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Planning a 5 day trip in_____________________________ Viaje a ____________
The students will choose one of the following cities and prepare a trip, including the round-trip air-faire. They have to research the cost for the plane tickets, hotel, and visits to museums and meals at restaurants. They have to give an oral presentation of their Travel packet.
I. The student needs to prepare the visits, tours, hotel accommodations and besides find the following information:
Important landmarks in the city
Malls/ Shopping centers – best places to go shopping
Special attractions/ events/ season festivals
Restaurants
Gastronomy of the city or region – (if they produce good wine, if their meals have
Seafood, if they are good with pastry)
Car rental service – prices and suggestions
Arrival schedule – day 1 NY or NJ to______
Schedule for Day 2
Schedule for Day 3
Schedule for Day 4
Departure schedule ____ to NY or NJ
Closest airport in the Spanish speaking country
Museums – of special interest (art, toys, history) opening hours and fees.
Please, mention if there is a language or dialect other than Spanish spoken in the town, or city assigned.
Climate and suggested clothing to take in the trip- please – mention clothing items in Spanish – use pics to illustrate the concept in the Power Point presentation.
*** The schedule should be divided by day and time:
Por la mañana
Por la tarde
Por la noche (meals and tours/excursions)
**** For the meals, you MUST name the food in Spanish, if it is a regional dish, (include a picture of it) You will explain the dish or recipe it during your oral presentation.
II. The students will have to create:
1. A power point with pictures, and the required information. A MUST
2. A hand-out for the students in the class with an outline with the features requested in section I and the travel schedule. Once it is approved by me, I’ll make copies for everybody
***The hand-out must be TYPED and it should include your name, Spanish class
section and the city/ town researched.
REMEMBER:
YOU MUST TURN IN THE HAND-OUT TO ME BEFORE YOUR ORAL REPORT
FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES .
HAND-OUT TURN IN ON TIME with the hard copy of the findings= 25% (neat, all required information is included, TYPED) – SEE RUBRIC
POWER POINT PRESENTATION = 50% (layout, design, neatness, content, pictures, attractiveness, use of Spanish vocabulary) – SEE RUBRIC
ORAL PRESENTATION DONE THE ASSIGNED DATE =25%
MIDTERM PROJECT = 100%
You will also be evaluated by all your peers, who will have grading sheets for everybody.
Pick one of the following cities
España:
Madrid Segovia Granada
Barcelona Salamanca Toledo
Palma de Mallorca Sevilla Valladolid
México:
México, D.F. Acapulco Can Cún
Puerto Vallarta Guadalajara Guanajuato
Puerto Rico:
San Juan Ponce
Colombia:
Bogotá Cartagena de Indias Cali
Barranquilla Medellín
Argentina:
Buenos Aires Mendoza La Rioja
Rubric for the Power Point Presentation
3 2 1
Rubric of the written-portion
Findings sheet:
Important landmarks in the city _________________________________________
Malls/ Shopping centers – best places to go shopping ________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Special attractions/ events/ season festivals_________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Restaurants __________________________________________________________
Gastronomy of the city or region – (if they produce good wine, if their meals have
seafood, if they are good with pastry) _____________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Car rental service – prices and suggestions __________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Arrival schedule –NY or NJ to______
Schedule for DAY 1
Schedule for Day 2
Schedule for Day 3
Schedule for Day 4
Departure schedule ____ to NY or NJ
Closest airport in the Spanish speaking country ______________________________
Museums – of special interest (art, toys, history) opening hours and fees. __________
_____________________________________________________________________
Please, mention if there is a language or dialect other than Spanish spoken in the town, or city assigned. __________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Climate and suggested clothing to take in the trip- please – mention clothing items in Spanish – use pics to illustrate the concept in the Power Point presentation. ____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________