The Titanic: journalistic report writing
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils write a journalistic report as if they were a journalist reporting on the departure and voyage of the Titanic in 1912. Pupils incorporate their learning about modal verbs, parenthesis denoted by brackets and a full range of simple, compound and complex sentence structures.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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The Titanic: journalistic report writing
In this unit, pupils write a journalistic report as if they were a journalist reporting on the departure and voyage of the Titanic in 1912. Pupils incorporate their learning about modal verbs, parenthesis denoted by brackets and a full range of simple, compound and complex sentence structures.
12 lessons- Researching the Titanic in preparation for writing a journalistic report
- Writing the opening of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Planning the opening of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Writing the second recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Planning the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Planning the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Editing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Identifying the features of a journalistic report in preparation for writing about the Titanic
- Writing the first recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Writing the closing of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Planning the second recount paragraph of a journalistic report about the Titanic
- Planning and writing the quotes section of a journalistic report about Titanic