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‘School trip’ Webquest

The best time to use this Webquest is at the end of module 5.

Part 1: Before you visit your first website, do exercise 1:

Exercise 1

1. Last year, Todd and his class went on a school trip to a famous city. Do you
know where they went? Read this diary entry, and complete the shaded gap
with the name of the city. Choose the city from the box.

Barcelona Melbourne New York Paris Tokyo Toronto Venice

Diary
Our school trip to _______________.
Tuesday 5:30. We arrived at the airport. From the airport, we took a ‘bus’ to
the city centre. The bus was actually a boat called a ‘vaporetto’! Our hotel is
fantastic and has a beautiful view of the Grand Canal.
Wednesday 9:30. After breakfast we walked over a bridge called the Rialto
Bridge, and saw a famous fish market. Then we walked to St Mark’s Square
and visited the Doge’s Palace. It was amazing!

2. Is the city that Todd’s class visited in:

(a) Australia, (b) Canada, (c) France, (d) Italy, (e) Japan, (f) Spain or (g) the
USA?

3. Which language do people in that country speak?

Is it (a) English, (b) French, (c) Italian, (d) Japanese or (e) Spanish?

4. How do people say ‘Hello’ and ‘Goodbye’ in that country?

Do they say (a) bonjour, (b) ciao, (c) g’day, (d) hi, (e) Konichiwa or (f) hola ?

Now go to this website and check your answers to exercise 1, then do

exercises 2 and 3:

http://pbskids.org/buster/blog/it_venice_bl.html

Exercise 2

(1) How many cars are there in the city?

(2) How do people travel around?
(3) What food do young people like eating?
(4) What is Murano?
(4) What do people make on Murano?

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Exercise 3

Click on the ‘Watch’ key and watch the video. Answer these questions.

(1) What happens in a fornace?

(a) People cook food (b) People make glass objects (c) People sell
souvenirs
(2) What is the temperature like in a fornace?
(a) It’s cold (b) It’s cool (c) It’s very hot
(3) What is glass made from?
(a) silica sand (b) rocks and stones (c) metal
(4) Is it easy to make glass?
(a) No, it’s very difficult (b) Yes, it’s quite easy (c) Yes, it’s very easy

Just for fun….

Go back to the blog and click on the ‘Listen’ key to hear a song. Do you like
it?

Part 2. Now go to this website and do exercises 4, 5 and 6:

http://venice.destinations.starwoodhotels.com/kids.htm

Exercise 4

Here are some things you can do in Venice. Complete each sentence with
one or two words only.

(1) You can see some colourful little __________ on Burano Island.
(2) You can visit the beautiful __________ on Torcello Island.
(3) In summer, you can eat delicious, cold __________ __________.
(4) In winter, you can drink delicious hot __________.
(5) You can see ships and boats at the Naval __________.
(6) You can see lots of fish at the Rialto fish __________.
(7) You can play in the sea at the beautiful __________ on Lido island.
(8) You can have lots of fun in the __________ at Aqualandia Park.
(9) You can watch a __________ __________ at Penza Stadium.
(10) You can go for a ride along the Grand Canal on a __________ called a
‘gondola’.
(11) You can climb a __________ for a great view of the city.
(12) You can see lots of __________ in St Mark’s Square.

Exercise 5

What else can you do in Venice? Write three sentences below.

(1) __________________________________________________________
(2) __________________________________________________________
(3) __________________________________________________________
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Exercise 6

Imagine you have just one day in Venice. Decide what you would do during
that day. Talk about your ideas with a classmate. Would you do the same
things? With your classmate, write a plan below:

Morning: _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Afternoon: _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Evening: _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

Part 3. Now go to this website and do exercises 7 and 8:

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/polo.html

Exercise 7

Marco Polo was a Venetian (someone who comes from Venice). He was born
in 1254 and became a famous traveller. These sentences about his life all
contain a mistake. Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.

(Example:
Marco Polo travelled to Mongolia and Japan.
_Marco Polo travelled to Mongolia and China.___________________)

(1) He became famous for a letter he wrote about his journey.

____________________________________________________________

(2) He left Venice when he was 15 years old.

____________________________________________________________

(3) He travelled with his father and his mother.

____________________________________________________________

(4) He was away from Venice for 42 years.

____________________________________________________________

(5) People went to his home in Venice to see his pictures of his journey.
____________________________________________________________

(6) ‘The journey of Marco Polo’ was a famous book about his journey.
____________________________________________________________

(7) Marco Polo died in 1424.

____________________________________________________________

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Answers

Part 1

Exercise 1

1. Venice, 2. Italy, 3. Italian, 4. ciao

Exercise 2

1. None, 2. by boat, 3. pizza, 4. an island, 5. glass (objects)

Exercise 3

1. b, 2. c, 3. a, 4. a

Part 2

Exercise 4

1. (fisherman’s) houses, 2. cathedral, 3. ice cream, 4. chocolate, 5.

Museum, 6. market, 7. beach, 8. water, 9. football game / match, 10.
boat, 11. campanile / bell tower, 12. pigeons / birds

Exercise 5

Your students should find a lot of other things to do in Venice (e.g., go to the
carnival, visit the Peggy Guggenheim museum, etc). They should write
complete sentences for their answers, using the sentence structures practised
in Exercise 4.

Part 3

Exercise 7

(1) He became famous for a book he wrote about his journey.

(2) He left Venice when he was 17 years old.
(3) He travelled with his father and his uncle.
(4) He was away from Venice for 24 years.
(5) People went to his home in Venice to hear his stories of his journey.
(6) ‘The travels of Marco Polo’ was a famous book about his journey.
(7) Marco Polo died in 1324.

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Teacher’s notes for using search engines and links:

Part 1 Exercises 1 and 2

The pre-Webquest exercise sets the theme for the quest. Students will need
to get number 1 correct if they are to get numbers 2, 3 and 4 correct. Some of
Venice’s main attractions are mentioned in the diary entry for number 1, so
you might want to show them some pictures of these (going to Google Images
(http://images.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi) and entering Venice Italy
will bring up a large selection).

Students will find the answers to Exercises 1 and 2 by clicking on the first link
and reading through the text. At this stage they should not click on any of the
links on the web page. (The text is ‘written’ by Buster, the rabbit in the top
picture. Binky and Arthur, referred to in the text, are presumably his friends
back home).

Part 1 Exercise 3
Clicking on ‘Watch’ brings up a short video on glass-blowing. The transcript
appears underneath the video as the characters speak, and in its entirety to
the right of the video.

Clicking on the ‘Listen’ key brings up a song, which begins as soon as the link
is accessed. The lyrics appear on the right of the screen. This task is just for
fun - there isn’t much language to exploit - but you could ask your students if
they understand (or can work out) the meanings of the Italian words (canali,
grandissimo, bellissimo and magnifico).

Part 2 Exercises 4 and 5

This web page is really for adults, but is divided into smaller sections, and
even weaker students should get the gist of each section from the pictures
and some of the key words. The answers for Exercise 4 can all be found in
the text, but are not in the same order: students will need to scroll up and
down the page to find them.
Your students might find alternative answers to those given above (for
example, in number 8, they might choose pools or swimming pool instead of
water). It doesn’t matter if students do not use exact words from the text,
provided their answers are correct.
Their answers for Exercise 5 can be taken directly from the text.

Part 3 Exercise 7
The information they need to correct their sentences can be found by scrolling
down the page (their sentences are in the same order as the information in
the text). Encourage your students to ask you about any key words they don’t
understand (for example, conflict, captured and imprisoned in the fourth
paragraph are important words if students are to understand this paragraph).

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