Researching the Titanic in preparation for writing a journalistic report

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

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

original sources from the time period being studied

sources that do not give original information

Select the primary sources of information.

a diary entry written by a person who was there at the time

Select the secondary sources of information.

The Titanic was built in which city and country?

The Titanic struck __________ whilst sailing across the North Atlantic Ocean. 

Select which text types are examples of non-fiction.

Select the formal 'and' fronted adverbial.

Select the formal 'but' fronted adverbial.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Researching the Titanic in preparation for writing a journalistic report

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.