1+November+-+Friday+-+English++and+IRP

As a whole class ask the students to feed back from their knowledge the persuasive literary techniques. Write them on the board. 3 minutes
 * Period 8**

Looking for: anecdote repetition tripling emotive words connotation superlatives imperatives pronouns rhetorical devices

Divide students into pairs (seats 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6.......13 and 14.) 3 minutes

Have them go to a location in the room and bring their examples of travel writing.

They will fill out the attached chart for their examples of travel writing making sure to consider each student’s example.

Allow the students time to work on comparing and contrasting the two pieces of travel writing (10 minutes)

Have students return to their seats and answer the following three questions about the travel brochures they worked with their partner on:

With whatever time is left allow students to share some of their answers and assign the homework.
 * Just about everyone has things they want to know more about, but in what ways might these things be different according to who they are, how old they are, where they live, etc?
 * In what ways can identifying a specific ‘target audience’ help advertisers to persuade people to travel and explore?
 * How is this be reflected in the way that travel adverts are worded and presented?

Weekend homework. - Due Monday 4 November

Using the location they chose to explore further from previous work students will create a **tri-fold** travel brochure (either by hand or using ICT).

The advert will: You DO NOT HAVE TO USE ICT however it will be helpful.
 * Appeal to a particular group of people’s desire to know more (and the things they want to know more about)
 * Use persuasive literary features to encourage these people to explore the place
 * Suggest things that the person could aspire towards achieving as part of their journey. For example, learning to cook a new type of cuisine, or completing a skydive.
 * Pay close attention to design elements such as layout and font, in addition to the literary techniques used