Non Fiction - Travel Writing KS3 SOW

A Non-Fiction unit of work consisting of at least 19 Lessons, with a variety of activities.

Non-Fiction Texts include:

• Adverts from different travel companies and destinations
• An extract from A Moveable Feast By Ernest Hemingway
• An extract from The Bazaars of Baghdad by Isabella Bird
• An article on Staycations
• A review of Disneyland Paris and Tomb of The Kings (Paphos, Cyprus)
• Fact files on travel destinations
• An extract from An Idiot Abroad by Karl Pilkington (the visit to Egypt)
• An extract from In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson (The Great Barrier Reef).
• Two adverts (1 visual, 1 written) from Studios Tour London - the Harry Potter experience.
• An article giving advice on becoming a travel writer
• Brochures for holiday destinations
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  Resources include:
• A writing assessment on writing a letter of complaint and plenty of language/summary questions that could be adapted to be a reading assessment.
• Two alternative creative writing lessons that could be used as an alternative writing assessment.
• A range of activities for each lesson
• Repeat questions for each lesson
• A variety of non-fiction texts.
• A variety of analytical questions and creative writing activities.
• A fun lesson on planning a holiday with numeracy skills
• Repeat questions at the start of each lesson based upon the prior lesson(s)
• A fun optional lesson where pupils write a critical review of Westeros as a travel destination