Year 5 - English
Researching the Titanic in preparation for writing a journalistic report
The Titanic: journalistic report writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils write a journalistic report as if they were a journalist reporting on the departure and voyage of the Titanic in 1912. Pupils incorporate their learning about modal verbs, parenthesis denoted by brackets and a full range of simple, compound and complex sentence structures.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to gather information about the Titanic from a range of sources.
Key Notes
- Information can be gathered from a range of different sources (both primary and secondary).
- Journalists research the topic of their reports in order to write accurately about the topic.
- When conducting initial research, facts can be kept general.
Vocabulary To Learn
- research: the detailed study of a subject
- primary source: a source that gives original information from the time of the event
- secondary source: a source written or created after the event that gives information about it
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that the Titanic departed on its maiden voyage from Belfast.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Information can be gathered from a range of different sources (both primary and secondary). Journalists research the topic of their reports in order to write accurately about the topic.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'research'
the detailed study of a subject.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may think that the Titanic departed on its maiden voyage from Belfast. Correction: Explicit references should be made throughout the lesson to the maiden voyage beginning at Southampton.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Editing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
- Identifying the features of a journalistic report in preparation for writing about the Titanic Study Guide
- Planning and writing the quotes section of a journalistic report about Titanic Study Guide
- Planning the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
- Planning the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
- Planning the opening of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
- Planning the second recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
- Writing the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
- Writing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
- Writing the opening of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
- Writing the second recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic Study Guide
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