Hi everybody, it's Ms. Gardner and welcome to today's handwriting lesson.

I'm really looking forward to today's lesson because we are going to be practising our cursive handwriting by writing sections of a journalistic report.

So I really hope you enjoy the lesson and let's get started.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is to write sections of a journalistic report using the correct punctuation, in legible, cursive handwriting.

Let's start by looking at the key words.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Journalistic report, this is a non-fiction text that provides information about an event.

Headline, this is the attention grabbing statement at the beginning of an article.

Capital letter, the uppercase formation of a letter.

Inverted commas, it's a pair of punctuation marks that signal direct speech to the reader and legible, this is when text or writing is clear and easy to read and understand.

So there are three sections of our lesson today.

In the first we'll be doing a handwriting warm-up, then we'll be reviewing some journalistic writing, and then we'll be copying a journalistic report.

We're not going to be writing our own journalistic report today.

That's not the purpose of the lesson.

The purpose of the lesson is to practise our handwriting in journalistic writing.

So let's start with a warm-up.

Before we start, what are these pictures reminding you to do? Pause the video now and have a thing or discuss this with your partner, your class, or whoever you're with.

Off you go.

Okay, so the first picture, what's that reminding us to do? It's reminding us to be sat on a chair and at a table or a desk to have your feet flat on the floor so you're not swinging and to have your back against the chair.

So you have really strong posture.

Then the second picture is reminding us to angle your paper correctly.

So if you're right-handed, the paper should be tilted slightly to the left and if you're left-handed, it should be tilted slightly to the right and then you are non-writing hand is supporting you by keeping the paper still.

Then the third picture reminding you to hold your pen or your pencil in the tripod grip.

Before starting to write, it's really important to warm up your hands and your wrist muscles just like you would warm up your leg muscles before a PE lesson.

Because your hands and wrist gets stronger when you exercise them and you want to have really strong hands and wrist muscles to be able to do cursive handwriting for a really long time.

Warming up your hands before writing will help to improve your handwriting and making your hands stronger will also help you to speed up your handwriting.

So I'm going to choose and do a hand and a wrist warm-up and then you are going to have a go.

So let's do the hand squeeze warmup.

I'm going to go first and then you are going to have a go.

So we can start with one of your hands.

Doesn't matter which one, I'm gonna start with my right and then I'm gonna start by stretching my hand as wide as I can and then I'm going to squeeze my hand together.

I'm always gonna imagine there's something really precious inside, in the palm of my hand that I don't want to lose.

So I'm gonna squeeze my fingers really tight onto my hand so that there's no gaps.

Maybe like a chain of a necklace or something really small or gemstone that I don't want to lose.

So I'm squeezing my hand tight.

Then I'm gonna open it and stretch my hand wide again and then squeeze it again.

Then we'll do it with my other hand.

Imma start by stretching my hand wide open and then squeezing it together, imagining there's something inside I don't want to let go of.

Stretching wide, squeezing tight.

Okay, it's your turn.

Choose whichever hand you want to start with.

I'm gonna start with my right and we are going to start by stretching the hand wide and open and squeezing it tight, tightly holding it, whatever is precious to you.

Stretching wide, squeezing tight.

Okay, let's swap hands and then the same thing.

Start by stretching your hand wide and then squeezing it really, really tightly.

Stretching out wide and then a tight squeeze.

Great job.

Well done.

Okay, let's do some wrist circles.

I'm gonna go first and then it'll be your turn.

So I'm gonna start by putting my hands out, performing little fists and then moving my wrists in one direction together.

Really nice feeling on your wrists.

Feels like they're getting lots of movement there.

And then I'm gonna switch direction, go the other way around.

Forming little circles with my wrists.

Really great way to warm your wrists up.

Okay, are you ready? It's your turn.

Get your hands out like this, form little fists, and then choosing which one direction you wanna go, which direction you're gonna go in.

Let's go to the right and then forming circles, this direction.

And then switch direction other way around, making sure your wrists are feeling really ready for handwriting.

Great job.

We also can practise writing patterns before our handwriting as this helps us to prepare for writing and for joining letters.

You can see these writing patterns on the screen now.

Actually we'll require quite similar hand and wrist movements as cursive handwriting.

So I'm going to choose a writing pattern to do in the air with my finger.

Then you're going to have a go.

So the first one I'm going to do is the one that looks almost like the letter W or Us join together, letter Us join together.

So I'm going to start at the top and then really try to keep my movement smooth and flowing.

And I'm gonna go down, then up, down then up, down then up, down then up, down then up.

Then the next one again.

This is a really good one to practise for practising your joins starting at the top and then down and loop up, down and loop up, down and loop up, down and loop up, down and loop up.

Really trying to keep my movement smooth and flowing.

It's your turn now.

You can choose a writing pattern to do in the air with your finger.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Okay, it's time for Task A.

You need to copy and continue these patterns using your tripod grip.

Remember, don't lift your pencil off the page when forming the pattern and really focus on keeping that movement smooth and flowing.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Well done everybody.

Great job.

Have a think.

Were you using your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page and was your movement smooth? If you need to, you can have another go at this.

Otherwise, really well done.

Okay, it's time for the second part of the lesson where we are going to be reviewing journalistic writing.

Journalistic reports are types of non-fiction text.

Journalistic reports reflect the current news cycle, so they are written with up-to-date and current information.

Lots of newspapers and journalistic reports come out each day.

They're published every day, which means they have to be really up-to-date and sharing the most current information.

The journalistic reports can be printed in newspapers, magazines or read online.

The primary purpose, the main reason that journalistic reports are written is to provide information about current events or interesting topics, and they can also sometimes be used to entertain or to persuade readers to do something.

Journalistic reports use formal language.

They're usually written in the third person and will usually include quotes.

The title of a journalistic report is called the headline.

My turn, your turn.

Headline.

Great.

So the layout of a journalistic report can look like this.

At the top you have your headline, then you have your opening paragraph, then you have a section about where you recount the events, then a section with quotes and then a closing.

Not every journalist report will be laid out this way.

This is just an example of what one could look like.

So this is the layout.

Let's think also about the purpose and the audience.

So the purpose of a journalistic report is to inform the reader about one event or a subject and the audience, the person reading it, is anyone interested in learning about this event or subject? And then the layout helps the reader to do the learning.

This is the way it's presented on the page as clearly as possible to help the reader understand what they're reading.

So let's have a look at an example of a journalistic report in cursive handwriting.

I'm going to read it out loud.

Here's our headline.

City Council Approves New Park Development.

In a decisive move aimed at enhancing urban green spaces, the City Council on Tuesday night approved a 5 million pound development project for a new park.

Mayor Jane Smith praised the initiative stating, "This park will provide a much needed oasis for our residents and promote a healthier, more active lifestyle." The project is scheduled to begin in August.

So have a look closely at this journalistic report.

Can you spot some features of cursive handwriting? Pause video the now.

Take a close look.

Okay, so I wonder if you noticed all of these, the capital letters.

You'll notice in the headline that every word begins with a capital letter and there's some capital letters for certain proper nouns in there, the City Council, Jane Smith and August the month, every word begins with the lead-in from the line and finishes with a lead-out.

There is appropriate letter spacing.

The letters aren't spread too far apart or too close or squashed too close together and there's some inverted commas around the speech, isn't there? So let's just look really closely.

The title of the report is called the headline.

City Council Approves New Park Development.

Each word of the headline starts with the capital letter and then this is really important.

Remember when we're doing capital letters and cursive handwriting, the capital letters do not join to any other letters.

Therefore the next letter in the letter string starts with a lead-in.

Words without a capital letter all start with a lead-in and finish with a lead-out.

There is also a speech second sentence, which uses inverted commas in this section.

The direct speech within the inverted commas starts with a capital letter.

It's really important, the first word of the speech, whether it's speech first or speech second, always starts with a capital letter.

All four cursive letter joins are used in this passage and the letter spacing and formation is accurate.

So the section is legible.

We can read it.

Check in for understanding.

The title of a journalistic report is called.

A the subheading, b the headline or c, the summary.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it's the headline.

Good job.

Let's practise writing a section of a journalistic report.

I'm making sure I'm sitting comfortably with my pen in the tripod grip, I'll write the headline first.

So remembering that every word in this headline starts with a capital letter and remembering as well that I don't join the capital letter to the next letter.

Then I'll start my cursive handwriting and thinking about that when I join, I keep my pen on the page and only take it off once the letter string is correct.

So let's start with our headline.

City Council Approves New Park Development.

Capital C for the first word.

And then I can take my pen off the page 'cause we're not joining it.

Lead-in from the line.

Remember, we're not going too far down for the descender letter or too high up for the ascender letter.

Otherwise the words will squash with the line below or the line above.

Then I'll dot my i across my t, City Council.

Again capital letter, lead-in from the line trying to keep my x-letters all the same height and go back and dot my i.

Approves, pen off the page, lead-in finishing with a lead-out.

Again capital letter, lead-in, finishing with a lead-out.

Park, lead-in 'cause we're not joining the capital letter to the next letter.

And then finally, development, again, not going too far down for my descender letters or too high up for my ascender letters.

Okay, that's my headline.

Now I need to underline it with a ruler.

Okay, let's carry on.

The first word is in, in a decisive move aimed at enhancing urban green spaces.

So we need a capital letter for I and then just like in the headline, we don't join I to the next letter.

So starting with a lead-in, remembering every word starts with a lead-in, oh sorry, I wrote the wrong word there in a decisive.

That's fine.

I can just do a neat cross.

Say lead-in, going back to dot my i's after the letter string.

Really try to keep all my x-height letters the same.

'Cause we don't have the tramlines to guide us anymore.

So it's something I need to be thinking about.

Right? D, it doesn't go too high up.

Just stops below the line above, at enhancing, again every word starting with a lead-in, looped descender for the g.

Go back and dot my i after.

Then you notice as well, I'm really trying to keep all my letters on the line.

I don't want them floating up above, spaces.

Okay, we have our first comma, which needs to be on the line.

The City Council.

No City Council.

It's a proper noun.

So we need capital C.

Remember we can take the pen off the page, then lead-in on from the line for the next letter.

Looped descender, dot my i, cross my t.

Again, not going too far down or too high up.

Council, again, capital C, loop and then a lead-in.

Go back and dot my i afterwards.

On Tuesday, now Tuesday is a proper noun.

So we need a capital letter for T finishing with a looped descender.

On Tuesday night, you notice I'm always dotting my i crossing my t after I finish the word.

Again, not too high for my d or too low for my ps.

Otherwise you'll see they'll start squashing with the line above approved a 5 million pound.

Okay, we need to remember how to do a pound sign here.

So I'm gonna start at the top, go down loop, and then cross, 5 million pound development project.

Make sure you're watching really carefully how I'm joining all these words.

Project again, we start with the lead-in on the line, looped descender.

Go back and dot the i afterwards.

Okay, for, the letter f starts on the line looped, lead-in, looped, lead-out, for a new park.

And then it's the end of the sentence.

So we need a small full stop on the line.

Okay, now we're about to write the quote, Mayor Jane Smith.

That is a name, all.

So every word in that name needs a capital letter.

Remembering we don't join the capital to the rest of the word.

So lead-in from the line.

Mayor Jane Smith, can take my pen off the page 'cause I'm not joining it.

Dot my i cross my t after I finish writing the word, praise the initiative.

Okay, lots of i's to dot in this word.

So go back and do them after and then go back and cross the ts.

Notice my t is not too high, it's just, but it is still taller than the other x-height letters.

We have then a comma on the line, stating, and then again we need a comma because it's the end of the reporting clause and just before the speech starts.

Okay, inverted comma is not too big.

And then our first word of our direct speech needs to be a capital T.

Begin with a capital T.

I can take my pen off the page 'cause we don't join it.

And then lead-in from the line.

This, this park will provide a much needed.

Okay, so again, every word starts with a lead-in, oops, sorry, I shouldn't have taken up my pen off there.

Then I go back and dot my I, much-needed, now much-needed is two words joined together with a hyphen.

So a small hyphen in between the two words.

Not too big.

And in between these two lines, oasis and oasis is a very calm, natural place.

So that's what the new park is going to be for the residents.

Much-needed oasis for our residents.

You notice that r is all x-height letters.

I really try to keep them all the same height, go back and cross my t, dot my i and promote, cross my t afterwards.

Again, still, really trying to keep all my letters on the line rather than floating above, a healthier, cross my t, dot my i.

It's a expanded noun phrase here.

So we need a comma between the two adjectives.

More active, more active.

Cross the t, dot my i, lifestyle.

Okay, this is the last word of the quote.

So we need a full stop and then your closing inverted commas.

Then our final sentence, the again capital letter.

We don't join it to the next letter.

So I'll start with a lead-in, the project.

It's the looped descender for j, is scheduled to, again finishing up everywhere with a lead-out, begin in August.

August is a proper noun.

It needs a capital A.

And remember when we don't join at the end of the letter u.

Okay, cross my final t, full stop and then I'm done.

And then I'm going to go back and check through all of it for any errors.

Great.

Checking for understanding.

Is this an example of a speech first or a speech second sentence.

Mayor Jane Smith praised the initiative, stating, "This park will provide a much-needed oasis for our residents and promote a healthier, more active lifestyle." Pause the video now.

That's right, it's speech second.

Because the reporting clause, Ms. Mayor Jane Smith praise the initiative, stating, comes first.

It comes before the direct speech.

Well done.

It's time for Task B.

You need to copy the passage below in cursive handwriting on your writing line.

You're not going to use tramlines here.

You're gonna use writing lines, which means you'd be thinking really carefully about the sizing of all your letters.

The ascender letters and the descender letters and the x-type letters.

Remember, you don't need to come up with your own ideas for this journalistic report.

You are simply simply copying exactly what is here, but in your neatest cursive handwriting.

Then once you've finished, you're going to review and edit your handwriting focusing on capital letters, lead-in and lead-outs, letter spacing and letter formation.

Remember, it's not a problem if you need to make any edits, that's what that time is for.

So pause the video now, make sure you've got your pen or pencil in the tripod grip and off you go.

Great job everybody, I hope you enjoyed that.

So have a look at your section of this journalistic report.

Is your section legible? Can you read it? Did you form the capital letters separately? So did you make sure that every word that started with the capital letter was not joined to the next letter? And I want you to think about did you find it beneficial or helpful to review your work? Was it useful for you to go back through what you've written and make any edits to your cursive handwriting? I hope it was.

If you need to, you can pause the video now and make any other further edits using the example on the screen to help you.

Well done everybody.

Great job.

It's time for the third part of the lesson where we are going to be copying a journalistic report.

So let's have a look at another example of journalistic report in cursive handwriting.

I'm going to read out loud now.

Local Community Embraces Yoga for Wellness.

The Greenfield Community Centre has introduced free weekly yoga classes to promote health and wellness among residents.

Instructor Laura Jenkins explains, "Yoga is not just about physical exercise.

It's about mental clarity and emotional balance." The programme is set to continue throughout the year.

What do you notice about the features of the writing? What do you notice about the cursive handwriting? Have a look particularly at the capital letters in the headline and in the section.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Okay, let's look closely.

So the title of the report we know is called the headline.

Each word of the headline starts with a capital letter except for the preposition for, it's a really short word.

It doesn't need a capital letter, it's just a preposition.

The capital letters do not join to any other letters.

Therefore, the next letter in the letter string starts with a lead-in from the line.

Words without a capital letter all start with a lead-in and finish with a lead-out.

There is a speech second sentence here, and this uses inverted commas in this section.

The direct speech within the inverted commas starts with a capital letter.

In this section, all four cursive letter joins are used and the letter spacing and formation is accurate.

So that the passage is legible.

We can read it.

Checking for understanding, select the correctly punctuated headline, a, b, or c.

Look carefully at those capital letters.

Pause the video now.

That's right.

It is a because every word starts with a capital letter apart from the preposition for.

It's time for Task C.

You need to copy the passage below in cursive handwriting on your writing lines.

Once you've done that, you're going to really set aside some time to review, read back and edit your handwriting.

Focusing on capital letters, lead-ins and lead-outs, letter spacing and letter formation.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Well done everybody.

Great job.

I hope you enjoyed that.

So did you use capital letters in the correct place for the headline.

Checking, particularly for the word for, making sure that did not need a capital letter.

Did you remember to start with a lead-in and finish with a lead-out for words without a capital letter? And is your writing legible? Can you read it.

If you need to, pause the video now, make any other edits using the example on the screen to help you.

Well done everybody.

I hope you enjoyed that.

Here's a summary of what we've learned today.

Journalistic reports are types of non-fiction texts that reflect the current news cycle.

Journalistic reports use formal language, are usually written in the third person and will usually include quotes.

The title of a journalistic report is called the headline.

Most words in a headline start with a capital letter, unless they are a minor word like prepositions or conjunctions.

Capital letters are formed separately.

They do not join to other letters.

The letter after a capital letter in the letter string starts with a lead-in.

Journalistic reports usually have quotes and therefore require the use of inverted commas and the letter formation spacing and cursive joins need to be correct for the writing to be legible.

Great job today everybody.

Well done.