Year 5 - English
Writing the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic
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 write the closing paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic.
Key Notes
- The purpose of the closing is to summarise what is currently happening and what is likely to happen next.
- Information in the closing should be general.
- Cohesion is vital when considering how to engage the reader and share information with them in a clear, succinct way.
- Using the structure of introductory sentence, general information and concluding sentence enhances text cohesion.
Vocabulary To Learn
- summarise: to sum up or conclude the main body of a text
- cohesive devices: language structures that develop text cohesion
- modal verb: a type of auxiliary verb that helps us to talk about how likely, possible, necessary or obligatory something is to happen
- tense: tells the reader when something happened
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may get confused when writing some sentences in present tense and some in future tense.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
The purpose of the closing is to summarise what is currently happening and what is likely to happen next. Information in the closing should be general.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'summarise'
to sum up or conclude the main body of a text.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may get confused when writing some sentences in present tense and some in future tense. Correction: Teacher models must make use of both the present and the future tenses. This must be explicitly explained when scaffolding the writing task.
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
- Researching the Titanic in preparation for writing a journalistic report 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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