Report+Writing

==__Report Writing: __ == • A report describes what things are like (or what things were like). • They are not in time order (non-chronological). __Report ____organisation  __ You can add more detail if necessary later on. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: auto;">Introduction should include who, what, when and where. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: auto;">Paragraph or Section 1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: auto;">Paragraph or Section2  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: auto;">Add more paragraphs or sections if you need to. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 21px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Language features in reports __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Present tense (except historical reports)  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> ‘General’ nouns  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Written in the third person  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Factual description  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Technical words and phrases  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Often uses formal, impersonal language  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 21px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">What is the purpose of a report? __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">To organise and write the facts so that they are easy to find and understand. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 21px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Planning a report __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Make a note of what you know – find out more detail if you need to. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Organise the information into categories. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Make a spider diagram. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 21px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Points to remember __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Read it back to make sure it makes sense  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Improve wherever possible  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.67in; margin-top: 3.84pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -0.67in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Check your work with a friend