El tiempo
Developed
by Señora Edna
Febrero, 2003
efeldmanschultz@janesville.k12.wi.us
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| Students will use weather terminology and create a weather report from a Spanish speaking country. |
| This Web Quest is for Spanish Foreign Language Class, but incorporates Social Studies, Science, Technology and Math for students in 8th Grade. |
| This is an interdisciplinary project that covers four of the five standards for the Foreign Language requirements: Culture, Communication, Connections, Comparison. Prior to the computer work students were ask to see the weather forecast on TV. Having a guest speaker from the community will include the fifth standard requirement "Community Involvement") |
| Students will use the computer lab, Internet and encyclopedias from Franklin LMC and/or the Hedberg Public Library. |
| This unit is based in differentiated learning, it makes students in charge, and empowers them by giving them choices, with their roles, terms, to be use and anything they need to be successful. |
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You and 3 other persons are the
meteorological team for a TV news program tracking the weather of
5 cities in a particular Spanish speaking country during a
specific season. Your job is to create the weather
report/forecast for these cities, in Spanish. You must illustrate
the weather, temperature, days of the week, season, and use the
weather expression learned in meteorology school in a map.
Present a "Weather Dictionary" and a study report about
"Temperatures, What, Who and How" to sell during the
forecast.
| You will be making a poster map showing the place of the 5 cities and use the correct weather symbols to describe your forecast. You will make a bar graph of the temperatures in ºC and ºF in the five cities, using Microsoft Excel. You will give information about what a tourist can do in these cities, use the adverbs from "Primer Paso" Chapter 5. |
| You will give information about these °F/°C and other temperature readings, who discover them, how are different, etc. You will incorporate in your book two Spanish and two English weather sayings/dichos. You will provide pictures to accompany your book. This part will be done in English. You will have 2-3 phrases to sell the "Temperature Book", this part will be done in Spanish. It can be shown as a PowerPoint Presentation. |
| You will use during the forecast: greetings, name of the meteorologist, the TV channel and the city, the date, the day of the weeks, the season, and 2 phrases about weather, temperature, etc. for these 5 cities. You will create a forecast for 5 days. (For example: On Mondays the temperature will be ..., is a great day for.... Listen to a forecast on TV for more help.) |
| You will create a weather dictionary in Spanish and English using at least 12 weather terms and clip art or real photos to accompany the description. You will have 2-3 phrases to sell the "Dictionary". It can be shown as a PowerPoint Presentation. |
Remember, you will be "the" TV meteorological team and the forecast will be videotape. Costumes/disguise, props, are a must. What else can you use to show weather? How about snow, rain? Use your imagination!
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Your work is a "cooperative learning project", everyone in the group is having an important role in it. Señora Edna will be available for help, but is YOUR responsibility to get the work done. After the project is complete you will know many terms in Spanish about weather, days of the week and seasons, but you will also have important knowledge about weather useful in Science, Social Studies and Math. Remember "Knowledge is POWER" and a well round educated person always will be ahead for job hunting, interesting conversation or friendly companionship.
Each one of the participants will have a specific job and that job is his/her responsibility.
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Students who have similar roles in other groups may work together to compare ideas based on the factual information they have collected, or they may continue to pursue their role individually.
This
project will take the class work of a week.
| First and Second Day : Computer lab. Collect information from the Internet. |
| Third and Fourth Day : class work. Students prepare maps, books, and collect pictures or make drawings. Computers will be available for photos, clip art collection or other needs. Pages for the temperature book will also be pre-printed. |
| Fifth Day: Class work. Is everything fitting up together? |
| Sixth Day : Class work. Rehearse |
| Seventh day: Presentations |
| Materials: Groups will be responsible for poster board for the map, markers or color pencils, props and disguises. Señora Edna, will provide video camera, reservations for the computer lab and pre-printed materials. |
| Students will clean the classroom in case of snow or rainy indoor weather. |
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Here are important web site for you to see. Some are for terminology, others for temperature and some for weather information in different Spanish speaking countries.
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Clouds and Weather Photos |
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Weather terminology and dictionary in Spanish |
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Folklore |
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Weather terminology and dictionary in English |
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Weather , maps and countries' information |
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"Please click here to review the criteria on which your individual grade will be based."
And:
"You will also receive a collaborative grade. Please click here to review the criteria which will determine you collaborative grade."
Grades will be counted for each one of these evaluations, not as an average.
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Conclusion
This Web Quest was created
with the intent to enhance your learning experience, and to prove
that you can work responsibly with others. Beside the Spanish
language, I hope this kind of activity will also teach you skills
needed for life: how to get alone with others, respect,
technology uses, how to keep a good sense of humor, how to keep
sane, and more.
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For the group
| Was this project taken seriously by the group members? |
| Where you able to compromise? |
| Was this a positive learning experience? |
| Where there any conflicts, misunderstandings or disrespect between group members? |
| Did you have fun learning? |
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