Non-fiction Writing
Travel Writing
TRAVEL WRITING
Travel Writing Lesson 1
LO:
★ To practise descriptive writing
skills and vocabulary.
★ To identify elements of
content and style in an
example of travel writing.
Describing Place
⮚ For each image, write one sentence only
describing the scene.
⮚ You may consider using:
●Interesting verbs and adjectives
●Similes
●Metaphor
●Personification
●Sensory description
TONGA!
Travel to
Tonga
What words come to mind when
you look at the following photos?
Use the best vocabulary you can!
Sights
Sound
Tastes
Travel to s
……
Touch / Smells
feel
Reminder - The Big Picture
In a couple of weeks time we will be
doing our next teacher assessments.
In order to be successful we will have
to create a piece of non-fiction
writing.
Travel Writing is one of the genres we
may be asked to produce.
What are the features of good travel writing?
Create your own success criteria
If you were reading a travel article about a place you
were thinking of visiting, what would you want to
know? What style/tone would you expect it to have?
Content: Style:
⮚ Weather ⮚ Friendly
⮚ Culture ⮚ Conversational
⮚ Things to do ⮚ Informative
What else do we need to do to create
a successful piece of travel writing?
What are the key features of a
successful piece of travel writing?
1. Covers out-of-the-ordinary subject matter.
2. Uses humour to engage the reader.
3. Uses the first person.
4. Has a sense of the writer’s personality.
5. Uses personal experiences and anecdotes.
6. Uses descriptive techniques throughout (noun
phrases, metaphors, similes) to create a
picture in the reader’s mind.
7. Can be informal in tone.
8. Includes facts about the place being described.
9. Uses lists of three adjectives (describing
words) for impact.
10.Has a bright and lively tone
Examples of Holiday Jargon
Match the jargon with the ‘realistic’ phrase that goes with it
Jargon Realistic view
1. Lively a. Overlooking the local market
2. Bustling b. The locals wouldn’t live there
3. Quiet c. Noisy
4. Gentle slopes to the beach d. Full of screaming children
5. Family hotel e. The disco can be heard in all bedrooms
6. Simply furnished f. Miles away from anywhere
7. Out of the town centre g. There is a steep climb back
8. Non-stop nightlife h. Pay ridiculously high prices
9. Popular with holiday-makers i. Over-looking the airport runway
10.Taste the high life j. A sink and a single wardrobe
11.Short transfer from the airport k. You have to queue for everything
12.Close to the town centre l. There’s nothing to do
List as many words as you can describing this
landscape.
Now list as many positive and negative words as you
can about this location.
Why is this so rubbish?
This landscape looks hot and boring. There is
lots of sand and it all looks empty and nothing
is happening. I don’t like this landscape because
it looks dull and I think I would be very hot
there.
Remind me – What descriptive techniques do
we need to produce strong pieces of descriptive
writing?
Ingredients for successful
descriptive writing:
•Simile •Varied sentence lengths
•Metaphor •Varied punctuation
•Synonyms •Varied and interesting vocabulary
•Adjectives, adverbs and
verbs
•Personification Create intrigue by writing about:
•Alliteration
•The five senses: •What is hidden
1. Hear •What is dangerous
2. Smell •What looks unusual
3. Touch •What is out of place
4. See
5. Taste
You must now pick one
of the pictures below
and write a paragraph
describing it positively
or negatively.
It must sound professional and
interesting.
Remember the key features of
travel writing!
Success Criteria:
✔ I can choose good verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs.
✔ I can plan, develop and shape my writing.
✔ I can write using a range of techniques to create particular
effects.
✔ I can usually vary form, style and effect where appropriate.
✔ I can creatively select and adapt a wide range of
techniques using a distinctive, personal voice and style
which matches my intended effect.
