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Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist
I can gather quotations from different people involved in a fictional protest in role as a journalist.
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Year 6
Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist
I can gather quotations from different people involved in a fictional protest in role as a journalist.
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Key learning points
- Journalistic reports contain a mixture of facts and individuals' perspectives.
- Journalists obtain facts through research, observation and requests for information.
- Journalists can obtain individuals' perspectives using interviews.
- Journalists are obliged to record quotations accurately to reflect individuals' perspectives.
- We can use role play as a way of empathising with different perspectives and generating ideas for writing.
Keywords
Fact - something that is true or proven
Perspective - someone's view of events
Journalist - someone who investigates news stories for newspapers, magazines or news websites
Quotation - a word, phrase or sentence that is taken directly from someone's speech
Common misconception
Pupils may provide 'answers' to the journalist's questions rather than a full quotation that stands alone.
You may wish to model writing one of the quotations to show pupils that it needs to stand on its own without the questions as prompts.
You may wish to come up with ideas for each character's response as a class that are different to the ones shown. Please note that the responses given here will feed into later writing lessons in the unit.
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which process is being defined here? 'the way gases in the earth's atmosphere trap some of the sun's heat'
climate change
greenhouse gases
polar melting
Q2.
What has happened since the Industrial Revolution?
the level of greenhouse gases has fallen
the level of greenhouse gases has risen a little
the level of greenhouse gases has stayed the same
Q3.
Put the steps in order to explain why some people may have to leave their homes as a result of climate change.
Q4.
Which of the following is not an effect of climate change?
sea-level rise
more hurricanes and droughts
warmer, drier summers in the UK
loss of polar habitats
Q5.
In a democracy, what can you do if you want to make the government act on an issue like climate change?
take over the government by force
Q6.
Which of the following often comes at the end of a speech?
point
explanation
proof
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following are included in a journalistic report?
the journalist's own personal view of the event
whatever the government has told the journalist to say about the event
Q2.
Which of the following would be appropriate facts to include in a journalistic report?
The protestors behaved beautifully
The protest was completely unnecessary
Q3.
How might a journalist ensure that they accurately quote different people whose perspectives they are including in a journalistic report?
make a note of what they said a few days later
guess what the person might have said
Q4.
Which of the people included in our report might give a quotation in an informal tone?
the council spokesperson
the police spokesperson
the climate expert
Q5.
Which version of this sentence uses a colon correctly to introduce an explanation?
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.
Q6.
Whose perspective is this quotation written from? 'Although some protestors behaved in an unruly manner, the vast majority were sensible.'
the protestor
the council spokesperson
the climate expert