and each student will be in charge of finding out some of the aspects of the organization of the trip, such as transport to Edinburgh, accommodation, activities of the Edinburgh festival fringe, places to visit, amount of money needed etc |
| PROCESS | Step 1- You will be assigned to a group by the teacher. Step 2- You will have to research on the web the information for your project. Each of you will be in charge of finding out the answer of four of the following questions that will guide you through the process: 1. How are you going to travel to Edinburgh? Try to find a cheap hotel or B&B. 2. How can you get to the centre of the city? 3. Where are you going to stay? 4. How are you going to get around in the city? 5. What sights can you visit? What important building can you see in the Royal Mile? 6. What is the most important museum in Edinburgh? 7. What does the Edinburgh Military Tatoo consist on? 8. What is the Fringe Festival? When will it be held this year? 9. Who perfoms in the Fringe Festival? What kind of audience does the fringe attact? 10. What kind of cultural activities are there in the Official Edinburgh International Annual Festival? Step 3- You will share the information with your workmates Step 4- The project will be displayed to the class. |
| RESOURSES | You can find out the necessary information using the following links - http://www.vueling.com/ - http://www.eif.co.uk/ - http://www.rumbo.es/ - http://www.edfringe.com/ - http://www.easyjet.com/ - http://www.tpexpress.co.uk/ - http://www.edinburghairport.com/transport-and-directions - http://www.lothianbuses.com/ - http://www.visitscotland.com/accommodation/ - http://www.edinburgh.org/see-do/ |
| EVALUATION | In order to assess your work the following will be taken into account: - Information is well organized into different paragraphs. - Use of correct grammar and vocabulary. - Inclusion of relevant information. |
| CONCLUSION | At the end of this project you will have acquired an extensive knowledge about the city of Edinburgh and how to organize a trip abroad. At the same time you will have improve your reading and writing skills by surfing the Internet and sharing information with your workmates. |
| CREDITS | Pictures have been taken from google. To elaborate this webquest I have used information from the following webpage: http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/marbella/welcome_to_london/page7.html |
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