Travelogue BK 2018 Session 1

Writing a Travelogue
Balik-Kasaysayan Activity 2018
Jean A. Abad
Bureau of Learning Delivery
Travelogue - AP
SESSION OBJECTIVES:
- Explain the importance of creating
travelogue as learning material in teaching
Araling Panlipunan.
- Enumerate and discuss the steps in creating

travelogue that is suited for the lesson.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Travelogue - AP
SESSION OBJECTIVES:
- Create a travelogue.
- Develop a plan to effectively implement the
new learnings at school/district level.
Travelogue - AP
PRE TEST (5-minute test)
1. A Person’s account of a journey to another

country or place is called Travelogue. TRUE
OR FALSE?
2. Give at Least 2 types of travelogue.
3. Name 3 steps of writing a Travelogue.
4. Explain the Phrase “Detailed & Specific”
5. What is a good Travel Writing?
Travelogue - AP
WHAT IS TRAVELOUGE?
- A travelogue is a person’s account of a
journey to another country or place. It can
either be a written report with many factual
details or a narrative story about personal
impressions and experiences supported by
images.
Travelogue - AP
Steps in Writing a Travelogue

Step 1
• Decide on the type/s of
travelogue you would
like to write.
Travelogue - AP
Types
• Pape travelogue
r• PowerPoint travelogue
• Virtual travelogue (Web)
• Poster travelogue
Travelogue - AP
Step 2
• Read the itinerary and
decide on the focus of
your travelogue.
Travelogue - AP
Step 3
• Research about your topic
by finding information,
taking notes, jotting down
ideas, and taking pictures.
Travelogue - AP
Step 4
• Look at sample
travelogues.
Travelogue - AP
Step 5
• Write your own

travelogue.
Travelogue - AP
Steps
1.  Decide on the type/s of travelogue you
would like to write.
2.  Read the itinerary and decide on the
focus of your travelogue.
3.  Research about your topic by finding
information, taking notes, jotting down
ideas, and taking pictures.
4.  Look at sample travelogues.
5.  Write your own travelogue.
On Writing the Travelogue

Travelogue - AP
What is a good travel

writing?
•  Informative
•  Entertaining
•  Honest
•  Inspiring
Travelogue - AP
Writing Process
• Plan
Ø  Determine the purpose
Ø  Take notes or record events
and conversations
Ø  Collect brochures, maps
Ø  Take pictures
Ø  Review notes and pictures
Travelogue - AP
Writing Process
• Writ
e
Ø  Make an outline
Include:
ü  historical and cultural
background
ü  the atmosphere of the
place
ü  humor
Travelogue - AP
Travel Writing Toolkit
1. Be detailed and specific.

• Detail is what transports the reader to the
destination.
• You need to paint a picture of the place in their
mind.
"You will have a nice meal."
vs
"Surrounded by desert in
the fading light of the day,
you will sit cross-legged on
red velvet cushions and
Travelogue - AP
2. Use all your senses.

• Remember smell, touch, hear and taste
• Cloud of jasmine, cobbled street, cozy chaIet,
biIer coﬀee
3. Include characters and dialogue.

• Locals, other travelers and historical figures
4. Avoid clichés.
• "A tired, over-used expression that’s lost its
descriptive power"
Travelogue - AP
5. Show, don’t tell.
"It was scary"

vs
"The moon has bathed everything in a ghostly half-
light as I creep across the cobblestones of the
palace's deserted main courtyard at midnight. I
pass through a narrow brick archway and enter a
dimly lit alley. It is eerily still and unnervingly
quiet."
Travelogue - AP
Writing Process
• Edit
“Writing without thinking is like shooting without aiming."
- Arnold Glasow
On Taking Pictures

Travelogue - AP
Travel Photography Tips
1. Include people.
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
2. Use the Rule of Thirds.
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
3. Put something on the foreground.
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
4. Fill the frame.
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
5. Use a frame.
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
1. Include people.
2. Use the rule of thirds.
3. Put something in the foreground.
4. Fill the frame.
5. Use a frame.
Travelogue - AP
Summary
What is good travel writing?

• Informative, honest, entertaining, and inspiring
The writing process
• Plan, write, and edit
Travel writing toolkit
• Be detailed and specific, use all your senses, include
characters, avoid clichés, and show, don’t tell
Travel Photography tips
• Include people, use rule of thirds, put something in
foreground, fill the frame, and use a frame
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Sample Travelogues, Brochures
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
Travelogue - AP
References
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/
unit_ancientciv_brochure.pdf https://www.fr
• eelancewriting.com/business-writing/8-tips-for -writing-
a-travelogue/
• https://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds/
• https://techweb5.blogspot.com/2014/02/rule-of-thirds-definition.html
• https://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/rule-of-thirds https:/
• /www.lightroompresets.com/blogs/pretty-presets-blog/
6264342-the-rule-of-thirds
• https://sites.google.com/site/begdigitalphotography/frame-w-i-frame
• http://www.afta.com.au/uploads/292/march-webinar_travel-
writing.pdf
• https://nerotoh.blogspot.com/2018/05/contoh-brochure-pdf.html
• https://www.dreamland.co.nz/brochures.html
Travelogue - AP
Post Test (5-minute Test)

1. A person’s account of a journey to
another country or place is a Diary. True
or False?
2. What are the types of Travelogue?
3. Name 3 Writing process
4. Enumerate travel photography tips.
5. In Social Science Term, What is a
Travelogue?
Travelogue - AP
Thank you!

Travelogue BK 2018 Session 1

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Travelogue BK 2018 Session 1

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Writing a Travelogue

Balik-Kasaysayan Activity 2018

- Enumerate and discuss the steps in creating

PRE TEST (5-minute test)

1. A Person’s account of a journey to another

Steps in Writing a Travelogue

• Write your own

Balik-Kasaysayan Activity 2018

What is a good travel

Travel Writing Toolkit

1. Be detailed and specific.

Travel Writing Toolkit

2. Use all your senses.

3. Include characters and dialogue.

Travel Writing Toolkit

5. Show, don’t tell.

"It was scary"

Balik-Kasaysayan Activity 2018

Travel Photography Tips

Travel Photography Tips

2. Use the Rule of Thirds.

Travel Photography Tips

Travel Photography Tips

Travel Photography Tips

3. Put something on the foreground.

Travel Photography Tips

Travel Photography Tips

4. Fill the frame.

Travel Photography Tips

Travel Photography Tips

Travel Photography Tips

Travel Photography Tips

Travel Photography Tips

2. Use the rule of thirds.

3. Put something in the foreground.

4. Fill the frame.

What is good travel writing?

Sample Travelogues, Brochures

Post Test (5-minute Test)

You might also like

• Write your own