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

I can write the second and third main paragraphs of a journalistic report about a fictional climate protest.

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

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Key learning points

  1. A journalistic report has a formal tone and combines factual statements with different perspectives on an event.
  2. The main paragraphs give different perspectives using both direct and reported speech.
  3. Throughout, a range of cohesive devices can be used to connect ideas together.

Keywords

  • 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

  • Cohesive devices - language structures that contribute to text cohesion

Common misconception

Pupils may need support with punctuating direct speech in different forms.

Visual structures to support punctuating direct speech can be found in our KS2 Grammar lessons.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these should we aim to include in a journalistic report?
Correct answer: formal language
Correct answer: subject-specific vocabulary
contractions and chatty or imaginative language
our own opinion as a journalist
Q2.
Which version of the sentence has the most appropriate tone and vocabulary for a journalistic report?
The police came along, but they were useless.
The police? It was like they were barely there!
Correct answer: Although the police attended the demonstration, they made no arrests.
Q3.
Which of the following will we not include in each main paragraph of our report?
Correct answer: a summary of the arguments on both sides
introducing the person whose perspective we're giving
direct speech
reported speech
Q4.
Which version of the sentence uses a semi-colon correctly as a cohesive device?
The police attended the protest two; arrests were made.
Correct answer: The police attended the protest; two arrests were made.
The police attended; the protest two arrests were made.
Q5.
Which sentences combine these two pieces of information correctly? 'Ben Braddock said the protest was peaceful. He is a local police inspector.'
Correct answer: Ben Braddock (a local police inspector) said the protest was peaceful.
Ben Braddock said the protest, a local police inspector, was peaceful.
Correct answer: Ben Braddock, who is a local police inspector, said the protest was peaceful.
Correct answer: Ben Braddock, a local police inspector, said the protest was peaceful.
Q6.
Which sentences use an adverbial complex sentence correctly as a cohesive device?
Correct answer: When the police arrived, a woman had already chained herself to a tree.
Correct answer: A woman had already chained herself to a tree when the police arrived.
A woman, who had chained herself to a tree, was arrested by police.
One woman took things further, chaining herself to a tree.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which sentence below uses reported speech?
Professor Li said, "I fully support these activists."
Professor Li was one of the activists.
Correct answer: Professor Li said that she fully supported the activists.
Professor Li supports the activists.
Q2.
Which sentence uses inverted commas correctly for direct speech?
Inspector Braddock stated, "We made two arrests"
Correct answer: Inspector Braddock stated, "We made two arrests."
Inspector Braddock stated "We made two arrests."
Q3.
Which sentences below are punctuated correctly?
Correct answer: "Fortunately," he noted, "the protestors were very sensible."
"Fortunately," he noted "the protestors were very sensible."
Correct answer: "Fortunately, the protestors were very sensible," he noted.
"Fortunately, the protestors were very sensible" he noted.
Q4.
Which sentences use parenthesis correctly?
Professor Li (of Oakville University supported the protestors.
Correct answer: Professor Li, a climate expert, supported the protestors.
Professor Li a climate expert, supported the protestors.
Correct answer: Professor Li (of Oakville University) supported the protestors.
Q5.
After which word could a colon to explain be placed in this sentence? '"I fully support the protestors this road would be a disaster for the climate."'
support
Correct answer: protestors
this
be
Q6.
Which sentences are relative complex sentences that contain relative clauses?
Correct answer: The police arrested two activists, who had tried to damage a vehicle.
Correct answer: Two activists, who had tried to damage a vehicle, were arrested.
Two activists were arrested while they tried to damage a vehicle.
Two activists tried to damage a vehicle and they were arrested.

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