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STUDENT'S WORKSHEET | WEBQUEST 3
  Shopping with Granny  
   

 
   

Your granny is losing eyesight as she gets older, and this is causing her a problem because now she cannot do most of the things she used to do.

 

  
  TASK  
   
One day your granny asks you to go shopping with her. She wants to buy some products specially designed for people with failing sight. These will be helpful for her when she is around the house or when she is out and about.

 
:: ACTIVITIES | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
:: EVALUATION
:: CONCLUSION
 
 
Activity 1  
   

Visit the following pages and read the information carefully:

:: Webquest General Information Page: here you will find useful hints to facilitate your task and improve the final outcome of your project.

:: Webquest 2 Evaluation Sheet: here you will find how you are going to be rated.

 
Activity 2  
   

:: Choose a partner to work with and share roles with him/her.

  
Activity 3  
   

:: Your granny gives you 150 euros to buy her three items (two of them to be used at home, and the other one when she is out). So, you will have to:

  • select three products
  • describe them for her
  • say what they are for
  • buy them

:: You may find the information needed in the following on-line shops:

>> http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk/storefront.asp

>> http://www.qba.asn.au/noframes/catintro.shtml

  
Activity 4  
   

:: Your granny is mad about crossword puzzles. On your way back home buy her a magazine with puzzles and general knowledge quizzes.

She will be delighted!!

:: Magazine stall:

>> http://www.rnib.org.uk/pubcat/section8.htm

  
Activity 5  
   

:: Make a poster or a PowerPoint presentation with the results of your shopping.

:: Your presentation should include the following information of every product:

  • name and picture
  • brief description
  • what your granny will use it for

:: You should include a detailed explanation of how you have spent the 150 euros.

:: Your presentation should be conducted in English.

  
Activity 6  
    :: Share your results with the rest of the groups that have gone through the same project and discuss your ideas with them.  
Activity 7  
    :: Hang your poster in your classroom (providing you have made one, of course).  
Activity 8  
   

:: As a group, choose the best three posters and/or PowerPoint presentations. The most outstanding will be shown on the web of the project.

:: The other two posters will be exhibited on the school noticeboard.

  
Evaluation  
    :: Complete Webquest 3 Evaluation Sheet, print it and give it to your teacher.  
Conclusion  
   

Congratulations!

Now you know about a good number of products particularly designed for the blind and how to buy them on the Internet.

At the same time, you have done a great job and your granny will be very proud of you for being so kind and helpful to her.

  
       

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