OH THE PLACES YOU’LL GO

Unit 5 English 2

Tasks

VIEWING AND ANALYZING VISITOR’S GUIDESUsing the graphic organizer let’s take a look at some online and print resources on visitor’s guides.1. www.ireland.com

Dublin Clip

2. ???3. LA Times Article

Pinnacle New Story

INTO THIN AIR AND EVEREST: IMAX 1996 climb to Everest Into Thin Air is a non-fiction book about

John Krakauer Film released in 1998 They were not on the same expedition

as Into Thin Air, but they were on the mountain at the same time.

The IMAX crew stopped filming in order to help in the rescue efforts.

EVEREST AND INTO THIN AIRPRE-READING What do you already know about Mount

Everest? What do the titles tell you about the

each selection?Everest: IMAX Into Thin Air

EVEREST FACTS 29,029 Feet above sea level (5.4 miles up) 240 people have died on the mountain 2011 clean up of the mountain removed 8 tons

of trash from climbers, including empty oxygen tanks, ripped tents, broken gear, and food packaging. Much more remains.

Other mountains are taller, but they rise from the ocean floor; Everest rises from a mountain range.

1996 disaster is still the deadliest day on record.

The mountain is so popular there are “traffic jams” on the Hillary Step.

BRAINSTORMING Create a bubble

chart of all the places you want to go…

Create a bubble chart of all the places you have been…

Where I

want to go

Greece

Austrailia

Italy

Hawaii – the Big Island

Where I’ve

been

France

London

San Francisc

o

Germany

BRAINSTORMING II On your bubble chart “Places I have been”

highlight or circle the place you enjoyed most, remember best, and generally think is pretty awesome.

Continue brainstorming specific experiences from that place. Things that you think other people would want to know about it and should experience themselves. Example: one of my favorite museums in Paris is the

Rodin Museum. Next using any format you want, start listing all

the details about that experience and place. Focus on describing the place, what you did, why it is special, why other people should see it…

“THE ALLURE OF TRAVEL WRITING”

Article by Jan Morris, writing about 6 travel articles in Smithsonian Magazine

"The Allure Of Travel Writing" article link Informative/explanatory writing. Annotate as you read

specific focus on finding information about travel writing

Details that are particularly interesting or create strong images in your mind as you read

How does this connect to “Into Thin Air”? Hint: look at her comment in the beginning of the article.

Be sure to write a 50-75 word comment in your notes.

ELEMENTS OF GOOD TRAVEL WRITING

Travel writing centers on a key event. Uses background information that builds up to this

event. May incorporate research to enhance the background

information—even if the writer didn’t know the information things at the time of the trip.

Clearly describes the location and focuses on elements that are key to the story or experience.

Clearly describes any important people so that readers feel as if they know them a little.

Uses dialogue where possible to help the story “happen” for the reader.

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

ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLE Having read the intro to the six articles

from Smithsonian Magazine, select which title is most interesting to you.

Class vote on which one we will read. Read the article together. As we read, complete the worksheet for

“Characteristics of Travel Writing” "Captain Bligh's Cursed Breadfruit" articl

e link

CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAVEL WRITING Using the worksheet provided, review

the characteristics. Developing Travel Writing Now, return to your brainstorm. These

notes will help you begin writing you own article on the place you have chosen documenting the experience you found most interesting. Using the worksheet, review your notes to see if you are hitting on these ideas. Add notes, cross things out, develop the list.

LESSON SOURCES Read, Write Think Lesson