Year 6 - English
Planning a journalistic report based on 'When The Sky Falls'
'When the Sky Falls': narrative and journalistic report writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils write a narrative climax and a journalistic report based on the text, 'When the Sky Falls', focusing on changing tone and style to meet each outcome's purpose. The journalistic report is based on an event in the novel. These outcomes can be used for KS2 SATS writing.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan the structure and content of a journalistic report based on the events in the resolution of 'When the Sky Falls'.
Key Notes
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- In a journalistic report, we can plan both the factual information and perspectives we include.
- A journalistic report starts with an introduction giving a summary of the factual information.
- The main paragraphs include perspectives using direct and reported speech, along with some additional facts.
- The conclusion gives the 'official' perspective and looks to the future.
Vocabulary To Learn
- factual information: information that is true or proven
- perspective: someone's view of events
- summary: an overview of the main points of a text or of an event
- direct speech: when we write the exact words spoken by someone, 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
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Integrating factual information into the main paragraphs can be challenging.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Writing is most successful when it is planned. In a journalistic report, we can plan both the factual information and perspectives we include.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'factual information'
information that is true or proven.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Integrating factual information into the main paragraphs can be challenging. Correction: We can't tell the whole story in the introduction; the story of what happened is gradually revealed as the perspectives are given.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Generating ideas for a journalistic report based on 'When the Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Generating ideas for a narrative climax scene in 'When The Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Planning a narrative climax scene in 'When The Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Self-editing a journalistic report based on 'When The Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Understanding the structure and historical context of 'When the Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Writing the first half of a journalistic report based on 'When The Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Writing the first half of a narrative climax scene in 'When The Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Writing the second half of a journalistic report based on 'When The Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Writing the second half of a narrative climax scene in 'When The Sky Falls' Study Guide
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