Year 6 - English
Planning a journalistic report about a climate protest
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 plan the structure and content of a journalistic report about a fictional climate protest.
Key Notes
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- The introduction of a journalistic report will include a summary of the event, including who, what, where, when & why.
- The main paragraphs will be themed around different perspectives, integrating relevant facts.
- The conclusion will include an official perspective, the most up-to-date information and a look to the future.
- We can plan to use subject-specific vocabulary relevant to the subject of the report.
Vocabulary To Learn
- summary: an overview of the main points of a text or an event
- 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
- subject-specific vocabulary: vocabulary we use when writing about a particular subject
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may feel that they need to record the direct speech in full to ensure it is 'accurate'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Writing is most successful when it is planned. The introduction of a journalistic report will include a summary of the event, including who, what, where, when & why.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'summary'
an overview of the main points of a text or an event.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may feel that they need to record the direct speech in full to ensure it is 'accurate'. Correction: Although real journalists would want to keep the quotations exactly the same, it is fine for us to write notes in a plan.
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
- 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
- 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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