Features of a Newspaper Report KS2

Through the course of the lesson, your children will explore all the key features of a newspaper report, including headlines, layout, direct and reported quotes, pictures, captions, tenses, the 5Ws (who, what, when, where and why), and introductory and closing paragraphs.

Everything you need is included within this Features of a Newspaper Report KS2 English lesson pack - a detailed plan, an engaging set of PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

You might also be interested in our Newspaper Report lesson within our popular Titanic Cross-Curricular Topic for Year 5/6. 

Curriculum Objectives covered

• continuing to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
• identifying and discussing themes and conventions in and across a wide range of writing

• identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own
• selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning