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Lesson 3 Travel Writing

If you could invent your own country what would

you name it?

LO: Develop my use of varied and interesting vocabulary to create a country

 Over the next few weeks, you are going to be producing a range of tasks including your own
travel writing and a travel brochure.
This means you are going to have to have somewhere to write about. However, you are not just
going to choose a country to focus on.
You are going to be creating your own country.

LO: Develop my use of varied and interesting vocabulary to create a country

Writers have been creating countries and
worlds for hunreds of years…

LO: Develop my use of varied and interesting vocabulary to create a country

LO: Develop my use of varied and interesting vocabulary to create a country
LO: Develop my use of varied and interesting vocabulary to create a country
 Your Task:

Think very carefully about your country before you make any
decisions. This country has got to:
⚬ Be somewhere that people are going to want to visit.
⚬ Be appealing, exciting and diverse.
⚬ Be somewhere that you can sell to your reader.
⚬ Have something ‘special’ that makes people choose this country over others
in the world.
 It is important to use a range of descriptive
skills to enhance your writing.

One key skill to develop is your use of

interesting and varied adjectives.
Choose adjectives to add in to these sentences to
make them more exciting:

There was a café in the centre of the town.

The village is situated two miles from the sea.
The mountains could be seen from the hotel.

LO: Develop my use of varied and interesting vocabulary to create a country

 Creating your Country
• What is the name of your country?
• Where in the world is your country
(roughly)?
• What are the native people like?
• What does your country look like
from space? Is it an island or
attached to other countries?
• What are the main cities or parts of
your country (at least three)?
• What is the weather like? Is it the
same or does it differ depending on
where you are?
LO: Develop my use of varied and interesting vocabulary to create a country
7. What are the best parts of your
country to visit? (City? Beach?
Mountain? Why?)
• How can you travel to your
country and how much will it cost?
• Where can you stay in your
country? (Tents? Hotel?)
• What is the food like?
• Are there any interesting plants or
animals to see?
• Are there any key landmarks (like
Buckingham Palace, the Eiffel
Tower or The Taj Mahal)?
 Describe your country in one sentence
using the best vocabulary you can.

Effdruess is a dazzling country where dreams are woken, souls soar and
your heart is free to love; a land of pure joy.

LO: Develop my use of varied and interesting vocabulary to create a country