Analysing the features of a journalistic report
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can analyse important features of a journalistic report.
Key learning points
- The purpose of a journalistic report is to provide information about a newsworthy event to its reader.
- A newsworthy event is something that is interesting or important enough to warrant reporting to the public.
- Journalistic reports follow a specific structure; headline, opening, recount, quotes and closing.
- Journalistic reports are written using formal and objective language and tone.
- Fronted adverbials and complex sentences are key linguistic features of a journalistic report.
Keywords
Journalistic report - a non-fiction text that provides information about an event
Purpose - the reason for something and the desired impact
Newsworthy - the quality of being interesting or important enough to warrant reporting to the public
Structural features - how the information is organised and ordered
Linguistic features - words and language that a writer chooses to achieve the purpose
Common misconception
Children might struggle to understand how the structure can appear different visually.
Differentiate between structure and layout. Journalistic reports should follow the same structure but may be laid out differently.
Teacher tip
Look at different examples of journalistic reports from the current news cycle to offer greater context for children.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a journalistic report?
Q2.True or false? A journalistic report can be written about any event.
Q3.What is 'newsworthy' about the story of Little Red Riding Hood?
Q4.Match the crimes to their definition.
taking another person’s property without permission
physically attacking someone, or threatening to
entering a building through force without permission
Q5.Who would be considered the perpetrator in Little Red Riding Hood?
Q6.Who are the victims of the crime in Little Red Riding Hood?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Where can journalistic reports be read?
Q2.Match the keyword to the correct definition.
the reason it has been written and the desired impact
how the information is organised and ordered
the language that a writer chooses to achieve the purpose
Q3.Put the sections of a journalistic report in the correct order.
Q4.Which of these does the use of journalistic language achieve?
Q5.Which of the following are examples of subject-specific vocabulary you would find in a journalistic report about a violent crime?
Q6.Which of these are examples of fronted adverbials of time?
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