Year 4 - English
Presenting a journalistic report on 'Little Red Riding Hood'
'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 present a journalistic report in a formal tone.
Key Notes
- Oral presentation is an important aspect of delivering journalistic reports and news.
- Projection, pace and diction are important for ensuring the audience can hear and understand you.
- Eye contact, body language and tone are important for connecting to the audience and conveying a topic appropriately
- Reading over our writing and rehearsing it supports the successful delivery of an oral presentation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- projection: using our voice to speak powerfully and clearly
- diction: the pronunciation of words clearly
- body language: how we use posture and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings
- tone: refers to the pitch of our voice and how this is used to convey a message appropriately
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may think that the rules for presenting always remain the same.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Oral presentation is an important aspect of delivering journalistic reports and news. Projection, pace and diction are important for ensuring the audience can hear and understand you.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'projection'
using our voice to speak powerfully and clearly.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may think that the rules for presenting always remain the same. Correction: Look at examples of presenting for different purposes and highlight the nuanced differences. Watch CBBC Newsround as a good model.
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 quotes paragraph of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Planning the recount section of a journalistic report 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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