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Complete activities 9-12 on Student Work Page 62 . 9 How important are the following characterisitics to a travel writer in your opinion ? ?) י ? 'י !« Tm * T r ; wr ^ F ?** . , ?* ' -ו 1 . Likes to meet new people 2 . Likes to travel 3 . Enjoys writing 4 . Can describe places in an interesting way 5 . Can be alone for long periods of time 6 . Can give good advice 8 . Can tell a good story 9 . Enjoys learning about new places 10 Read Anne Tyler's description of another travel writer , Macon Leary , who writes guidebooks . Which of the above characteristics does Macon Leary have ? " ... tapping away at a typewriter that had served him through four years of college , he wrote a series of guidebooks for people forced to travel on business . Ridiculous , when you thought about it : Macon hated travel . He careened through foreign territories on a desperate kind of blitz — squinching his eyes shut and holding his breath and hanging on for dear life , he sometimes imagined — and then settled back home with a sigh of relief to produce his chunky passport-size paperbacks . Accidental Tourist in France . Accidental Tourist in Germany . In Belgium . No author's name , just a logo : a winged armchair on the cover . " - excerpt from The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler 11 The description of Macon Leary ' s travel is compared to : & a ride on a roller-coaster U ) a dangerous journey ( p ) a birthday party fl watching a scary movie Which words helped you choose your answer ? 12 Fill in the blanks according to the description ( one word in each blank ) . It is strange that Macon Leary is a guidebook writer since he traveling . His feelings about _ might help explain why he calls his books , "Accidental Tourist" and doesn't sign his 3 . It is as if he is saying that it is an that he is a travel writer , and that he would rather do something else . Additional activity on Student Work Pages 1 63-65 .
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