Vacation time has arrived. The
dates for the trip must be between June 1 and December 31, 2015. You
will be gone for five days. You have a budget of $5,000. Your
total cost cannot exceed this amount. Pick from one of these cities for
your vacation. You must pick a city from the list below.
Cost for 4 nights - if
you get a cost for 1 night, multiply to get your 4 night total
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2. Activity Plan - DUE Use the internet to find appropriate activities
for your trip. Write directly on the planning sheet to record your
finding. Extra copies are available from the substitute teacher if you
lost yours. PREZI - register for an account
Background can be a theme or import your own background
Path
1. Entire area/Name of City
2. Video
3. Name of Activity
Date & Time
Picture
Cost
4. Repeat step 3 until all activities are included
5. I hope you enjoy your trip.
Prezi Download
1. Select the Prezi file you wish to download
2. Click the Download button
-preparing the files takes a
few seconds
3. When you see the message "What do you want to do....." select Save As
4. Select the Vacation Folder - click save and wait
5. When you see the message "Download complete" select open folder
6. You should see a yellow folder with a zipper on it.
7. Right click this folder and select Extract All
8. Check the location, it should be your vacation folder
9. Click Extract - extracting will take a few seconds
10. Copy the yellow folder and place it in your grading folder
11. To see if it worked, double click the yellow folder, then double click
the file Prezi.exe and your Prezi will play.
3. Meal Plan - DUE
Use the internet to find appropriate meals for your trip.
Write directly on the planning sheet to record your findings. Extra copies
are available from the substitute teacher if you lost yours.
RestaurantsCity SearchMenu Pages
Padlet.com - register for an account
Customize your wall as you wish (background, style, themes, etc.)
Name of Wall Restaurants in Name of City
Place Restaurants in chronological order
Text for date
*Your Name/Post Title = Name of Restaurant
*Write Something = Time
*Include a picture
Print the Padlet
-open the padlet
-click on Share/Export over on the right side
-Export as an Image
-When you see your padlet, right click and print to the 3800
-Write your name on the paper before turning in
Departure Info:
Date, Time, Name of airline, flight number, connecting city, time, flight
number, arrival time, city
Return Flight Info:
Date, Time, Name of airline, flight number, connecting city, time, flight
number, arrival time, city
Formatting of
document - font, center, table lines, easy to read
Cost
Formatting
for Flight:
-auto fit the
table to contents
-borders on
table: cannot be black, cannot be solid
-center the
table horizontally
-Use fill
somewhere in the table at least one time. Cannot fill the entire
table. Think back to how fill has been used in other assignments.
-Add bold
formats where necessary: table headings, page heading
-Heading:
font size, centered, bold, color?, word art?
-Must have at
least 1 picture
-Must have the
price: include $ and comma if necessary
-Use the entire
page. Cannot be on the 2nd page.
-Header with name information
6.
Travel Agency Logo - (Paint) Create a travel agency logo for your
company that is sponsoring this trip. You must include the name of your travel
agency AND a picture/graphic that you create on your own in the paint program.
You cannot bring in a picture from an outside source. You make up the name of
your Travel Agency. To create the text, you MUST use the text tool. You cannot
just scribble the text or draw with a pencil/paint brush the text. Create a
canvas that is 300 X 300 pixels in size. Here are some samples:
Timeline#1 - Day 1 These
five events need to be on your timeline in chronological order.
1. Fly out of SF
2. Arrival in City (not layover City)
3. Car Rental Pick up
4. Hotel Check In
5. Meal
Label - Date and Time
Short Description - Name of Activity or Name of
Restaurant and Cost if there is a cost
Full Description - A SENTENCE or more to describe the
activity or the restaurant/meal.
Image - yes
Timeline #2 - Day 5
These five events need to be on your timeline in chronological order.
1. Hotel Check Out
2. Meal
3. Drop off car
4. Fly out of Destination City - Label:
Date and Time, Short: Name of Activity; Full Description - sentence; Image - yes
5. Arrival in SF
Label - Date and Time
Short Description - Name of Activity or Name of
Restaurant and Cost if there is a cost
Full Description - A SENTENCE or more to describe the
activity or the restaurant/meal.
Image - yes
8. Cost Sheet - (Excel) Create a spreadsheet for the different cost categories
for the trip.
Heading - use word art
Flight
Hotel
Car Rental
Restaurant
Activities
Total Cost of Trip - use a formula to get this amount
Formatting the
Spreadsheet:
-Use of borders, at
least one time. No default borders (black/single line)
-Use of fill. Cannot fill
the entire document.
-All money amounts need $.
-Adjust column widths
-Word art: make sure it is
formatted, no default settings
-Pictures or clip art
-Change font color at least 1
time.
-Must fit on 1 page.
Change margins if necessary.
-Name in header
9. Presentation -
(PowerPoint)
Create a slide show of your vacation. This presentation will show pictures of
what you will see on your trip.
Step 1. Save 16 pictures from
sights of your vacation city. These 16 pictures are for slides 1-4.
Step
2. The background can be the same or different from slide to slide.
You cannot use a picture as a background.
Step 3. This presentation will have 12 slides.
Slide 1: Title, Dates and 1 picture
Slide 2: 5 pictures Timing
for slides 2, 3, 4
Slide 3: 5 pictures
Slide 4: 5 pictures
Slide 5: Heading Learn More About Your Trip. List each item
(Flight, Hotel, Car Rental, Restaurants, Activities, Expenses, More Information). Link each item to
the page where you tell more info.
Slide 6: Heading Flight: dates, time to leave SF, cost to
fly, picture (clip art - not 1 of the 16 pictures), link back to slide 5
Slide 7: Heading Car Rental: type of car, rental
company, cost, picture, link back to slide 5
Slide 8: Heading Hotel: name of hotel, amenities, cost,
picture, link back to slide 5
Slide 9: Heading Meals: tell about most expensive meal, type
of food, cost, picture, link to slide 5
Slide 10: Heading Activities: explain 2 activities (include
costs), total for all activities, picture, link to slide 5
Slide 11: Heading Expenses: List each category and amount,
total cost of trip, picture, link to slide 5
Slide 12: Heading More Information: contact information,
picture, link to slide 5
Step
4. Music: Make a selection for the music from the songs on the
shared drive in the PowerPoint folder. This music plays for slide 1-4
only.
10. Vacation Announcement - (Word) Create an appropriate poster that gives a
brief overview of the vacation spot that you chose.
What to include in this
document:
1.
Name of trip
2.
Cost of trip
3.
Picture - can be from clip art or the internet
4.
Dates
5.
Catchy saying - optional
Formatting for Announcement:
-font: readable, larger
size, word art is acceptable, not required
-$ and comma on amount
-use entire page
-stay out of the left, right,
top and bottom margins
