Let’s Boycott Drinking and Driving A Web Quest For Grade 12 By: Miss Bizri

Introduction You are on the most wanted list ! Your expertise in persuasion and knowledge of facts makes you the person for the mission. Here is your mission should you choose to accept it. There has been a number of incidents where 18 year olds have had a number of car accidents under the influence.

Cont’d Consequently the minister of interior, the deputy in your district, and the mayor in your town need your help. They want you to head a campaign held by the three parties to sway teenagers from drinking and driving and to convince them of the dangers that lurk behind this practice.

Task Since teenagers and 18 year olds prefer to see things, you need to be much more creative to convince your audience. The approach will be effective on condition that you know what you are talking about. You are being paid to do the following :

Become knowledgeable about drinking and driving and issues surrounding its use Design an information brochure that list myths and facts about drinking and driving Deliver a speech to an audience on the issue of drinking and driving Write a persuasive essay on the effects of ads on alcohol consumption Cont’d

Process A.Keep important notes on all activities done during this assignment including research, student questions, projects, addresses and important organizations

B.Get into groups of four students and go through the four phases i.Phase one: Gaining background knowledge ii.Phase two: Design a brochure on myths and realities of drinking and driving. iii.Phase three: Prepare a speech that you will present to a group of teenagers before end of school year party. iv.Phase four: Write a persuasive letter on the effects of alcohol advertisements on teenagers’ alcohol behavior. Continue Process

Phase One Conduct research on drinking and driving and drinking and based on research done try to answer the following questions : 1.What disease are caused by drinking? 2.What makes teenagers and 18 years olds drink? 3.What keeps them drinking? 4.What role does alcohol companies play in alcohol consumption? 5.What percentage of students begin drinking? 6.What programs are available to help people with drinking issues?

Continue Phase One While writing and taking down notes, brainstorm as a group on the points you want to put in you brochure and speech to convince the group.

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Phase Two Lots of students hear from their peers about drinking and its effects on driving. Therefore you are to design a brochure that carries in it the myths and realities about drinking and driving. Select the myths that are mostly circulated among teenagers and reveal the truths in some creative way Put them together in the worksheet provided to help you later write your brochure Use Word Publisher to publish your brochure in a logical order that will be very revealing and convincing.

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Phase Three After conducting your research in both phase one and phase two begin to work on your speech. Make sure you include all the necessary research to make your audience’s ears stand up.

Phase Four Analyze promotional alcohol advertisements and answer the following questions: 1.Why does the ad appeal to you? 2.Are there obvious messages you can find? 3.Are there any hidden messages ? 4.What is the target audience?

Continue Phase Four Conduct further research on the effects of ads on teenage drinking behavior. Write your final product as a persuasive letter to a teen friend of yours whom you think might be on the threshold of committing to drinking and the behavior that comes with it.

Resources enwww.aphru.ac.nz/projects/alcohol/advertising.htm#childr en

Evaluation Rubrics for Brochure Rubrics for speech Rubrics for letter writing

Conclusion Through this web-quest you should have a better comprehension of the dangers that drinking and driving can cause not only to teenagers but at any age. Surely you have acquired some substantial information about this issue that you did not know before. I hope that by the end of the web-quest you have become aware of the issues related to drinking and driving.

Good Luck The End