How to do it.

Everything that is explained here is a job that needs to be divided between your team of 2.

Be sure you make clear arrangements about the division of the task.

1/ The expense account

• You have a budget of €1,250 (±£1,140). This money is used for transport, tickets, food, accommodation, ... for the two of you
• Open a MS Excel document and use the skills you have learned in your computer class.
• Search the internet for transport, tickets, accommodation, ... for your project. Use the Resources I have given you.
• Every purchase needs to be written down in your Excel spread sheet*.
• For every major purchase (car rental, hotel, tickets, petrol, ...) there needs to be proof. Call it a receipt. This proof can be a print-out or a print screen you add in a Word-document.
• Click HERE for my examples. When buying food, or souvenirs, proof is not needed*.
• When all your expenses are written down, make sure you stay below the €1,250 limit.

2/ Sports research

• Search on the internet for sports games. There are 5 sports you can choose from: football, cricket, tennis, rugby and snooker.
• You have to choose 2 different sports.
• Virtually buy* 2 tickets for 2 sporting events. (see The expense account)
• Then write a fictitious sports report about these games. (see The sports report)

3/ Picture research

• Search on the internet for pictures that suit the game you've seen.
• For this search you can use Google images or you can use other sites of your choice.
• Put the pictures in your sports report.

4/ Travel log

• Using a mapping site (Google Maps is recommended) you're going to show where the sports games are taking place, where you are staying, and if necessary, how you get from A to B.
• You can print it, or you can take print screens and add it to a Word document.
• Each map should say what it represents.
• Write a log as part of your plan: Where are you going? Where are you coming from?

5/ The sports report

• The sports report is like an article in a newspaper or magazine.
• It needs a title (bigger), the name of the author and photographer (that is the two of you), the text in different paragraphs, illustrations with captions, names of teams, players, venues, ....
• Describe the game, the atmosphere, the part of the referee, the game level, your opinion, ...
• Use all reference material you have so you can write a correct text: dictionary, grammar course, ...
• A text that has been copied, or even adapted, from the internet will not be corrected.
• Use MS Word to write your text.
• The report should be ±500 words for every game. Less than 450 words is unacceptable.
• A good lay-out is as important as the quality of your text, so use the Word-skills you've learned in your Computer-classes.
• It's a magazine article, so colours are allowed.

6/ THE COMPLETE PROJECT

The complete project holds these items:

• the expense account, with additional 'receipts'
• the sports report (2 x ±500 words) with a title, illustrations and captions
• travel log
• a detailed account on "who did what?" (for correction)

Extra attention for these things:

• The first page is a nice cover page, with names, date, title and illustration
• The complete project is either stapled together, of put in a small file.
• As a default, you hand in your project in class, but if you have prepared everything digitally you are allowed to sent it by computer. (arrangements for this are made in class)

* REMEMBER: this is just VIRTUAL buying. NEVER give a credit card number and NEVER give your personal information.