Lesson 6.03 Rolling on the River

Task #1

Choose one of the examples of travel writing that you read in the lesson to answer the questions in 6.03 Travel Writing.

• Review the article from Thomson Family Adventures: The 4 Best Places for Family Travel in 2021

• Alabama on National Geographic Kids [Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch the video Alabama from 50 Birds, 50 States (03:02). Or, if your school allows YouTube, you can access the video directly by watching Alabama - Feat. Mellow Yellow the Northern Flicker | 50 Birds, 50 States (3:02) on YouTube.]

• "Need a Tropical Family Vacation... No Problem Mon!"

• Review the article from Thomson Family Adventures: When is the best time to visit Yellowstone National Park?

Open 6.03 Travel Writing. Then, answer each question and provide textual evidence from the article.

When you have finished, submit your work to the 6.03 Travel Writing Dropbox.

 

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Task #2

Write a travel article from an experience you have had. If you can't remember much about the trip, you may embellish it by introducing historical background to a place and creating dialogue with people or about incidents around you that help develop your story.

Remember that travel writing

• centers on a key event,

• uses background information that builds up to the event,

• incorporates research to enhance the background information,

• describes the setting,

• focuses on elements that are key to the story and experience,

• describes any important people so that readers feel as if they know them,

• uses dialogue where possible to help the story develop,

• provides reflections on the experience with the retelling to help the reader see the importance of the experience.

Combine your final drafts with photos and design a newspaper, magazine, brochure, or poster. You can create your final product using any word processing, presentation, or publishing software or tool.

For example, you may use templates from Microsoft Word, Google Drive, Pages for Mac, etc. Once you have chosen a template, you should add your text and images. Here are two videos showing how to use templates in Word and Drive (note: while the templates used in the videos are résumé-related, you can see the process of finding, selecting, and editing the templates):

• Using Templates in Word
• Using Templates in Google Drive

To ensure your teacher can view your article and final presentation, save it as a PDF file.

When you have finished, submit your work to 6.03 Travel Article Dropbox.

Use the rubric for additional information.

 

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Journal

Complete the prompt below using the SEEPS The SEEPS strategy is:
1) write a STATEMENT introducing your topic;
2) provide an EXPLANATION/EXAMPLE;
3) make an ELABORATION about the topic; add a PERSONAL TIDBIT (Specific Detail) to make it more interesting; and
4) provide a SO... STATEMENT concluding your thoughts. strategy. You may write one paragraph or one page. Review the rubric for additional information.

Journal Prompt:

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

When you finish, submit your journal to the 6.03 Journal Dropbox.

 

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