Planning a journalistic report about a climate protest
I can plan the structure and content of a journalistic report about a fictional climate protest.
Planning a journalistic report about a climate protest
I can plan the structure and content of a journalistic report about a fictional climate protest.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- The introduction of a journalistic report will include a summary of the event, including who, what, where, when & why.
- The main paragraphs will be themed around different perspectives, integrating relevant facts.
- The conclusion will include an official perspective, the most up-to-date information and a look to the future.
- We can plan to use subject-specific vocabulary relevant to the subject of the report.
Keywords
Summary - an overview of the main points of a text or an event
Direct speech - when the exact words spoken by someone are written down, usually enclosed in inverted commas to indicate speech
Reported speech - when we write what someone said without using the exact words they spoke and without using inverted commas
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary we use when writing about a particular subject
Common misconception
Pupils may feel that they need to record the direct speech in full to ensure it is 'accurate'.
Although real journalists would want to keep the quotations exactly the same, it is fine for us to write notes in a plan.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
trying to stop things directly
push for
protest or presentation
people who campaign