WEBQUEST: Savannah Safari Animals


The Webquest is about Trip to Africa. To generate a report as the final task, you should take the steps scaffolded for you. There are also some favors to help you do your job. You should group of two in doing the task. this WebQuest is to cope the goal of KTSP Curricula. you can find it here

INTRODUCTION
you are about to take a trip to an African savannah as a newspaper reporter. You work for the School News. While you are traveling around the savannah, it will be your job to learn about certain animals. Your job is not only finding the information but also have to write a report when you return for a newspaper. The report is about the animal you researched. Have a great trip and come back with lots of information!

TASK
Your mission is to write a newspaper report about your animal. You will need to present your report to the other reporters working for the School News.
As the next topic of the news is mammals living in savannah and you will have to give a report about certain savannah animals. So, you should choose one of the topics about what savannah animal which you will report (elephant, zebra, giraffe, or lion).
You may report what your animal looks like, what your animal's habitat is, what your animal eats, its enemies, and other interesting facts. You must gather information for reporting your topic. Once you have chosen the topic then you may continue the task.
Each member of the group has different job in seeking information, e.g. one is looking for the habitat and the food, another is looking for the characteristics and the enemies. Then, both of you work together to write it into a good the composition of report text.


PROCESS
  • Look at the online resources below and start gathering information about: animal looks like, animal's habitat, animal's eating (whether it is a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore and what that means), its enemies, and other interesting facts. you can gather information from the video or the website linked below.
Girrafe
Factual information of girrafe

Elephant
Factual information of elephant
  • Having done your research, organize your research by collecting the appropriate information and  make outline of summary and start to write.
  • Do not copy the information word for word. Use your own words when taking notes. Read through your writing and make sure you do not see any grammar or structures errors. Make sure your writing is clear and easy to read you may look at the REPORT TEXT: Generic Structure and example.

  • after gathering the information, draft your writing.
  • Edit your writing (make sure the use of capitals and punctuation is appropriate). When you are not able to solve your problems during the writing, you may consult your teacher. finally, please do not forget to put references together to your work.
  • For the presentation, you have to publish your report into THE PADLET. just write the text, add image or video by clicking the pink plus (+) icon at  the right bottom of the site.
Made with Padlet
  • you should add the images or videos of the animal to make a better report. Don't forget to edit your work after making the evaluation on Evaluation stage.
EVALUATION

Your writing will be assessed based on the following criteria. Make sure your work fulfill the criteria in order to gain the best score. The Scores are range of 0-3.


CONCLUSION
You have finished your work. You have learned so much about some animals of the wildlife. You may be able to give information to your readers many things about savannah animals in Africa. You have enlarged your vocabulary and learned more about report text. Now that you have done this work successfully keep on going and don’t give up! It is show time now: share your work and keep on learning. You can be a reporter in the future.


After doing the WebQuest and generating the report text please do the quiz below to complete the assignment
QUIZ