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WEBQUEST FOR
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
IMPORTANT WOMEN IN THE
WORLD
WebQuest for First
Year of Compulsory Secondary Education (1º ESO)
Subject: English
7-8 sessions
Didactic guide
By Elena González Guerrero
elena.ingles@hotmail.com
      
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Introduction
The world is full of hard-working people (doctors,
scientists, computer programmers, writers, sportsmen, artists, teachers,
etc.) With their work our lives are easier and more interesting and we are
happier.
These
are five important people for us: Toni Morrison, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin,
Ada Augusta Byron, Marjorie Jackson Nelson, and Edmonia Lewis. Do you know
them? What do they have in common?
With
this WebQuest you will learn about their lives, works, and places of
residence, and you will be able to show your findings to the rest of your
school.
You will work in pairs and groups and you will have different roles:
biographers, work researchers and travel agents. Are you ready to begin?
Task
The final project will be a poster on an important woman. The poster will
give information about her life, work, and an important city in her life. You
will stick texts and pictures on a poster board. You will explain the poster
to your classmates. Finally, the project will be hang on your school walls.
Be neat and tidy . . . everybody will see your work!
Process
To do this WebQuest you
have to follow these instructions very carefully:
- Your teacher will divide the class into five groups of six
students (groups A, B, C, D, E, F). Each group will work on an important
woman.
- Within each group, you will work in pairs. Each
pair will have a role: a pair of biographers, a pair of work researchers, and
a pair of travel agents.
If you don't
understand something or if you need help, visit the resources part. There
you have online dictionaries and grammar references. There is also a link to
search images and some help to download them.
These are the activities you have to do:
ACTIVITY 1. RESEARCH WORK
Group A: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Biographers: Complete the biographer's report and verb form sheet with the
information you find in the
following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in
wikipedia
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in Encyclopedia Britannica
- Biography of Dorothy Crowfoot
Hodgkin
Work researchers: Complete the work researcher's report
and verb form sheet with the
information you
find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in wikipedia
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in Encyclopedia Britannica
- Information on Dorothy Crowfoot
Hodgkin's work
- Information on inventors
Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report
and verb form sheet with the
information about Oxford
you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Oxford in wikipedia
- The city of Oxford
- Holidays in Oxford
Group B: Ada Augusta Byron
Biographers: Complete the biographer's report and verb form sheet with the
information you find in the
following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Ada Augusta Byron in wikipedia
- Information on ideas and inventions
- Information on Mathematics
Work researchers: Complete the work researcher's report
and verb form sheet with the
information you
find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Information on ideas and inventions
- Information on heroes
- Ada Augusta Byron and education
Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report
and verb form sheet with the
information about London
you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- London in wikipedia
- Visit London
Group C: Toni Morrison
Biographers: Complete the biographer's report and verb form sheet with the
information you find in the
following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Toni Morrison in wikipedia
- Information on Nobel Prize winners
Work researchers: Complete the work researcher's report
and verb form sheet with the
information you
find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Toni Morrison in wikipedia
- Toni Morrison's works
Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report
and verb form sheet with the
information about London
you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- New York City in wikipedia
- Visit New York City
Group D: Marjorie Jackson Nelson
Biographers: Complete the biographer's report and verb form sheet with the
information you find in the
following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Marjorie Jackson Nelson in wikipedia
- Information on Australian women
- Facts about Marjorie Jackson
Nelson's life
Work researchers: Complete the work researcher's report
and verb form sheet with the
information you
find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Marjorie Jackson Nelson in wikipedia
- Information on Australian women
- Facts about Marjorie Jackson
Nelson's life
- Information on athletics
Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report
and verb form sheet with the
information about Sydney
you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Sydney in wikipedia
-
The city of Sydney
Group E: Edmonia Lewis
Biographers: Complete the biographer's report and verb form sheet with the
information you find in the
following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Edmonia Lewis in wikipedia
- Edmonia Lewis' biography
- Information on heroes
Work researchers: Complete the work researcher's report
and verb form sheet with the
information you
find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Edmonia Lewis in wikipedia
- Edmonia Lewis' biography
- Information on heroes
- Edmonia Lewis' site
Travel agents: Complete the travel agent's report
and verb form sheet with the
information about Boston
you find in the following web sites and hand it in to your teacher:
- Boston online
- Boston in wikipedia
ACTIVITY 2. COMPOSITIONS
Step 1 Biographers:
Write a composition with the information you have collected in your report.
Work researchers: Write a composition with the
information you have collected in your report.
Travel agents: Write a composition with the
information you have collected in your report.
Step 2 Work with all the members of your
group and join your compositions. The result will be a composition
with three paragraphs: - First
paragraph: Life
- Second
paragraph: Work
- Third
paragraph: An important city in her life
Hand in the composition to your teacher.
ACTIVITY 3. POSTERS
Work with all the members of your group and prepare a poster on the woman you
have studied. Follow this outline, show texts and
pictures and include this information:
- Life
- Work
- An important city
in her life
ACTIVITY 4. ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Speaking Present your work to your
classmates. Show them your poster and speak in English about her life,
work, and city.
Listening Listen to your
classmates and fill in the co-evaluation sheet.
ACTIVITY 5. POSTERS DISPLAY
Stick the posters on the
walls of your school and have an attentive look at all of them.
ACTIVITY 6. A QUIZ
What have you learnt? Do the quiz and complete the self-assessment sheet.
Evaluation
These are the criteria
for your evaluation:
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Skills, work
and project
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Low
1
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Average
2
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Good
3
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Excellent
4
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Score
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Reading
skills
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- You don’t understand the questions and don’t find the information
in the Internet.
- The information you give is not correct.
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- You understand some questions and find some answers in the
Internet.
- Some of your answers are correct.
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- You understand most of the questions and find
most of the information you need to answer them.
- Most of the information you give is correct.
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- You understand all the questions and find all
the information you need to answer them.
- All the information you give is correct.
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Writing
skills
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- Your answers are not well formed.
- You make a lot of mistakes in your composition (vocabulary,
spelling, grammar, organization)
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- Few of your answers are well formed.
- You make some mistakes in your composition (vocabulary,
spelling, grammar, organization)
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- Most of your answers are well formed.
- You make few mistakes in your composition (vocabulary,
spelling, grammar, organization)
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- All your answers are well formed.
- You don’t make mistakes in your composition (vocabulary, spelling,
grammar, organization)
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Listening
skills
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- You don’t pay attention to your classmates’ presentations.
- You don’t understand what they say.
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- You pay some attention to your classmates’ presentations.
- You understand some of the things they say.
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- You pay full attention to your classmates’ presentations.
- You understand most of the things they say.
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- You pay full attention to your classmates’ presentations.
- You understand everything they say.
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Speaking
skills
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- You don’t try to use English.
- You use Spanish in your presentation.
- You need help from your teacher.
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- You make an effort to use English.
- You use Spanish in your presentation.
- You need help from your teacher.
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- You make an effort to say everything in English.
- You use some Spanish in your presentation.
- You need help from your teacher.
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- You make an effort to say everything in English.
- You don’t use Spanish in your presentation.
- You don’t need help from your teacher.
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Effort and collaboration
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- You never discuss your ideas with your partners.
- You never respect your classmates.
- You never ask for clarification.
- You haven’t worked in your group.
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- You rarely discuss your ideas with your partners.
- You rarely respect your classmates.
- You rarely ask for clarification.
- You haven’t always collaborated with your classmates.
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- You sometimes discuss your ideas with your partners.
- You sometimes respect your classmates.
- You sometimes ask for clarification.
- You have taken an active role in your group.
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- You always discuss your ideas with your partners.
- You always respect your classmates.
- You always ask for clarification.
- You have always taken an active role in your group.
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Creativity and final product
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- Your project is bad.
- Your project doesn’t include all the parts (texts, pictures, etc)
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- Your project is not neat and well done.
- Your project doesn’t include all the parts (texts, pictures, etc)
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- Your project is neat and well done.
- Your project includes most of the parts (texts, pictures, etc)
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- Your project is neat and very well done.
- Your project includes all the parts (texts, pictures, etc)
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Learning scale:
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Low
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Average
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Good
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Excellent
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Final score
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6-11
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12-17
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18-23
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24
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Conclusion
So,
what have you learnt with this webquest? Can you answer these questions?
- Can you name five important women in the world?
- What is Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin famous for?
- What is Ada Augusta Byron famous for?
- What is Tony Morrison famous for?
- What is Marjorie Jackson Nelson famous for?
- What is Edmonia Lewis famous for?
- What do you know about these cities: Oxford, London, New York, Sydney, and
Boston?
Resources
* Dictionaries (monolingual and bilingual):
- Merriam Webster
- Collins
* English dictionary
* Visual dictionary
* Irregular verbs:
- List of irregular verbs
- Irregular verb dictionary
- Verbs for Spanish students
* Grammar reference: Simple Past
tense: - An overview
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Structure, use, and a quiz
* Search engine for images
* Help to search, download, and print
images and pictures.
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