KS1 & KS2 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of journalistic phraseology from the Year 4 unit 'Little Red Riding Hood': journalistic report'. Here, pupils continue to write using the structure of an introduction, recount and conclusion and to incorporate quotations from bystanders to add credibility to their journalistic tone. A significant difference in this unit is that they are reporting on a real-life historical event rather than a fictional one. This unit prepares pupils for the Year 6 unit, 'Climate emergency: journalistic report writing', also based on a real-life issue.

1. Identifying the features of a journalistic report in preparation for writing about the Titanic
2. Researching the Titanic in preparation for writing a journalistic report
3. Planning the opening of a journalistic report about the Titanic
4. Writing the opening of a journalistic report about the Titanic
5. Planning the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
6. Writing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
7. Editing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
8. Planning the second recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
9. Writing the second recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
10. Planning and writing the quotes section of a journalistic report about Titanic
11. Planning the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic
12. Writing the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic