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A WebQuest for Teachers
Group 1 Tasksheet
1. First you need to make and save a copy of this worksheet so that you
can write in it. Do it like this:
- Select this whole page (Click on this page. Hold down Ctrl and press A)
- Now make a copy of it (Hold down Ctrl and press C)
- Now open Word (Click on
 on the bottom
left of your screen or via the Start menu)
- Paste the Tasksheet into Word (Hold down Ctrl and press V).
This should now appear on your screen as a black and white
document.
- Save the document according to your
tutor's instructions
2. Read the first situation and the question/task.
3. Click on the link (and follow any instructions given with it) to go
to the website and try to answer the question or complete the task. You
can write or paste the answer into the Answer box (it will expand to fit).
4. Go back to the same website and spend a few minutes exploring it.
Make notes on the following:
- What else can you find there that may be useful in your teaching?
- Does it make you think of any ideas for teaching with this
material?
- Anything you have to bear in mind? (eg American English)
- What's your general evaluation of this site?
Write your comments in the Comments box of your worksheet.
5. Now do the next two tasks following instructions 2-4 above.
Task 1A
| Situation |
You're teaching weather vocabulary.
Students will be more interested in tomorrow's weather for
wherever you are (rather than the weather forecast in the book). |
| Question/Task |
According to a forecast, what's the maximum
temperature here tomorrow? |
| Answer: |
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| Link: |
Go to Yahoo. In the directories on the page
click on Weather. Directories such as these are great for
searching; they often take you where you want to go more quickly
than a search engine, particularly for more general enquiries. |
| Comments about this site
(Yahoo Weather) |
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Task 1B
| Situation |
Everybody loves a quiz. And a lot of
students like Harry Potter. You're going to use some
extracts from Harry Potter (not on the web as far as I know) to
work on describing personalities. But first you want to do
a quiz about the books to lead into the topic and find out how
much your students know. |
| Question/Task |
Find a quiz about Harry Potter. What level
students would be able to cope with this? |
| Answer: |
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| Link: |
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/quiz/ |
| Comments about this site
(encarta.msn.com) |
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Task 1C
| Situation |
Your colleagues envy
your amazing computer skills!! They want to be a computer
wizard like you. You suggest they try the link
below. When you look at the link yourself you realise that
there are a few things that you don't know how to do either. You'd better learn them quickly before you're found
out. |
| Question/Task |
Find three bits of
computer advice that are new to you or your partner.
Either make notes or copy and paste in the box below. |
| Answer: |
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| Link: |
http://www.volny.cz/brabbs/shortcourse.htm |
| Comments about this site |
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When you have finished ask your tutor if there's time to try some
more. If so, go to All Tasks, and
investigate some more sites (you don't have to write about them)
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