Starter quiz
- What is a journalistic report?
- an opinion piece of writing
- a non-fiction text about a person's life
- a non-fiction text that provides information about an event ✓
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- True or false? A journalistic report can be written about any event.
- True
- False ✓
- What is 'newsworthy' about the story of Little Red Riding Hood?
- The girl went to visit her grandma.
- The wolf broke into the grandma's house. ✓
- Red took a basket full of comforting goodies with her.
- The wolf attacked the grandma and ate her. ✓
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- Match the crimes to their definition.
- stealing⇔taking another person’s property without permission ✓
- assault⇔physically attacking someone, or threatening to ✓
- breaking and entering⇔entering a building through force without permission ✓
- Who would be considered the perpetrator in Little Red Riding Hood?
- the grandma
- the wolf ✓
- Red
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- Who are the victims of the crime in Little Red Riding Hood?
- the grandma ✓
- the wolf
- Red ✓
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Exit quiz
- Where can journalistic reports be read?
- online ✓
- in newspapers ✓
- in books
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- Match the keyword to the correct definition.
- purpose⇔the reason it has been written and the desired impact ✓
- structural features⇔how the information is organised and ordered ✓
- linguistic features⇔the language that a writer chooses to achieve the purpose ✓
- Put the sections of a journalistic report in the correct order.
- 1⇔headline
- 2⇔opening
- 3⇔recount section
- 4⇔quotes section
- 5⇔closing
- Which of these does the use of journalistic language achieve?
- It creates a formal and objective tone. ✓
- It enables the journalist to share their own opinion.
- It helps the journalist explain what happened. ✓
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- Which of the following are examples of subject-specific vocabulary you would find in a journalistic report about a violent crime?
- environment and climate change
- suspect and victim ✓
- movie and cinema
- assault and injury ✓
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- Which of these are examples of fronted adverbials of time?
- At around 6pm, ✓
- In the forest,
- By the time police arrived at the scene, ✓
- At the grandmother's house,
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Key learning points
- The purpose of a journalistic report is to provide information about a newsworthy event to its reader.
- A newsworthy event is something that is interesting or important enough to warrant reporting to the public.
- Journalistic reports follow a specific structure; headline, opening, recount, quotes and closing.
- Journalistic reports are written using formal and objective language and tone.
- Fronted adverbials and complex sentences are key linguistic features of a journalistic report.
Common misconception
Children might struggle to understand how the structure can appear different visually.
Differentiate between structure and layout. Journalistic reports should follow the same structure but may be laid out differently.
Keywords
Journalistic report - a non-fiction text that provides information about an event
Purpose - the reason for something and the desired impact
Newsworthy - the quality of being interesting or important enough to warrant reporting to the public
Structural features - how the information is organised and ordered
Linguistic features - words and language that a writer chooses to achieve the purpose
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