Year 6 - English
Self-editing 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 edit your own journalistic report based on 'When the Sky Falls', aiming to improve the punctuation, text cohesion and vocabulary.
Key Notes
- Editing is a critical part of the writing process. A growth mindset helps us benefit most from editing.
- Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink, rephrase and reconsider first ideas.
- Editing is most successful when it is chunked by punctuation, sentence structure, vocabulary and cohesive devices.
- We can connect ideas in a range of different ways, using different cohesive devices - there is rarely only one way.
- We use a less formal tone when quoting real people's speech; we use a formal tone elsewhere in our text.
Vocabulary To Learn
- growth mindset: a desire to keep developing any skill set
- text cohesion: how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose
- cohesive devices: language structures that develop text cohesion
- formal tone: the effect created by using serious, factual language
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may have all characters using the same language in direct speech.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Editing is a critical part of the writing process. A growth mindset helps us benefit most from editing. Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink, rephrase and reconsider first ideas.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'growth mindset'
a desire to keep developing any skill set.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may have all characters using the same language in direct speech. Correction: Encourage pupils to think about the 'voice' of each character - how might they speak?
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 journalistic report based on 'When The Sky Falls' Study Guide
- Planning a narrative climax scene in '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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