JOKES

Jokes are also interesting to learn a language. Many of them are the same in other languages but others are specially British or American, since they play with words, meanings and similar sounds. Read these jokes and have fun!

Teacher: Mary, have you read "Freckles"?
Mary: No, mine are brown.

·    A big moron and a little moron were standing on a bridge.The big moron fell off. How come the little moron didn't?
- He was a little more on (the bridge)

·    Nine and ten don't exist anymore.
- Why?
- Because seven ate nine and ten.

·    Two men at the station:
- At what time does your train leave?
- At two to two. And what about yours?
- At two to two too!

·     Do you know why the ocean is blue?
- Because fish make blue, blue, blue, blue...

·    What is a fish without an eye?
A fsh!

·   Teacher: John, why are you doing your maths multiplication on the floor? 
John: You told me to do it without using a table.

·   Teacher: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
Glenn: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
Teacher: No, that's wrong
Glenn: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

·    Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
Donald: H I J K L M N O.
Teacher: What are you talking about?
Donald: Yesterday you said it's H to O. (H2O)

WEBQUEST: A TRIP TO GIBRALTAR

 

• A WebQuest for Intermediate ESL Students ( 4º E.S.O. /  Bachillerato ) 
• Designed by Francisco Fernández Velasco.
• I.E.S. "Clara Campoamor". Peligros (Granada)  
• pacofervel@hotmail.com

 

                 Granada, July 2005 . Last revised and adapted: August  2011.

INTRODUCTION                                         

Can you answer these questions? 

•  Is Gibraltar Spanish, English or British ?  
• Can you go to Gibraltar only to buy things ? 
• Should you drive on the left or on the right ?

  You will know the answers doing...

A TRIP TO GIBRALTAR

THE TASK  

                    

The local Government think that Andalusian and Spanish people in general have a distorted idea of Gibraltar. So they decided to "wash" the image of the place and the people living there and give a real and accurate one. 

You will take three different roles:  

• A well-known historian and anthropologist.  
• A representative member of  the G.T.O- (Gibraltar Tourist Office)  
• A representative member of the G.B.S. (Gibraltar Board of Salesmen)

So you will try to find and give the correct information about "The Rock". Then you may also decide which the final product will be : an essay  which will be published in the School Magazine or a very complete tourist brochure about Gibraltar. You can use photographs and pictures to illustrate your work.

  

This work of investigation is subdivided into three different parts  and will take three or four working sessions maximum. Finally you will discuss and agree on the final report before it being presented as the Final Task.

The Final Task will include the following items:   

• Main geographical features
• Chronological  Prehistory and History summary .       
• Society and population.  
• Currency and language.    
• The Government.     
• The Mass Media 
• Tourism and leisure.

      

For the completion of the task you will have to visit different web pages. You will be told how to do that in different ways in the different parts:

• "Click" on the photo
• "Visit this site"   
• "Click " on the Question

You can also "click" on each of the URLs  in the PROCESS section in Resources if any of the pages  that you are going to visit does not open properly or you have any other problems.

 PROCESS 

                            

       

The  group of 3 students will work as a team, not individually. This means that all of you must discuss and agree on the different matters together. 

First Part

Look at the pictures carefully and  Identify the place or the monument and give some relevant facts or circumstances about each one.

"Click" on each photo.

Photo 1

Photo 2

 Photo 3
 

Photo 4

Photo 5

 

Second Part  

You must make the route for the "Official Rock Tour" , indicating the places and monuments that are recommended to be visited.

Visit this site: http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/  

or   this one:   http://www.gibtaxi.com/rocktour.html

                                  

 
                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

After a long working time you will probably be tired and hungry. Have a rest in your work to have a meal. 

• Visit a typical British restaurant. 
• Make a selection of the best known ones, saying what kind of dishes you can eat there as a speciality.

 

  
Visit this site:  http://www.andalucia.com/gibraltar/restaurants.htm
 
Third Part                            

   

 

Answer the following questionnaire. 

"Click" on each question. 

                  1º What happened in 1713?

                  2º Why is relevant "4 August 2004"? 

                  3º Who is Peter Caruana?
                  4º What is "Llanito"?
                  5º What is the origin of the present name of Gibraltar?
                  6º What is the money they use in Gibraltar?
                  7º What are "The Barbary Apes"? What is their origin?
                  8º List and date the civilizations that settled down in Gibraltar
                  9º What is, more or less, the population of Gibraltar?
                10º Name the most important "mass media"

                11º What is "The Great Siege"? 

                12º What are the different nationalities and religions in Gibraltar?

Resources

If any of the links  fails or the page requested is not found, you can  search the following sites to complete the Final Task.

•        http://www.gibnet.com/media/index.htm
•        http://www.gibraltar.gov.uk/
•        http://www.ssvc.com/bfbs/radio/gibraltar/
•        http://www.gibraltarviewpoint.com/    
•        http://www.gbc.gi/
•        http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/
•        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gibraltar 

EVALUATION

 

 

The evaluation of the Final Output will be done to all of the three members of the team together, according to the different aspects. 

    

Aspects	Score
Correct Writing
New vocabulary learnt
Data organization
Data accuracy
Team work
Final Score

The Global Score will result in the addition of the different aspects of the task, which will be marked 1 to 4, according to their quality.      
                               

Score	Final Task
5 -  8	Poor
9 - 12	Satisfactory
13 - 16	Good
17 - 20	Excellent

Correct writing

Score	Comments
1	Incorrect use of grammar and language structures.  A lot  of mistakes in spelling
2	Few mistakes in spelling, grammar and punctuation.  Messy ideas; writing  not very complete and clear
3	No mistakes in spelling and grammar and complete and clear ideas.
4	Correct grammar, spelling and originality.  Good writing and very complete and clear ideas

New vocabulary

Score	Comments
1	Poor use of vocabulary. You didn't incorporate almost any new word.
2	You didn't incorporate much of the new vocabulary .
3	You incorporated new vocabulary satisfactorily.
4	Remarkable use and incorporation of new vocabulary.

       

Data Accuracy 

                                                  

Score	Comments
1	Most answers are wrong and it seems that you have paid little attention to the information on the  pages.
2	Most answers are right, but  you haven't understood the  information enough or visited the pages  carefully
3	Most answers are right and show that you have read all the  information and explored the pages extensively.
4	Your answers are all correct and show that you have  explored pages extensively and read the data accurately.

Team Work                                                 

    

Score	Comments
1	You worked separately most of the time and almost didn't  share ideas or listened to each other to discuss the matters.
2	All of you participated  with the right role but, sometimes,  one of the partners did not assume responsibility  and, therefore,  the group didn't work properly
3	All of you participated equally and and did what you had to do  in the team. Everyone worked simultaneously and was responsible  for his work and role sharing ideas and listened to each other
4	All of you participated equally and always collaborated in the  team. Everyone worked simultaneously and was responsible for individual work and role. Everyone shared ideas and listened to each other

CONCLUSION

Working on this page you will have put into practice team work and will have satisfactorily known a place of interesting cultural and touristy facts, many of which are directly related to the Spanish or European history and culture. In the same way, you will have contacted the British culture, history and language, and  will have also reinforced your  knowledge in Geography and History. You will  have also learnt or improved searching the Internet  and made your English vocabulary wider and richer.

               

TEACHER'S NOTES 

  

Although this page was thought to be used in or for the English classroom, it could also be used by students of "Ciencias Sociales" whose knowledge of the English language is acceptable, specially in the levels 4º E.S.O and Bachillerato.

The main targets to be reached are to contact a culture, a history, a language which share elements with the Spanish culture, history and language, The students will have the opportunity to know a peculiar historical, cultural and touristy place which is near both in time and distance.

The students may also practice reading and writing so as to reinforce and renew their knowledge of the English language through a virtual visit to Gibraltar.

Resources can be searched for in two different ways:

a) In the Task section, the students are directly told what to do find the information they need. So they take less time in fulfilling their work. 

b) They students may have to do a more exhaustive searching, so the time they will spend will be longer. They  are given a list of links at the end of PROCESS in Resources. This is necessary when the pages cannot be opened due to technical reasons or changes in them.

As to the different roles, all of the three students must decide. The teacher may help them decide if they don't have it clear.

CREDITS & REFERENCE                                         

 

  

Our special thanks to Bernie Dodge,  Antonio Arenas Maestre, from C.E.P. of Granada and Aula Tecnológica Siglo XXI, for their interesting and practical information about templates and ideas on how to elaborate this WebQuest. 

 

We particularly  thank Isabel Pérez Torres for her invaluable guidance and devotion in our training for the completion and improvement of this Webquest. 

We equally thank Mapquest.com, Discover Gibraltar.com, Softonic.com, Iconos.com, Gifmania.com, Publispain.com and so many other public and private organizations which allowed us to use their pages, images, charts and maps only for educational purpose.

•     San Diego State University: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
•     Isabel Pérez Torres: http://www.isabelperez.com
•     Bernie Dodge: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
•     Aula Tecnológica Siglo XXI: http//:www.aula21.net
•     Softonic: http://www.softonic.com/
•     MapQuest: http://www.mapquest.com/
•     Publispain: http://www.publispain.com/                             

This WebQuest was initially elaborated with Microsoft FrontPage and is based on the adaptation and translation into Spanish by Isabel Pérez Torres of the template downloaded from the WebQuest Page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html with the permission of Bernie Dodge.

 Francisco Fernández Velasco.