Features of a Newspaper Report KS2
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- An easy-to-follow lesson plan (including plenary and assessment questions)
- An engaging slideshow for the teaching input
- A main activity with three-way differentiation for adaptive teaching
- An alternative activity for flexibility and choice
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Teach your Year 5 or Year 6 class all about the features of a newspaper report with this handy standalone lesson for 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 may also be interested in our Titanic Recounts and Reports scheme of work for Year 5 and Year 6, which explores how to write a newspaper report on the famous sinking of the Titanic.
What's included:
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Model Texts
- Text Cards
- Differentiated worksheets
- Challenge Card
- Checklist
- Feature Focus sheets
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