<strong>Getting ready for a STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM Webquest</strong>

<strong>Introduction</strong>

<strong>In one or two years you will be in high school. It's never too soon tothink about participating in the high school student exchange program. Would you like the experience of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona or see the Mayan ruins in Mexico? There are many more countries in the world that speak Spanish.</strong>

<strong>Where would you like to travel???</strong>

<strong>TASK</strong>

<strong>First you need to find a country that speaks the language you are learning this year (Spanish) and a town/city that you would like to live in for ten months (August 15th to June 15th). You will need to complete three more steps to be considered as a candidate for the this program. At the end of this WebQuest, you will submit to your Spanish teacher the following items:</strong><strong>  your research worksheet, y</strong><strong>our letter to the student exchange program, the postcard you made and your saved PowerPoint presentation.</strong>

<strong>Also submit an evaluation rubric with your name on it. It is always Very important to review any rubric so that you understand the expectations for the assignment.</strong>

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<strong>PROCESS</strong>

<strong>#1  Research Worksheet - Due - Week of 4/20 ( 25 points)</strong>

<strong>You need to do a little work to be sure you want to spend a school year in a different country. A worksheet has been included to assist you in your research. You can print out the worksheet first, complete it and then print it out. You may use the links suggested, or search the internet on your own. You must write down at least six pieces of information for EACH of three countries being researched.  You may search for the suggested information or other information that interests you.</strong>

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<strong>                  Resources for Spanish Speaking Countries (scroll down to Resources)</strong>

<strong>As you search the Internet to find information and images, you may want to create a favorite folder to refer back to. There are more activities planned that will rely on the research that you are doing. In the letter to the Exchange Program, and your PowerPoint for your family, you will want to have reasons why you want to go to the country that you have selected.</strong>

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<strong>#2   Exchange Program Letter - Due - Week 4/27 (25 points)</strong>

<strong>After researching the area that you would like to travel to, you must wrtie a letter to the Exchange Program Coordinator to let them know of your interest in visiting a particular a particular country. In your letter include four reasons why you have chosen the town or city you want to be placed in. You may wish to consider the following: climate;recreational opportunities;culture and historic sites; size of city/town. Your research worksheet my be quite helpful in this task. An example of a partially written letter has been provided for you.</strong>

<strong>#3  Postcard - Due Week 4/27  (25 points)</strong>

<strong>It is very important that you and your host family get to know each other, since both parties need to agree with the match. Create a postcard, to the family that you may be placed with, describing yourself. This must be done in the language you are learning. (Spanish). Add a picture that tells something about YOU. You must write the postcard in the language of the host family and then print it off. A stamp has already been added but you can choose another one if you would like. A good postcard to a host family would have a least  THREE pieces of information about you in a five sentence note.</strong>

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<strong>#4 Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show</strong>

<strong>Create a PowerPoint slide show of the location you wish to visit as an exchange student. EACH slide must have some reason your parents should let you go on this trip. Think of your audience (parents/guardians and family) and think of your goal ( going on the trip). What would they hope you would gain from such an experience?  Check out some of the Student Exchange Porgam sites if you need some help.  Be creative in your pitch to your parents.</strong>

<strong>Your slide show must have EIGHT slides (not including your Title slide) with at least FIVE pictures to convince your family that this is an important experience that you dont</strong>

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