Planning the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan the closing paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic.
Key learning points
- The closing is the final paragraph of a journalistic report.
- The closing summarises what is currently happening and what will happen next.
- Reference to present and future events requires us to write correctly in present and future tense.
- Using a range of cohesive devices enhances text flow and helps achieve purpose.
- Modal verbs are types of auxiliary verbs that show the likelihood of something happening.
Keywords
Closing - the final paragraph of a journalistic report
Summarise - to sum up or conclude the main body of a text
General information - the most basic and necessary information
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Modal verbs - a type of auxiliary verb that helps us to talk about how likely, possible, necessary or obligatory something is to happen
Common misconception
Pupils may use inaccurate verb forms when switching between the present and future tense.
Prompts are included on the planning document and slides to remind pupils to write in the correct tense.
Teacher tip
For further learning on modal verbs, use the two lessons on modal verbs in the Year 5 Grammar unit 'Three tense forms and modal verbs'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Order the sections of a journalistic report.
Q2.The purpose of a journalistic report is...
Q3.'Text cohesion' refers to...
Q4.Match the cohesive devices to their definitions.
a sentence starter followed by a comma
vocabulary associated with a particular subject
words and phrases used by journalists in their reports
additional information that can be removed from a sentence
Q5.Select the examples of journalistic language.
Q6.Match the complex sentence types to their definitions.
sentence with a main clause & adverbial subordinate clause
sentence with a main clause & relative subordinate clause
sentence with a main clause & non-finite subordinate clause
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords to their definitions.
the final paragraph of a journalistic report
to sum up or conclude the main body of the text
the most basic and necessary information
language structures that develop text cohesion
a verb that indicates the likelihood of something happening
Q2.The purpose of the closing is to...
Q3.Order the parts of a journalistic report's closing paragraph.
Q4.Select the cohesive devices from the list.
Q5.Select the definition of a modal verb.
Q6.Select the modal verbs from the list.
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