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

Put the sections of a journalistic report in the correct order.

a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative clause

additional information that can be removed from the sentence

Match the linguistic devices to their definitions.

to help the journalist share their personal opinion

to help the journalist explain what happened

Journalistic reports are types of __________ text.

Which of these definitions describes the **purpose** of a text?

Which of these definitions describes the **audience** of a text?

Which of these definitions describes the **layout** of a text?

a group of words that always contains a verb.

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

Lesson outcome