Year 6 - English
Linguistic features of a journalistic report
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 use direct and reported speech and you can use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas.
Key Notes
- A journalistic report contains factual statements mixed with different individuals' perspectives.
- It has a formal tone and it is written in the third person, using both past and present tense.
- When we give individuals' perspectives, we can use direct speech or reported speech.
- Direct speech uses inverted commas to say the exact words a person said; reported speech does not.
- A journalistic report contains a range of cohesive devices used to connect ideas together.
Vocabulary To Learn
- formal tone: the effect created by using serious, factual language
- direct speech: when the exact words spoken by someone are written down, usually enclosed in inverted commas to indicate speech
- reported speech: when we write what someone said without using the exact words they spoke and without using inverted commas
- inverted commas: punctuation marks used to indicate the beginning and end of direct speech or a quotation
- cohesive devices: language structures that develop text cohesion
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may struggle to punctuate direct speech correctly.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A journalistic report contains factual statements mixed with different individuals' perspectives. It has a formal tone and it is written in the third person, using both past and present tense.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'formal tone'
the effect created by using serious, factual language.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may struggle to punctuate direct speech correctly. Correction: Visual prompts for punctuating different types of direct speech can be found in our KS2 Grammar curriculum.
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
- Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist 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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