Eine Reise nach Deutschland
You are now responsible for planning a week-long trip to
Germany from May 28th - June 3rd. Via
the Internet, travel books, etc., you must obtain all of the information that
you will need to find and reserve a flight, find and reserve places to stay in
at least 3 cities, find and reserve train tickets to travel within the country,
find and plan at least 5 sites to visit within and around each of the 3 cities,
find at least 2 restaurants at which to eat in each of the 3 cities, find maps,
pictures, and flyers, and calculate the total cost of your trip in Dollars and
Euros. You must also give credit to the
sources from which you received your information.
After finding all of this information, you will have to
present your trip plans to the class in German and have visual aides to help
you in your presentation. This can
consist of a poster, a power-point presentation, etc. You will be given at least 4 days in class to use the computer
lab, but you will also be required to do some of this work outside of class as
well. This project needs to be
finished to be ready for presentation
on April 3, 2002. Please read the
scoring guide below to see how this project will be graded.
This project will
be worth 100 points so do your best work!
Helpful
Web-Sites:
http://www.lowestfare.com/ - airfare
http://www.airfare.com/ - airfare
http://www.airfarehotline.com/ - airfare
http://www.cheap-airfare.com - airfare
http://www.rail.de/ - Deutsche Bahn Web Site
http://www.clickgermany.com/ - hotels
http://worldres.lycos.com/script/node.asp?n=1243&front_end_id=760
- hotels
http://www.stadtplandienst.de/query?ORT=m - maps
http://www.deutschland-tourismus.de/ - maps and tourist attraction info
http://www.oanda.com/ - currency converter
Scoring Guide:
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Content
(25 points) |
Meets
few or none of the requirements |
Does
not meet minimum requirements, contains information that is questionable and/or
inaccurate, contains information that reflects little/no comprehension, lacks
insight |
Gives
the desired information, but no more, contains information that is basic and
accurate, but shows little evidence of supporting details, contains
information that reflects comprehension of basic facts, draws familiar
conclusions |
Exceeds
the amount of information requested, contains information that is accurate
and partially supported, contains information that reflects a great deal of
comprehension of material, draws familiar conclusions |
Has
an overall effect that is fresh, original, unique and exceeds the amount of
information requested, contains information that is accurate and supported,
info reflects total comprehension of material, demonstrates insightfulness
through connections |
|
Language
during presentation (20 points) |
Language
is incomprehensible |
Does
not reflect the level of study, is inaccurate, incomprehensible or
irrelevant. |
Reflects
level of study, is generally accurate, but is limited and/or repetitious |
Reflects
level of study, is accurate and varied |
Reflects
level of study, and is precise, varied, and extensive |
|
Delivery
(20 points |
Totally
unprepared and incomprehensible |
Not
prepared, reads from notes, rate, volume, pitch are distracting/inaudible |
Prepared
but makes frequent references to notes, rate, volume and pitch are
appropriate and audible |
Well-prepared,
little reference to notes, rate, volume, and pitch are appropriate and easy
to hear |
Well-prepared,
no reference to notes, volume, pitch, and rate enhance presentation |
|
Visual
aide (20 points) |
Careless,
sloppy, visually that distracts from the presentation |
Many
errors, does not help in presentation |
Helps
the presentation somewhat with many errors. Some organization |
Helps
the presentation with few errors. Very organized |
Enhances
the presentation with virtually no errors. Very organized |
|
Use
of Class Time (10 points) |
Wasted
time. Rarely on task |
Wasted
much of class time |
Wasted
some class time but spent some time on task |
Wasted
very little class time. |
On
task during all class time. |
|
Length
of presentation (5 points) |
Less
than :30 |
30-1
min in length |
1-2
minutes of length |
:
2-3 minutes in length |
3-5
minutes in length |