Country+Reflection+AK2

Assignment: You will create a 3-column (3-fold) 2-sided tourism brochure for a Spanish speaking country.
1. Enter the URL of the Bookr product that you created for a Spanish-speaking country. URL: http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=56331
 * Background **

What country did you write about? The country that I wrote about is Spain.


 * 2. Know: ** These are the facts that I know about the country/country site.
 * 1) The largest waterfall in Spain is about 885 feet tall.
 * 2) The capital for Spain is Madrid.
 * 3) Spain's currency for money is in euro.


 * 3. Need to Learn: ** These are facts that I need to learn to complete the brochure.
 * 1) Climate and weather
 * 2) Historical sights
 * 3) Customs and cultures


 * 4. Go to Country Report to research more information about the country. **
 * And go to the CIA World FactBook **** and also look on the Frommer 's website **
 * Do not copy and paste, but make notes of information about the country here. **


 * Climate and Weather **
 * The climate is usually dry, sunny, and agreeable.
 * In winter, temperatures almost drop below freezing and most winter days are uncomfortably cold.
 * Summers are usually warm with temperatures from about 95°F to 100°F. During the evening, the climate is cool.
 * There is barely any rain in Spain and snow is not common.

Santa María la Real de La Almudena (Almudena Cathedral)
 * Historical Sights**


 * Customs and Cultures**
 * The national sport in Spain is soccer.
 * People also enjoy watching or playing tennis or cycling.
 * Gardening is one of Spain's recreational pastime.
 * People in Spain have a passion for music.
 * They have a tradition in literature, drama, and architecture.
 * For each ring or sound of the clock at midnight, people pop grapes into their mouths and twelve grapes symbolize good luck.
 * When Spain has festivals, the people usually wear costumes.


 * 5. Decide on a specific focus for the brochure and decide on a target audience. Describe both here. **

My specific focus is the customs and cultures of the country. I think I should focus more on the customs and cultures because I think tourists would like to know how Spain is like and how it's different from other countries. Some tourists would also like to know what people in Spain do everyday. My target audience is families. It should be families because it would be a great experience to tour around the world and maybe Spain might have some festivals. Spain might also have some other cultural things that are going on in the country.


 * 6. What language of persuasion will you use in the brochure. Explain with examples. **

The language of persuasion that I will use is warm and fuzzy because Spain might have some festivals or even amusement parks. Also, it would be a great experience to visit all the historic places and all the monuments in Spain. Children and adults would also have an educational experience because there are a lot of historic events that happened earlier before what Spain is today.


 * 7. Use Open Office Text to create a 3-column, 2-sided brochure. Make sure the information is accurate. You may use creative commons images for the documents. **


 * Keep in mind the 4 principles of good design: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, Proximity. **
 * Use //**CONTRAST**// to “pull” the viewer in, create hierarchy, and make it easy to pick out important information
 * Use //**ALIGNMENT**// to unify and organize the page(s) and publication(s), and make text easy to read and understand
 * Use //**REPETITION**// to unite, join, and fuse the pages and publication(s) together, and provide a consistent “look and feel”
 * Use //**PROXIMITY**// to indicate relationships and create visual connections between elements.


 * 8. Export the final document as a jpg and upload it to your wiki page. **

=Thinking about Your Thinking=

=9. Your Analysis:=

Learned: These are facts that I learned about the country.
 * 1) I learned that snow and rain is not common in Spain.
 * 2) I also learned that Spain has several favorite sports which are soccer, cycling, and bullfighting.
 * 3) I learned that the Almudena Cathedral was built on an ancient church in honor of their patron saint of Madrid.
 * 4) I learned that Spaniards have a passion for music like playing the guitar.

Resources: The most useful resources for images and ideas were:
 * 1) I used CC Search for all my images on the brochure.

=**Discuss the following:**=

1. What is the target audience? Explain why this was a good audience for the country you were researching. Why would they be interested in the country?

 * The target audience is for people who want to tour around Spain and have an idea of what Spain is like. I think families or friends should visit Spain because this country has a lot of historical sights to visit. I think this is a good audience because people who have field trips or just visiting for a vacation, people can learn about the history of Spain and learn what most Spaniards like to do best. They would be interested in visiting this country because Spain has a lot of things to offer like a mariachi band playing in public or visiting sights for an educational purpose.

2. What creative techniques are used to attract attention? How do the text, colors, language appeal to a specific audience. Provide specific examples.
 * The creative techniques that are used to attract attention is using bright colors to make the brochure pop more. In the inside of the brochure, I used the colors red and yellow to represent Spain's flag, so people would know that my country that I'm doing is Spain. For the text, I used white and black against the background colors. The colors that I used for the outside of my brochure is using red, yellow, and blue grey. I thought that using a different color for the back of the brochure would tie the brochure together because all the colors I used are the same. I wanted to make the brochure look neater and different.The language appeals to a specific audience which is people who are having a field trip or just families and friends. I think this group of audience appeals to those people because Spain has a lot of historical places to visit since this country has a lot of history background.

3. What Language of Persuasion did you use? Provide examples of the application to your document.
 * The Language of Persuasion that I used is repetition because in my brochure, it keeps repeating Spain in Spanish which is Espana. My brochure also says words that can be translated in English that look similar to each other such as favoritos which means favorite. Basically, my brochure just keeps repeating words that look similar to the English language and you can easily tell some words that you've seen before like y, and it means and. Also, the capital of Spain, Madrid, is in the brochure, so it should be easy that the country is about Spain.

4. How might different people understand this message differently? (Would a different audience find the brochure appealing to them? why or why not?)
 * Different people might understand this message differently because I think more adults would find this helpful if they go to Spain and visit all the places they want to visit. I also think that adults will find more historic places and maybe thye want to find out more about the country like what the people are more interested in or what places they have that are historic. In my opinion, I think this brochure should be for kids and adults because they could learn more about the country itself, and maybe later on people might have a test on Spain.

5. What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?
 * The values, lifestyles, and points of view are represented in this message is the whole general idea of spain such as the following: customs and cultures, historic places, climate and weather, and even some facts about Spain and its people. The points of view in this brochure is basically an idea of what Spain is like and also how the people are like and what they're most interested in.

6. Why would this message be distributed?
 * This message should be distributed because for the tourism of Spain.

Problems and Solutions: What were the biggest problems that you encountered in completing the assignment. How did you solve the problems?
 * The biggest problems that I encountered in completing this assignment is I have to allign all the colors that are on the brochure to exact, but I found out that nothing can be alligned exactly. While I was doing this, I got really frustrated, so I just tried to allign all the colors into a close range to allign it. I also figured out that rearranging the pictures can make the colors allign exactly, but nothing can be exact.



= Assessment Rubric =

Based on Science Leadership Academy Rubric

- Does student plan and structure the project thoughtfully and purposefully? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student demonstrate the understanding of ideas through inquiry, research, analysis, or experience? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student use a variety of skills and strategies to apply knowledge to the problem or project? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student take the necessary steps to fully realize the project goals? ||  ||   ||   ||   || - Does student effectively communicate the central ideas of the project? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || Exceeds Expectations 4 || Meets Expectations 3 || Approaches Expectations 2 || Does Not Meet Expectations 1 ||
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=Travel Brochure Scoring Rubric:Grade 8=

5 points Excellent || Bueno 4 points Good || Necesita Mejorar 3 points Below Average ||
 * =Criteria= || Excelente
 * =Criteria= || Excelente
 * ===Content and Vocabulary Accuracy=== || Varied use of vocabulary, few inaccurate travel descriptions, details are very realistic, contains very few errors and accurately reflects the current events and activities || Basic use of vocabulary, some inaccurate travel descriptions, details are realistic, contains some errors, but does reflect current events and activities || Limited use of vocabulary, many inaccurate travel descriptions, details are unrealistic, contains many errors and does not reflect the current events and activities ||
 * ===Linguistic Accuracy=== || Brochure contains few agreement, conjugation or spelling errors and is easily understood by the reader || Brochure contains some agreement, conjugation, or spelling errors but it does not interfere with the basic understanding of the reader || Brochure contains many adjective agreement errors, conjugation errors, and/or spelling errors that impede the understanding of the reader ||
 * Visuals || Visuals are from the country described and are colorful and attractive with many descriptive and appropriate words || Visuals are from the country described most of the time and are in color with appropriate descriptive words || Visuals are not from the country described, or are only in black and white; did not use appropriate descriptive words ||
 * Internet Resources || Used three on-line web sites as resources || Used two on-line web sites as resources || Used a minimum of one on-line web site as a resource (www.countryreports.org) ||
 * Total =__ /20 points

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