Year 6 - English
Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist
Climate emergency: journalistic report writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils get into role as a journalist attending a climate emergency protest, in prepartion for writing a journalistic report based on the event. In so doing, pupils practise integrating direct speech throughout their report to add credibility to the point of view they are writing from.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to gather quotations from different people involved in a fictional protest in role as a journalist.
Key Notes
- Journalistic reports contain a mixture of facts and individuals' perspectives.
- Journalists obtain facts through research, observation and requests for information.
- Journalists can obtain individuals' perspectives using interviews.
- Journalists are obliged to record quotations accurately to reflect individuals' perspectives.
- We can use role play as a way of empathising with different perspectives and generating ideas for writing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- fact: something that is true or proven
- perspective: someone's view of events
- journalist: someone who investigates news stories for newspapers, magazines or news websites
- quotation: a word, phrase or sentence that is taken directly from someone's speech
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may provide 'answers' to the journalist's questions rather than a full quotation that stands alone.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Journalistic reports contain a mixture of facts and individuals' perspectives. Journalists obtain facts through research, observation and requests for information.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'fact'
something that is true or proven.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may provide 'answers' to the journalist's questions rather than a full quotation that stands alone. Correction: You may wish to model writing one of the quotations to show pupils that it needs to stand on its own without the questions as prompts.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Concluding and editing a journalistic report about a climate protest Study Guide
- Exploring the structure of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Linguistic features of a journalistic report Study Guide
- Making a speech about environmental issues Study Guide
- Performing a radio broadcast based on a journalistic report Study Guide
- Planning a journalistic report about a climate protest Study Guide
- Writing the first part of a journalistic report about a climate protest Study Guide
- Writing the second part of a journalistic report about a climate protest Study Guide
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