Partner 1: ________________ Partner 2: ________________
Vacation Home Website or Brochure Project
ISQS Grade 10 ESL - Total: ____/65
For this final project you will create a vacation home website or brochure.
Pretend you are a landlord of a vacation home and are creating a
promotional website or brochure to advertise your space. You may use
www.wix.com to create your website, or you may use Microsoft Publisher or
Powerpoint or iOS Pages or Keynote to create a fake website or
informational brochure. You may work in partners.
1. Main page ___/6
A main page is the the introductory page of a website that usually acts as a
table of contents for the site. On this page you should have access to the
basic information that is found on your site.
The main page should have an introductory paragraph giving basic
information about the house, the rental cost, location and local amenities.
Choose a design that best fits your needs; photographs personalizes and
adds a nice touch to your website.
2. Home page ____/6
The home page should have a paragraph describing the vacation home,
the available rooms and features such as: number of bedrooms, number of
bathrooms and amenities, kitchen amenities, outdoor landscaping and
amenities.
You should include at least 3 pictures of the home and property. You may
take photos from the internet.
3. Local Area page ___/6
Give information in a paragraph about the local area where the vacation
house is located. This page should give information about local
restaurants, attractions and nature. I suggest you choose a real town to
locate your fake vacation home. You can research information about the
real town to help you. You should find real website to at least one real
restaurant, one real attraction and one real nature sight to include on this
page. You should include a picture for each link.
Partner 1: ________________ Partner 2: ________________
4. Questions page ___/6
Create a page with at least 3 questions from customers about your
vacation home. Also write the answer you would give to the question. Use
your ppt from Units 1 and 2 to help you with ideas for questions.
5. Contact Page ___/6
Give an address of the house and directions about how to navigate
there from a travel centre such as an airport or train station.
Give information about how customers may contact you.
6. Citations page ____/5
You must create one page to reference any websites you used for
research. Please give the name of the website, publishing company, year
of publication and internet address. Use the following format.
Example: The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at
Purdue and Purdue U, 2008, owl.english.purdue.edu/owl.
Grammar requirements: You should include at least one of each of the
following grammar items in your website or brochure. Highlight where you
have included these phrases in bold so they are easily found. ____/10
1. Vocabulary words of things in the home, travel items and activities.
2. Prepositional phrases such as: next to, beside, opposite of
3. Describing adjectives in the correct order.
4. It’s + adjective + to…(infinitive verb)
5. Using pronouns one and ones
6. Using possessive pronouns such as: theirs, ours, yours, his, hers.
7. Directional phrases such as: walk down the street, turn right, go straight.
8. Verbs and expressions for advice and suggestions.
9. A question using whose
10. A question with Would you mind… or Do you mind…
Partner 1: ________________ Partner 2: ________________
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Purpose and
theme
The project has an
obvious purpose
and intentional
theme that is
excellently
maintained
throughout.
The site has a
well-stated clear
purpose and
theme that is
carried out
throughout the
site.
The site has a
clearly stated
purpose and
theme, but may
have one or two
elements that do
not seem to be
related to it
The purpose and
theme of the site
is somewhat
unclear or vague
The site lacks a
purpose and
cohesive theme.
Layout and
Design
The project has an
exceptionally
attractive and
usable layout. White
space, graphic
elements and/or
alignment are used
effectively to
organize material.
Colours are
thoughtfully chosen,
pleasing and match
the theme.
The project has
an attractive and
usable layout. It
is easy to locate
all important
elements.
Colours do not
detract from the
content and are
consistent
throughout.
The project has a
usable layout,
but may appear
busy or boring. It
is easy to locate
most of the
important
elements.
Colours do not
detract from the
content but may
be inconsistent.
The project’s
layout and
design are
cluttered looking
or confusing. It is
often difficult to
locate important
elements.
Colours seem
random and may
detract from the
content.
The project’s
layout and
design is random
and
unintentional. It
is clear little to
no effort has
been made in
this area.
Colours are
random and
distract from the
information.
Navigation
Links or
headings for navigat
ion are clearly
labeled, consistently
placed, allow the
reader to
easily move from a
page to related
pages. A user does
not become lost.
Links or
headings for
navigation are
clearly labeled,
allow the reader
to easily move
from a page to
related pages. A
user rarely
becomes lost.
Links or
headings for
navigation take
the reader where
s/he expects to
go, but some
needed links or
headings seem
to be missing. A
user sometimes
gets lost.
Some links or
headings do
not lead to the
reader to the
sites or
information
described.
A user typically
feels lost.
There are few
visible links or
headings that
may or may not
lead to the
correct
information. A
user is easily
lost.
Spelling and
Grammar
There are only
minor errors in
punctuation,
spelling and
grammar, and they
don’t impede the
writing or
comprehension at
all.
There are a few
errors in
punctuation,
spelling, but the
writing is still
thoughtful and
understandable.
There are some
errors in
punctuation,
spelling and
grammar, and
they make
writing
somewhat
awkward
There are
several errors in
punctuation,
spelling and
grammar, and
they make the
writing quite
awkward.
There are many
errors in
punctuation,
spelling and
grammar, and
they greatly
impede
comprehension
of the writing.
Total:
_____/20
Partner 1: ________________ Partner 2: ________________