The Titanic: journalistic report writing
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Why this why now
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.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The purpose of a journalistic report is to inform its reader about an event.
- Journalistic reports are a type of factual recount.
- Journalistic reports are organised into paragraphs of related content.
- Journalistic reports feature a headline.
- Journalistic reports are often formal in tone.
- Journalistic reports communicate information to the reader in a clear, succinct way.
Threads
Why this why now
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.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The purpose of a journalistic report is to inform its reader about an event.
- Journalistic reports are a type of factual recount.
- Journalistic reports are organised into paragraphs of related content.
- Journalistic reports feature a headline.
- Journalistic reports are often formal in tone.
- Journalistic reports communicate information to the reader in a clear, succinct way.
Reading, writing & oracy
The Titanic: journalistic report writing
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.
12 lessons in unit
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