Identifying the features of a journalistic report in preparation for writing about the Titanic

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Researching the Titanic in preparation for writing a journalistic report

Planning the opening of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Writing the opening of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Planning the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Writing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Editing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Planning the second recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Writing the second recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Planning and writing the quotes section of a journalistic report about Titanic

Planning the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Writing the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic

In 'The Amazon Rainforest: Essay Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of writing to inform their reader and apply this in the context of an essay.

In 'The Aye-Aye or Wild Cats: Non-Chronological Report, pupils learned to write in an informative style in the context of a non-chronological report.

In this unit, pupils write a journalistic report as if they were a journalist reporting on the departure and voyage of the Titanic in 1912. Pupils incorporate their learning about modal verbs, parenthesis denoted by brackets and a full range of simple, compound and complex sentence structures.

The Titanic: journalistic report writing

a source that gives original information from the time of the event

a source written or created after the event that gives information about it

vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject

words and phraseology used in journalistic reports

the first paragraph of a journalistic report

how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve the text’s purpose

additional information that is added to a sentence; if it is removed, the sentence still makes sense

a spoken or written voice in which the subject does the verb in a sentence

a spoken or written voice in which the subject is acted upon by the verb

a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause

a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

the process of improving writing to improve text flow and overall quality

a set of standardised symbols and marks used in written language to structure sentences

the way words are arranged and organised within sentences to convey meaning

a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense

a type of subordinate clause that can start with a verb in the progressive (-ing) tense

a sentence formed of a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause

a tense that denotes ongoing action over a period of time

a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause

the term used for a person speaking out loud in a text

a sentence that includes direct speech first before the reporting clause

a sentence that includes direct speech second after the reporting clause

a clause that tells the reader who said the speech and how

the form of speech used to share what was said by someone without using a direct quote

the final paragraph of a journalistic report

to sum up or conclude the main body of a text

language structures that develop text cohesion

a type of auxiliary verb that helps us to talk about how likely, possible, necessary or obligatory something is to happen

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