Title: How to write a report?

Lesson plan elaborated by: Magdalena Trysińska

Topic:

How to write a report? We practice basic journalistic skills.

Target group

5th‑grade students of an eight‑year elementary school

Core curriculum

I. Literary and cultural education.

2. Perception of cultural texts. Student:

1) identifies the utterance as an informational, journalistic or advertising text;

5) distinguishes between important and secondary information in the text;

6) distinguishes between factual information and opinion.

II. Language education.

2. Diversity of language Student:

2) uses an official and unofficial style of Polish language;

3) uses a style appropriate to the communication situation;

6) recognizes neutral and evaluative vocabulary, understands its functions in the text;

7) adjusts the way of expressing himself/herself to the intended purpose of the utterance;

3. Communication language and culture of the language. Student:

1) identifies the text as a message; distinguishes between informational, literary, advertising and iconic message types;

2) identifies the sender and recipient of an utterance.

2. Speaking and writing. Student:

1) produces consistent utterances - a report;

9) uses his/her language knowledge in his/her utterances.

The general aim of education

Student acquires events reporting skills.

Key competences

• communication in the mother tongue;

• communication in foreign languages;

• social and civic competences.

Learning outcomes

Student:

• distinguishes between important and secondary information contained in the text;

• uses the official variation of Polish;

• indicates the content that should be included in the report;

• correctly uses words indicating the time sequence;

• collects evaluation vocabulary;

• evaluates the event.

Methods / techniques

• elements of expository method;

• problematic: directed conversation;

• programmed: using the computer, using an e‑textbook;

• practical: exercises concerned.

Forms of work

• uniform individual activity;

• collective activity;

• activity in pairs.

Lesson plan overview (Process)

Introduction

1. The teacher defines the purpose of the course, which is to report on an event. Gives students the criteria for success.

2. The students arrange puzzles to form a picture. They learn the event and place that the lesson will treat about.

Realization

1. As an individual activity, the students read the text, in Polish from the e‑textbook – an excerpt from Tomasz Wysocki's “Spacerownik Dolnośląski”. The teacher directs the reading by asking the students to think about the purpose of the utterance.

2. In the text from the e‑textbook, some passages are marked in bold. The students are asked to elaborate questions concerning those passages. The teacher can instruct the students to work in pairs: one student asks a question, and the other one answers it.

3. Searching for information in the text (ex. 4).

4. The teacher presents the material on the report as the form of utterance, e.g. “The report is an oral or written account of the events in which one has taken part and of their progress. When writing a report, you must remember to provide specific information – answers to the following questions: who?, when?, where?, took part in what?, what did he/she do in turn? Facts, names, dates and numbers are important. Use 1st person singular or plural. In the report you need vocabulary denoting time sequence, e.g. at the beginning, then, later, farther, in turn, at the end, to sum up, and evaluation vocabulary (describing your feelings and impressions), e.g. great, interesting, attractive, boring, plain, making one fall asleep, wasted time. Describe the events in turn (in chronological order). You can attach a map with the tour route and photos to the report.”

5. The students practice the skills of writing a report (task 5). In order to facilitate the work, the teacher can divide the class into two groups: students from group 1 express a positive opinion about the event, while those from group 2 – negative. Text evaluation for correctness of the species implementation (ex. 6). Indicating elements of report in the text.

Summary

The teacher asks questions to summarize, e.g.

• Who can write a report?

• What is the purpose of writing a report?

• Who can be the recipient of the report?

• What should you remember when writing a report?

Homework

Write a report on any event, e.g. a trip, concert, match, etc.

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

How to write a report?

A report is an oral or written account of the events in which one took part; a presentation of the course of events. When writing a report, one must remember to provide specific information – preferably in the form of answers to the following questions: who?, when?, where?, what did they take part in? what did they do? Facts, names, dates and numbers are important. Present your story in the first person singular or plural.

A report requires words specifying the sequence of time, e.g. at the beginning, then, subsequently, later, next, at the end, and evaluating the events (describing your feelings and impressions), e.g. great, interesting, attractive, boring, average, sleepy, a waste of time etc. Events should be presented in sequence (in chronological order). You can attach a tour map and photos to the report.