S1 Country Reports

Hey everyone!

So today and tomorrow you will be writing your reports on the computers. We've done the research and looked at three examples of good reports. You should aim to:

1. Write about 100 words
2. Write in paragraphs, and organising your notes under headings
3. Spell and punctuate correctly (Word can help you!)
4. Improve the look of your report by using pictures and diagrams once you have finished typing!

A lot of you will have your own ideas about what headings you want to use, but I've written a basic plan below if you need a little extra help.

Introduction
(What country are you writing about, why did you choose it, etc)

Geography
(Where is it in the world, what is the climate like, what is it's capital city etc)

People
(How many people live there, what is it's main language, religion, sports and hobbies, etc)

Cool Facts
(Any other interesting things you have learned about your country that you couldn't fit into the other paragraphs.)

Conclusion
(Summarise your information on your country, finish your report in a way which is suitable for your purpose and target audience!)

Good luck!
Mr Sharpe

BBC Wildlife Beast Research

Hey folks

This week you've learnt all about functional writing. This means writing that is to tell people about things - like newspaper reports, letters, or reports into beasts.

We've been reading "The Nature of the Beast", where we are starting to see some signs of a mysterious monster creeping around the mysterious town.

So you all pottered down to the library where research was done into gorillas, sloths, a variety of big cats, mermaids, the Loch Ness monster and even unicorns. I've even learnt the unicorn song and that they have a spot just above the heart where you can kill them!

More importantly, our learning outcomes have been:

• How to use books and websites to collect notes, not just copy and paste!


• Using numbered lists and bullet points in reports


• Using headings to sort similar facts together into paragraphs


• How to show where we get our information from - our sources

Finally we raced through the basics of doing a good talk, using the 50:50 rule

1. Good content - interesting start, loads of facts in a formal presentation, and a conclusion


2. Good presentation - look at the audience, nice and confident, loud and clear voice, and no fidgeting.

Good luck for the talks!