Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make predictions about a text based on the title.
Key learning points
- People travel for a range of reasons including enjoyment and health.
- Writers are often keen to record observations from their travels.
- The observations become a way of remembering and recalling the journeys.
- We read travel writing in order to share in the writers’ experiences.
- When reading a new text, it is useful to make predictions from the title.
Keywords
To explore - to search and discover places and things
Novelty - something that is new and unusual
Nuance - a very slight difference in meaning
Inherently - in a way that exists as a natural or basic part of something
To observe - to watch something or someone carefully in order to learn about them
Common misconception
Students may think that travel writing needs to be about far away places.
Draw their attention to the social messages implied in the titles 'Down and Out in Paris and London' and 'Travels with Charley: In Search of America'.
Teacher tip
In LC1, encourage student to share examples of the different kinds of travel. E.g. school field trips and language exchanges. What words wold they use to describe them?
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following best defines 'to summarise'?
Q2.Which of the following is a synonym for 'attitudes'?
Q3.What do we do when we make a prediction?
Q4.What word beginning with 'c' refers to the associations or emotions that are implied by a word or phrase?
Q5.What word beginning with 'i' refers to the skill of reaching an understanding or conclusion based on available information and evidence?
Q6.What can we infer from the metaphor in the following sentence: 'For me, the desire to travel was a voice that whispered promises in my ear.'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords to their synonyms.
investigate
newness
subtlety
penniless
notice
Q2.In which century did Robert Louis Stevenson and Isabella Bird live?
Q3.Why did Isabella Bird travel?
Q4.Match the starts of these titles belonging to travel writing texts to their connotations.
extensive exploratory travel
brief observational sketches
something permanent and meaningful
Q5.Which of the following best fits the definition of an ironic situation?
Q6.Which of the following is the most nuanced interpretation of the word 'journey'?
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