Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist

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Exploring the structure of a journalistic report

Linguistic features of a journalistic report

Making a speech about environmental issues

Planning a journalistic report about a climate protest

Writing the first part of a journalistic report about a climate protest

Writing the second part of a journalistic report about a climate protest

Concluding and editing a journalistic report about a climate protest

Performing a radio broadcast based on a journalistic report

In this unit, pupils use a contemporary issue as the stimulus for journalistic writing, focusing on how writer's bias can shape a report.

In 'The Titanic: Journalistic Report Writing', pupils learnt to research a historical event as a stimulus for writing a journalistic report. In this unit, pupils will use a contemporary issue as the stimulus for journalistic writing, focusing on how writer's bias can shape a report.

In this unit, pupils get into role as a journalist attending a climate emergency protest, in prepartion for writing a journalistic report based on the event. In so doing, pupils practise integrating direct speech throughout their report to add credibility to the point of view they are writing from.

Climate emergency: journalistic report writing

the journalist's own personal view of the event

different people's perspectives on the event

whatever the government has told the journalist to say about the event

Which of the following are included in a journalistic report? 

Protestors were carrying placards and chanting loudly

Which of the following would be appropriate facts to include in a journalistic report? 

make a note of what they said a few days later

note down what they are saying as they interview them or just afterwards

record what they are saying during the interview

How might a journalist ensure that they accurately quote different people whose perspectives they are including in a journalistic report? 

Which of the people included in our report might give a quotation in an informal tone? 

Protests like these are vital: they raise awareness of climate change. 

Protests like these are vital: They raise awareness of climate change. 

Protests like these are vital they raise: awareness of climate change. 

Protests like these: are vital they raise awareness of climate change. 

Which version of this sentence uses a colon correctly to introduce an explanation? 

Whose perspective is this quotation written from? 'Although some protestors behaved in an unruly manner, the vast majority were sensible.'

Which process is being defined here? 'the way gases in the earth's atmosphere trap some of the sun's heat'

the level of greenhouse gases has risen a little

the level of greenhouse gases has risen a huge amount

the level of greenhouse gases has stayed the same

What has happened since the Industrial Revolution? 

High levels of greenhouse gases have strengthened the greenhouse effect

This means more of the Sun's heat is trapped

As temperatures rise, some areas of the world will become unliveable

People may have to leave their homes and migrate to other areas as a result

Put the steps in order to explain why some people may have to leave their homes as a result of climate change. 

Which of the following is **not** an effect of climate change? 

stand in an election to be a politician yourself

vote in an election for a different government

In a democracy, what can you do if you want to make the government act on an issue like climate change? 

Which of the following often comes at the end of a speech?

Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist

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