Today you will take yourselves on a virtual field trip and explore some more travel writing. Here is your itinerary:
1. Go to www.worldhum.com
2. Click on "Features"
3. Click on "Travel Stories"
4. Choose a story to read that deals with a trip taken by the author. Scroll through the stories and find one that intrigues you.
5. Read it!
6. Answer the following questions:
a) How does the author hook the reader into the story at its start?
b) Highlight or record two images that are effective and comment on why each one is engaging.
c) Is dialogue used? If so, what purpose does it seem to serve in the story?
d) What aspects of the culture are highlighted in this story? (food/people/landscape/etc.)
e) Would you want to visit this featured destination? Why or why not?
f) How does the writer recreate the experience of travel for his/her readers?
g) Post the title and author (and better yet, a link!) to the story you read on your blog page and explain whether or not it's worth the read.
Finished? Groovy, Baby! Write a blog on a topic of any choice. :)
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