Name: __________________________

Come and Visit

Congratulations! You have just received a job in ____________________s

Visitor Centre. Your first assignment is to attract tourists to your
community. You will need to creatively inform and persuade potential
tourists to visit your community.

Information to Consider:

location

landforms (what does the land look like)

weather

language(s) spoken

culture

traditions (food, clothing, music/dance, art)

festivals/celebrations

activities you can do in the community

natural resources

You need to creatively persuade and convince tourists to visit your

community. Choose from one of the following ways to present your
information:

Travel Brochure

Video Report/Video Commercial

Blog Post

Puppet Pals Commercial

Other (must be approved by Miss Pasma): ____________________!

Collect information using online sources and textbooks and record your
notes on the following pages.

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Research Form

Name of Community: ________________________

Location in Canada (province, north/south/east/west):

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What does the land look like (landforms/water):

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Weather:

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Culture (Acadian, Inuit, Ukrainian): ________________________

Language(s): ________________________

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Traditions:

Food:

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Clothing:

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Music/Dance:

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Art:

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Festivals or Celebrations:

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Natural resources:

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Tourist Activities:

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Come and Visit Rubric

Criteria

Excellent

Proficient

Acceptable

Limited

Prepare and
present
information

Significant and
insightful facts
are organized and
presented in a
purposeful manner.
Strong words and
descriptive details
to support
argument are
used effectively.

Appropriate and
relevant facts
are organized and
presented in a
logical manner.
Strong words and
descriptive details
to support
argument are
often used.

Some facts are

organized and
presented in a
simple manner.
Some facts
included may be
irrelevant or some
information may
be missing. Words
chosen to support
the argument
tend to be
ordinary.

Inappropriate
facts are illogically
organized and
presented in an
ineffective
manner. Words
chosen to support
the argument
indicate a lack of
vocabulary.

Create visual
images for
particular
audiences and
purposes

Selects or
creates visuals
that are vivid and
provide a detailed
portrayal of the
community being
presented.

Selects or
creates visuals
that are appealing
and provide an
accurate
portrayal of the
community being
presented.

Selects or
creates visuals
that are generally
appropriate and
provide a
reasonable
portrayal of the
community being
presented.

Selects or
creates simplistic
visuals that
provide little or no
relation to the
community being
presented.

Access and
retrieve
appropriate
information

Gathers
Gathers sufficient
extensive
relevant
pertinent
information using a
information using a variety of
variety of
sources..
sources..

Gathers simplistic
basic information
using minimal
sources..

Gathers
undeveloped trivial
information using
minimal or no
sources..

Comments:

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