Planning a journalistic report based on 'When The Sky Falls'
I can plan the structure and content of a journalistic report based on the events in the resolution of 'When the Sky Falls'.
Planning a journalistic report based on 'When The Sky Falls'
I can plan the structure and content of a journalistic report based on the events in the resolution of 'When the Sky Falls'.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- In a journalistic report, we can plan both the factual information and perspectives we include.
- A journalistic report starts with an introduction giving a summary of the factual information.
- The main paragraphs include perspectives using direct and reported speech, along with some additional facts.
- The conclusion gives the 'official' perspective and looks to the future.
Keywords
Factual information - information that is true or proven
Perspective - someone’s view of events
Summary - an overview of the main points of a text or of an event
Direct speech - when we write the exact words spoken by someone, 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
Common misconception
Integrating factual information into the main paragraphs can be challenging.
We can't tell the whole story in the introduction; the story of what happened is gradually revealed as the perspectives are given.
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- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
someone's view on events
something which is true and proven
using a quotation to show the exact words someone used
saying what someone had said without using their exact words
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Adonis the gorilla
was shot by air raid wardens
North London Zoo
yesterday
after he escaped his cage during an air raid