Travel Brochure Assignment
Name:_______________________
Date:________________________
Subject:______________________
Travel Brochure or Front Page Assignment (Instruction sheet)
Objectives:
Students will demonstrate ability to write a paragraph in Step-Up format
Students will practice research skills in the media center
Students will identify with and research information on a specific desert
Students will describe characteristics of a desert
Students will create travel page/brochure about a world desert
Students will utilize mapping skills to locate their desert
You have just been promoted as top travel journalist at the Rocky Mountain News. Your editor wants to make the most of your creative skills by assigning you a unique task. You are to create the front page of the travel section on one of the great deserts of the world. Like any other assignment, your editor has established firm requirements for which you must follow. These requirements are as followed:
Once you have decided on the desert for which you are writing you must locate and document the general latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates and include which continent it is in.
Creatively describe the terrain and physical geography a traveler would encounter and any information on animals and plants they might see.
When researching your project, you should keep track of the resources used to find your information. I will expect note cards to be turned in with your brochure citing the websites, books, magazines, or other resources used to derive your information. You must use a separate resource for each note card.
Your front page must be accompanied with a map outlining the continent your desert is in along with a shaded area illustrating your desert. All other illustrations are welcome and highly encouraged.
Keep in mind that as a journalist you have an obligation to think of a “catchy” title or heading for your front page. It should be unique, and apply to the desert for which you are writing.
Date:________________________
Subject:______________________
Travel Brochure or Front Page Assignment (Instruction sheet)
Objectives:
Students will demonstrate ability to write a paragraph in Step-Up format
Students will practice research skills in the media center
Students will identify with and research information on a specific desert
Students will describe characteristics of a desert
Students will create travel page/brochure about a world desert
Students will utilize mapping skills to locate their desert
You have just been promoted as top travel journalist at the Rocky Mountain News. Your editor wants to make the most of your creative skills by assigning you a unique task. You are to create the front page of the travel section on one of the great deserts of the world. Like any other assignment, your editor has established firm requirements for which you must follow. These requirements are as followed:
Once you have decided on the desert for which you are writing you must locate and document the general latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates and include which continent it is in.
Creatively describe the terrain and physical geography a traveler would encounter and any information on animals and plants they might see.
When researching your project, you should keep track of the resources used to find your information. I will expect note cards to be turned in with your brochure citing the websites, books, magazines, or other resources used to derive your information. You must use a separate resource for each note card.
Your front page must be accompanied with a map outlining the continent your desert is in along with a shaded area illustrating your desert. All other illustrations are welcome and highly encouraged.
Keep in mind that as a journalist you have an obligation to think of a “catchy” title or heading for your front page. It should be unique, and apply to the desert for which you are writing.