English Second Language·Writing skills · NSSCO 5.5
Reports: accident, crime, sport & social events
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Something happened — an accident at the gate, a stolen laptop, a netball final, a school concert — and someone who wasn't there needs to know exactly what took place. A report is how we tell them: clearly, in order, using only the facts. In this lesson we learn the six little question words that hold every report together, the four parts that give it its shape, the calm factual style it needs, and the four types you must be ready to write in Paper 1, Task 5.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO English Second Language 5.5):
- Explain what a report is: a clear, factual, ordered account of something that happened, written for someone who was not there
- Use the 5 W's and one H (Who, What, Where, When, Why, How) as the backbone of a report
- Structure a report with a heading, an opening, a time-ordered body, and a closing
- Write in the correct report style: factual, objective, past tense, mostly third person, formal, with no personal opinion or emotion
- Identify and write the four types of report — accident, crime, sports and social-event — including what each one must contain
- Plan and produce a Paper 1 Task 5 report of 100–150 words, meeting the Content and Language mark descriptors
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