Travel Writing Homework Booklet

Non Fiction – 30 page Travel Writing Extracts Homework Booklet for 6 weeks with 6 extracts, questions and writing space. The booklet includes six themed activities, a range of travel writing extracts and engaging tasks that develop students’ reading comprehension, language analysis, understanding of non-fiction conventions and creative writing skills.

Resources include:
Week 1 – Travel Writing Conventions where pupils must match conventions to their definition and create an example for each.
Week 2 – Holiday Advert using an advert for a fictional company called Jet, Set & Go with 6 categories of activities using the advert, including: first impressions, language, presentation and layout, audience and purpose, fact and opinion, and creative writing.
Week 3 – Travel Writing extract swith 2 extracts: Charles Dickens – Pictures from Italy and Robert Louis Stevenson – Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. 15 questions organised into 3 sections – identifying conventions, closer extract analysis (with specific questions on each extract) and comparative questions.
Week 4 – Non Fiction Travel Blog using a blog post with 5 categories of activities using the blog post, including: vocabulary, comprehension, language and techniques, structure and organisation, and creative writing
Week 5 – Historic Travel Writing using an extract from Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson. 5 categories of activities using the extract, including: vocabulary, comprehension, writer’s choices, language, and extended response.
Week 6 – Newspaper Article on the Easyjet misleading 5.99 cabin bag advert. 5 categories of activities using the article, including: vocabulary, comprehension, language and tone, writer’s viewpoint and purpose, and creative writing.

Skills developed:
Identifying and explaining non-fiction travel writing conventions.
Developing vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Analysing language, tone, structure and presentation.
Understanding audience, purpose and viewpoint.
Comparing writers’ methods and perspectives.
Applying travel writing techniques in students’ own writing.