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A WebQuest for 6th Grade (English) Designed by  Gladys Galindo & Nerel Winter This is Petco Park, Home of the Padres!  **Introduction** ==== Welcome sales-people! Today is your chance to prove your persuasive abilities and to show your passion for baseball! AS the National pastime for Americans, baseball is a sport that is both fun to watch and attend. Although most cities enjoy an endless amount of funds that allow their teams and players to play in a wonderful stadium, the San Diego Padres are in desperate need for tickets to be sold - no one wants to go to their games because they always lose!! It is now up to ticket sellers such as YOU to convince baseball fans that going to a Padres game is MORE than worth it! ====
 * Don't you want to go** **to a Padres Baseball Game!?**

 **The Task** ==== The purpose of this task is to create an advertisement persuading your audience to buy tickets to a Padres baseball game. In doing this task, it is your goal to convince your potential buyer by buying your ticket, they will be enjoy their time, learn about baseball and feel satisfied with the money payed. ====

 **The Process**

To accomplish the task, what steps should the learners go through? Use the numbered list to describe the steps in the procedure.

 * 1) ====Students will be assigned to work in groups of two or three for this project.====
 * 2) ====As a group, students will create a poster with the purpose of persuading a potential ticket buyer to purchase your ticket to a Padres game. In doing this task, it is your goal to convince your potential buyer by buying your ticket, they will be enjoy their time, learn about baseball and feel satisfied with the money payed.====
 * 3) ====As this activity is a collaborative assignment, it is essential that all work be divided evenly among the group participants. Therefore, each member will be accountable for researching, writing persuasive commentary and for the overall poster design.====
 * 4) ====Research for this poster should include information on Padres game dates, ticket price, Padres team statistics, stadium location and accessibility, and any other information that would enable your potential buyer to be persuaded more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Padres (this page has both general information and team statistics)http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=sd (this is the Padres Home Page- has a lot of good information) http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/ticketing/singlegame.jsp?c_id=sd (this link gives a list of dates for games) ====
 * 5) ====Research information should be summed and written on index cards that will help with the poster layout.====
 * 6) ====After research is completed and the group is ready to work on the poster, group members should create a written persuasive advertisement or jingle that will serve as the main catch for the poster.====
 * 7) ====On the poster itself, the group will need to include pictures, important information such as Padres game dates, ticket price, Padres team statistics, stadium location and accessibility and interesting facts.====
 * 8) ====Finally, the poster will be presented to the class and your role will be to convince your classmates to buy tickets!====

 **Evaluation**
 * ====CATEGORY==== || ====4==== || ====3==== || ====2==== || ====1==== ||
 * ====Required Elements==== || ====The poster includes all required elements as well as additional information.==== || ====All required elements are included on the poster.==== || ====All but 1 of the required elements are included on the poster.==== || ====Several required elements were missing.==== ||
 * ====Content - Accuracy==== || ====At least 7 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.==== || ====5-6 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.==== || ====3-4 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.==== || ====Less than 3 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.==== ||
 * ====Attractiveness==== || ====The poster is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness.==== || ====The poster is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness.==== || ====The poster is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy.==== || ====The poster is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive.==== ||
 * ====Grammar==== || ====There are no grammatical mistakes on the poster.==== || ====There is 1 grammatical mistake on the poster.==== || ====There are 2 grammatical mistakes on the poster.==== || ====There are more than 2 grammatical mistakes on the poster.==== ||

Overall, this activity will be graded on the group's ability to provide a persuasive and concise poster that both informs and persuades the potential buyer.
 **Conclusion**

====In completing this assignment, students should know how to present material gained through research on a poster with the purpose of persuading an audience. Students should also be able to work on communication and collaboration skills. As the ability to persuade people is an extremely important skill to have, are there any careers that utilize persuasion as well? Hope that you all had fun and that you can now go home and persuade your parents to treat you to a good dinner!====

 **Credits & References** Special thanks to SD Dirk, September 12, 2010, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/4989391792/