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

Planning the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic

English

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

to sum up or conclude the main body of the text

a verb that indicates the likelihood of something happening

provide the reader with specific information.

provide the reader with general information.

Order the parts of a journalistic report's closing paragraph.

Select the cohesive devices from the list.

a verb that explains the likelihood of something happening

additional information that can be removed from a sentence

Order the sections of a journalistic report.

to record a person's thoughts and feelings.

to explore different viewpoints about a topic.

to inform the reader about a real-life event.

The purpose of a journalistic report is...

a sentence including a main clause and a subordinate clause.

a text's flow and ability to achieve its purpose.

language commonly found in journalistic reports.

vocabulary associated with a particular subject

words and phrases used by journalists in their reports

Match the cohesive devices to their definitions.

Select the examples of journalistic language.

sentence with a main clause & adverbial subordinate clause

sentence with a main clause & relative subordinate clause

sentence with a main clause & non-finite subordinate clause

Match the complex sentence types to their definitions.

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