Year 4 - English
Planning the quotes paragraph of a journalistic report
'Little Red Riding Hood': journalistic report
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils write a journalistic report recounting the events of the fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood'. Pupils learn to frame a fictional starting point as a newsworthy event before writing in paragraphs in the journalistic style, including incorporating witness quotes.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan the quotes paragraph of a journalistic report.
Key Notes
- Quotes from witnesses or experts give additional information about the event being reported on.
- Quotes from witnesses are often more informal in language and tone from the rest of the report.
- A reporting clause is used either before or after speech to tell the reader who the quote is from.
- Inverted commas are used to demarcate speech and a piece of punctuation separates speech from the reporting clause.
- A range of synonyms for 'said' and use of adverbs can offer detail about the emotions of the witness.
Vocabulary To Learn
- quotes: exact words or statements taken from a source to support or provide evidence in a piece of writing
- informal language: a linguistic style of speaking or writing that is relaxed and casual
- direct speech: when the exact words spoken by someone are written down, usually enclosed within inverted commas to indicate speech
- reporting clause: a clause that tells the reader who said the speech sentence and how
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may think they need to include the name of the witness in the reported clause.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Quotes from witnesses or experts give additional information about the event being reported on. Quotes from witnesses are often more informal in language and tone from the rest of the report.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'quotes'
exact words or statements taken from a source to support or provide evidence in a piece of writing.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may think they need to include the name of the witness in the reported clause. Correction: Model to the pupils if the sentence preceding the reported speech introduces the witness, the reporting clause can use a pronoun instead.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing the features of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Framing the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' as a newsworthy event Study Guide
- Generating vocabulary for a journalistic report Study Guide
- Planning the recount section of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Presenting a journalistic report on 'Little Red Riding Hood' Study Guide
- Writing the closing of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Writing the opening of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Writing the quotes paragraph of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Writing the recount section of a journalistic report Study Guide
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