Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can gather quotations from different people involved in a fictional protest in role as a journalist.
Key learning points
- Journalistic reports contain a mixture of facts and individuals' perspectives.
- Journalists obtain facts through research, observation and requests for information.
- Journalists can obtain individuals' perspectives using interviews.
- Journalists are obliged to record quotations accurately to reflect individuals' perspectives.
- We can use role play as a way of empathising with different perspectives and generating ideas for writing.
Keywords
Fact - something that is true or proven
Perspective - someone's view of events
Journalist - someone who investigates news stories for newspapers, magazines or news websites
Quotation - a word, phrase or sentence that is taken directly from someone's speech
Common misconception
Pupils may provide 'answers' to the journalist's questions rather than a full quotation that stands alone.
You may wish to model writing one of the quotations to show pupils that it needs to stand on its own without the questions as prompts.
Teacher tip
You may wish to come up with ideas for each character's response as a class that are different to the ones shown. Please note that the responses given here will feed into later writing lessons in the unit.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which process is being defined here? 'the way gases in the earth's atmosphere trap some of the sun's heat'
Q2.What has happened since the Industrial Revolution?
Q3.Put the steps in order to explain why some people may have to leave their homes as a result of climate change.
Q4.Which of the following is not an effect of climate change?
Q5.In a democracy, what can you do if you want to make the government act on an issue like climate change?
Q6.Which of the following often comes at the end of a speech?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following are included in a journalistic report?
Q2.Which of the following would be appropriate facts to include in a journalistic report?
Q3.How might a journalist ensure that they accurately quote different people whose perspectives they are including in a journalistic report?
Q4.Which of the people included in our report might give a quotation in an informal tone?
Q5.Which version of this sentence uses a colon correctly to introduce an explanation?
Q6.Whose perspective is this quotation written from? 'Although some protestors behaved in an unruly manner, the vast majority were sensible.'
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