7-8. Assessment 1: Tourist Attractions in Sha Tin

Activity 1 - Identifying a tourist attraction

Activity Tasks

Examine the CAT sheet here to find out what you need to do to complete the mid-point assessment.
Choose one of these Shatin tourist attractions (or suggest your own!) to investigate for your assessment:
1. Heritage and Culture - Hong Kong Heritage Museum or Tsang Tai Uk
2. Food and Shopping - New Town Plaza or Citylink Plaza
3. Sports and Adventure - Sha Tin Racecourse or Sha Tin Coastal Cycle Path
4. Nature and Wildlife - Sha Tin Park or Amah Rock Trail
Now use Google Maps to locate your attraction and complete the following:
1. Place a marker on the map to show the location of the attraction
2. Use the directions feature to plot a walking route from the nearest MTR station to your attraction
3. Now take a screenshot of your map and save it as an image file. Make sure your map is at a suitable level of magnification. Use these examples to help:

Activity Tasks

Use the tourist brochure template to help you record key details about your attraction. You need to research:
1. What? - Name of your attraction, type of tourism, photograph of attraction with description
2. Where? - Map of route to attraction from MTR station
3. How? - Details of walking directions from MTR to attraction, estimated driving/taxi times and cost
4. Why? - List the main reasons why you should visit, research what tourists would find interesting at your attraction

Activity Tasks

Using your research from Activity 2, start to write each section of your brochure. Try to use the 'A FOREST DRIP' writing techniques as well as these adjectives to help you make your writing persuasive to a tourist.
Refer to these examples of tourist brochure writing - which AFORESTDRIP techniques have they used?
When finished, review the checklist on the CAT sheet to make sure you have completed all of the brochure!

Activity Tasks

For the type of tourism your have researched for your tourist brochure, use your design skills to copy at least one of the icons -->
1. Construct the circle background first using the shape tool.
2. Use the line tool, shape tool, and pen tools (usually with no fill colour) to draw other lines.
3. You may also need to order or rotate things to complete the icon.
Refer back to your design lessons for tips on how to use Adobe Illustrator to create vector icons.

Activity Tasks

Download this PDF final design template for your tourist brochure.
Open the template within Adobe Acrobat reader in order to edit your design.
Paste all your written work for each section from Activity 3 onto the template.
Paste your icon from Activity 4 onto the template as well.
Finally, review your finished template and make sure each section is complete.
Upload your finished brochure to the Evidencer.
Complete the questions on this Reflection and Review Sheet, upload a copy to the Evidencer, then use your reflections to help write your student comment.