The document provides guidance on writing a 3-day itinerary for a family trip to Hong Kong. It discusses the components of an itinerary, including the heading with duration and destination, sub-headings for each day's activities and highlights, and a main body with a detailed description of events and places arranged in time sequence using the present tense. Sample itineraries in different formats are provided as examples, and online resources with information on local tourist attractions are referenced for writing the assigned 250-word itinerary.

1. Asia’s World City
Writing

2. Local Tourist Attractions

3. Local Food

4. Itinerary
• (noun) a detailed plan or route of a
journey

5. Itinerary Samples
• Read the samples
• Identify its features
– Heading(s)?
– Sub-heading(s)?
– Main body?
• How are the sentences organised?
– Use of tense?

6. Itinerary Samples
• (in point form)
http://www.ctshk.com/english/leisure/gdhighl
ights/sg3.htm
• (travel brochure)
http://www.hongthai.com.sg/files/tour_files/
OOLS6D_E.pdf
• (in paragraph form)
http://www.newshan.com/tour/PackageTour/
Hong_Kong/4DHKGG.html

7. Components of an Itinerary
• Heading: duration and destination of the tour
• Sub-heading(s): day of the tour, highlights of
activities, events or places to be visited
• Main body: detailed description of
activities, events or places to be visited
– Events arranged in time sequence
– Use simple present tense

8. WRITING TASK

9. Writing Task
• A 3-day itinerary for family trip to Hong Kong
• About 250 words

10. Online Resources
• Local tourist attractions
• http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/attra
ctions/sightseeing-guide.html

11. Summary
• Heading: duration and destination of the tour
• Sub-heading(s): day of the tour, highlights of
activities, events or places to be visited
• Main body: detailed description of
activities, events or places to be visited
– Events arranged in time sequence
– Use simple present tense