Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles
I can make predictions about a text based on the title.
Conceptualising travel writing and making predictions based on titles
I can make predictions about a text based on the title.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
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'.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
investigate
newness
subtlety
penniless
notice
extensive exploratory travel
brief observational sketches
something permanent and meaningful