"Oxford Literary Resources" is a series designed to meet the wider reading needs of 14-16-year-olds studying for GCSE English. Each title in the series focuses on a single genre. This particular volume, examining travel literature, takes students to a wide range of destinations through the eyes of great travellers, explorers and tourists. Autobiographical accounts of the journeys of Isabella Bird, Jonathan Raban and Christina Dodwell are presented alongside poetry, journalistic articles and fiction. Students are encouraged to examine the many styles in which these writers describe their experiences, and to think about the benefits of travel. An activities section at the back of the book provides ideas for discussion and a range of written outcomes for each piece, in line with National Curriculum Attainment Targets at Key Stage 4. There are also suggestions for coursework and further reading.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Literature Resources .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 4. KS4 covers school years 10 and 11, and ages 15-16 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 160 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 1993 by Oxford University Press .

Geoff Barton is Deputy Headteacher at Thurston Upper School, Suffolk. He is an experienced author of school texts. Laurie Smith is a part-time Teacher and consultant at King's College, London and an experienced English examiner.

This book has the following chapters: THE ART OF TRAVEL; Mindless in Gaza; Around the World in Eighty Days; Around the World in Eighty Days; Hunting Mr Heartbreak; A Winter in Arabia; EXPLORERS; Travels in Harrods; A Traveller on Horseback; The Stowaway; A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains; All on the Bornean Shore; Into the Heart of Borneo; In the Jungle; TRAVELLERS; Tracks; Travels on My Elephant; Between Two Cultures; Among the Russians; Sequins for a Ragged Hem; When Pele Blows, The Lava Flows; TOURISTS; How to Speak Brochurese; Holiday Advertisements: Jersey and Western Ireland; Postcard from Epcot; Betjemanesque; To the Sea; Mountain Madness; Barracuda Breakfast; COMING HOME; Reasons to be Cheerful; Wherever I Hang; My Favourite Places; Beyond Forbidden Frontiers; Postscript; ACTIVITIES; EXTENDED ACTIVITIES; WIDER READING