  Create a travel blog about a different culture.  Your blogs should:  Be creatively written  Express your own interest in the culture you chose  Be visually appealing  Make the reader want to visit your country Your Task:

  1 st Week: research and begin writing  2 nd Week: finish rough drafts of each blog page  3 rd Week: create blog and transpose information  1 day: present blogs to the class  FINAL DEADLINE: April 15 th, 16 th, and 17th 2015 Timeline:

  You will be working with a partner! Things to keep in mind when choosing a partner:  Do I actually work when I’m in groups with this person?  Does this person compliment my work and study habits, or impede them?  Does this person help me stay on task and get my work done on time? Step 1: Choose Your Partner

 Step 2: Choose Your Country 1.France 2.The United States 3.China 4.Spain 5.Italy 6.Turkey 7.The United Kingdom 8.Germany 9.Malaysia 10.New Zealand 11.Austria 12.Russia 13.India 14.Thailand 15.Saudi Arabia 16.Egypt 17.Canada 18.Poland 19.The Netherlands 20.Singapore The following are a list of the 20 most popular tourist destinations in the world:

 Step 3: Choose Your Blog  Weebly:  Wix:  Blogger/Blogspot (through your Google account)  Wikispaces:  Tumblr:  And many more!

 Step 4: Check Your Sources  U.S. International Travel Office: ntent/passports/english/ country.html  Foreign Travel Advice from the UK eign-travel-advice  SmartTraveller.gov /tips/living-working.html  National Geographic Travel phic.com/travel/countries/

  Take responsibility for your work in class EVERY SINGLE DAY.  Meet the deadlines that your teacher sets.  Be respectful of those working around you.  Make sure your work is YOUR OWN.  Questions? Just ask your teacher! (not the person/group sitting next to you…) Step 5: Get to Work

  Copying and pasting from websites without citing sources.  Using the words of another person as your own.  Using the ideas of another person as your own.  Any time you can describe what you are doing as ¨borrowing¨ or ¨copying¨, you need to cite the source! Most problems can be avoided by simply stating where your information came from! What constitutes plagiarism?

  Want to include a.gif, a short animation or video, or an image in your blog?  Cite your source!  What about music and other audio?  Cite your source!  Where?  In the bibliography page on your blog! What about things that aren´t text?

  Ask your teacher!  Or, if you really want to be autonomous, check out this helpful website: What do I do if I’m not sure?