Week 16 - Writing a report

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Cambridge English

Today's lesson

Homework check

Writing class: a report

Homework

Write a sentence about your town/city
use the collocations from page 60

Writing a report

1. Reports usually begin with "Dear"

1. True
2. False

They begin with a title and (usually) a statement of their purpose

2. Reports are likely to open with a statement of the reason for writing

1. True
2. False

3. If you are asked to write a report, you should also include a titel

1. True
2. False

This is not essential but it is a good idea to do this as you probably would when writing a report in 'real life'.

4. The opening of a report should aim to catch the reader's interest

1. True
2. False

The aim of a report is more to inform than to interest.

5. Reports discuss what has happened, whereas proposals make suggestions about what the writer would like to happen

1. True
2. False

6. Reports need to have a heading and subheadings, whereas proposals do not

1. True
2. False

Both reports and proposals are likely to have these. 

7. Proposals make recommendations, while reports do not

1. True
2. False

Reports do not always make recommendations but they often do. 

8. Reports and proposals are often written in informal English

1. True
2. False

They will usually be written in neutral or formal language. 

9. It is important to think about exactly who you are writing for

1. True
2. False

10. Spending time planning what you're going to write is more important for a report than for an essay or a letter

1. True
2. False

It is important for any task to spend time planning what you are going to write. 

Page 62 read the task (ex. 2)
Who do you have to write to?

Page 62 read the task (ex. 2)
What register would you use?

1. formal
2. informal
3. neutral

Page 62 read the task (ex. 2)
What information is needed?

Page 62 read the task (ex. 2)
What kind of text do you have to write?

1. Letter
2. Review
3. Proposal
4. Report

Read the two answers to the task
on page 63
Which would score a better mark?

1. A
2. B

What's wrong with answer A?

What's wrong with answer A?

- its language is too informal

- it is a letter and not a report

- it is not organised into paragraphs

- it introduces irrelevant material (e.g. about the library, which is not a leisure facility) 

Writing: a report

Include the following:

Title

introduction

headings (the three points in the question)

content

recommendations

conclusion

Writing: a report

You must include the following: 

- state the purpose of the report

- headings for each point made

- use a formal and impersonal style

Evaluation

You know now:

what should be in a report

what a report looks like

what a good report looks like (answer B)

what a bad report looks like (answer A)

Homework

Write the report from the task on page 62 exercise 5

Hand it in via Magister before the next lesson: 6 May