Writing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
I can write the recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic, focusing on its design, construction and purpose.
Writing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
I can write the recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic, focusing on its design, construction and purpose.
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Key learning points
- An introductory sentence explains what the paragraph is about.
- Relative clauses give more detail about the sentence’s subject and they begin with relative pronouns ‘who’ or ‘which’.
- Conveying extra information (parenthesis) inside brackets is a tool for giving the reader lots of specific information.
- Journalistic reports are formal in tone and they communicate information to the reader in a clear, succinct way.
- Journalistic tone is objective; the journalist does not offer their own personal opinion.
Keywords
Passive voice - a spoken or written voice in which the subject is acted upon by the verb
Parenthesis - additional information that is added to a sentence; if it is removed, the sentence still makes sense
Relative complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause
Adverbial complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause
Common misconception
Children may confuse co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Ensure that both conjunctions are taught within the context of full compound and complex sentences to avoid confusion.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Order the parts of a recount paragraph.
Q2.Which of these is the definition of a relative pronoun?
Q3.Match the terms to their definitions.
a sentence in which the subject does or is the verb
a sentence where the subject receives the action of the verb
the 'I/we' perspective
the 'he/she/it/they' perspective
Q4.Match the definitions of 'it's' and 'its'.
the contracted form of 'it is'
a possessive pronoun
a sentence using the contracted form of 'it is'
a sentence using the possessive pronoun 'its'
Q5.Identify the relative clauses.
Q6.Tick the sentences written in the passive voice.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the linguistic devices to their examples.
vessel
it has been reported that
Of particular interest,
(Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Q2.A clause is...
Q3.Match the definitions of sentence types.
a sentence consisting of one main clause
a sentence with two main clauses joined by a conjunction
a sentence formed of a main clause and a subordinate clause
Q4.Tick the three co-ordinating conjunctions.
Q5.Tick the words that can act as subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences.
Q6.Match the clause types to their examples.
The Titanic took three years to build.
which is commanded by Captain E. Smith
after all passengers had boarded the ship