the process of improving writing to improve text flow and overall quality

a set of standardised symbols and marks used in written language to structure sentences

the way words are arranged and organised within sentences to convey meaning

Editing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic

English

In 'The Amazon Rainforest: Essay Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of writing to inform their reader and apply this in the context of an essay.

In 'The Aye-Aye or Wild Cats: Non-Chronological Report, pupils learned to write in an informative style in the context of a non-chronological report.

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.

The Titanic: journalistic report writing

the process of improving writing to improve text flow

standardised symbols and marks used in written language

how words are arranged and organised to convey meaning

Match the key words to their definitions.

after a subordinate clause that comes first in a complex sentence

Which of these are types of language choice that you would use in a journalistic report?

Which of these linguistic devices can be used to create a formal tone?

selecting which parts of the writing to improve

making edits to punctuation, grammar and sentence structure

Which of these are part of the editing process?

Select the correct word to complete this sentence: As passengers __________ boarding the Titanic, crowds gathered at the quayside.

a clause beginning with a relative pronoun

a clause beginning with a subordinating conjunction

The ship, which set sail at midday, is sailing towards Cherbourg, France.

Titanic was built by White Star Line at the Harland & Wolff Shipyard in Belfast.

As passengers boarded the vessel, crowds gathered at the quayside.

Crew collected passengers' luggage and they loaded it onto the ship.

Which of these is a relative complex sentence?

Which of these is an adverbial complex sentence?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Editing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.