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

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

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

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

Writing the first recount paragraph 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

Match the linguistic devices to their examples.

a sentence with two main clauses joined by a conjunction

a sentence formed of a main clause and a subordinate clause

Tick the three co-ordinating conjunctions.

Tick the words that can act as subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences.

after all passengers had boarded the ship

Match the clause types to their examples.

a word that starts a relative clause like 'who' or 'which'

Which of these is the definition of a relative pronoun?

a sentence in which the subject does or is the verb

a sentence where the subject receives the action of the verb

a sentence using the contracted form of 'it is'

a sentence using the possessive pronoun 'its'

Match the definitions of 'it's' and 'its'.

The ship was boarded by passengers ahead of its departure at midday.

Passengers boarded the ship ahead of its departure at midday.

The passengers were accepted by the ticket office.

The ticket office accepted the passengers.

Tick the sentences written in the passive voice.

Starter Quiz