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The document provides guidelines for writing a newspaper report aimed at children aged 7 to 9, emphasizing the importance of including a newspaper name, headline, introduction with the 5 Ws, quotes from witnesses, and factual information. It also instructs on writing in chronological order, using past tense, and formatting the report in columns. An example newspaper report about rabbits in Roman times illustrates these principles.

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The document provides guidelines for writing a newspaper report aimed at children aged 7 to 9, emphasizing the importance of including a newspaper name, headline, introduction with the 5 Ws, quotes from witnesses, and factual information. It also instructs on writing in chronological order, using past tense, and formatting the report in columns. An example newspaper report about rabbits in Roman times illustrates these principles.

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Example Text: Newspaper

Report (Ages 7 - 9)
1. Give your newspaper a name.
4. Write in chronological order.
Just like a real newspaper report, the Newspaper reports are written in time
name of the newspaper should be order. Ask your child to imagine they
included and usually comes at the top are telling a story of the event from
of the page. Newspaper names often beginning to end (not forgetting it
include a link to the local area and lots needs to be factual). Encourage your
of them have similar names. Why not child to use time conjunctions, such as
encourage your child to research some ‘first’, ‘after that’, ‘finally’ and ‘then’.
existing newspaper names and come up
with a new one which is similar?
5. Include a picture and caption.

2.
Pictures are often used to help the
Give your report a headline. reader understand what they are
A headline is the same as a title but it reading. They also make the report
has a special name when it’s a more engaging to look at. Ask your
newspaper. A headline should be child to think about a picture that
relevant to what the report is about, might be useful for their report.
but it should be something interesting Sometimes, they might also need to
which catches the attention of the add a caption to describe what the
reader. Newspaper headlines often use picture shows.
puns, alliteration or rhyming.

6.
3. Write an introduction which
Write in past tense. Past tense
is really important for a newspaper
includes the 5 Ws. Like most text types, report as the event you are describing
an introduction is important for has already happened. Remind your
summarising what the text is about. child that they should be
A newspaper report introduction is using -ed for regular
unique as it focuses on giving the 5 past tense verbs.
Ws: who, what, where, when and why. They may need help
The introduction only introduces these to identify any verbs
briefly so may only be a couple of which don’t follow
sentences long. this pattern.

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7. Include quotes from witnesses.
9. Write a conclusion.
On the news and in newspaper reports, A conclusion always comes at the end
witnesses are often asked to give their of a text. In a newspaper report, the
opinion on the event. For this, your conclusion explains what might happen
child can choose to use direct speech or next. For example, if you were reporting
reported speech. on the results of a football match, you
would inform the reader who that
Direct speech: One man who witnessed
team would play next, what points
the event said, “Everyone was so happy
they might get and if there were any
when he scored. It was so loud, I
controversial matters to be sorted out.
thought the roof might fly off!”

Reported speech: Naya, who works at


the shop next door, told us that she
immediately knew that they had scored 10. Write in columns.
because of the screams of excitement. A Newspaper reports are typically
formatted in two columns. This can
be quite tricky to get right freestyle.
8. Use factual information.
You can either fold your page in half
lengthways and write down the left
A newspaper report tells us about
half and then the right half. Or, why
factual events which happened. Remind
not print this Newspaper Template to
your child not to include their own
help with setting out?
opinion, however they may include
other people’s opinions through quotes.
Make sure they have fully researched
the topic/event before writing about it
so they know their facts are correct.

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Example Text: Newspaper Report
(Ages 7 - 9)

The Daily Twinkl


RABBITS ARE FROM ROME!

Archaeologists have evidence that rabbits were alive in Roman times.

For a long time, people only 4cm, nobody thought from a Roman deposit.”
have thought that rabbits it was important. Later, archaeologists learnt
came to Britain about 1000 that the family who lived
Then, in 2017, an
years ago. Scientists have in the palace were rich and
archaeologist called Dr Fay
found evidence in the UK had lots of pets, including
Worley realised that it was
which suggests that rabbits rabbits. They think they
a rabbit bone. Scientists
actually came with the brought them over from
used carbon dating to work
Romans as pets, over 2000 Rome.
out how old the bone was.
years ago!
They found out it was Rabbits are often linked
First, the rabbit bone was alive in the first century to Easter but we don’t
found in 1964 at Fishbourne AD which means it is 2000 know when this started.
Roman Palace. This is one years old! Archaeologists are excited
of the biggest Roman sites that this discovery might
Dr Worley said "I was
in Britain. A historian said tell us more about Easter
excited to find a rabbit bone
that because the bone was traditions in ancient times.

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