Here’s my penny’s-worth of News Reports. Features of Newspaper Reports 1. Headline - e.g. a straight headline, a pun, a quotation / misquotation, question, alliteration, feature (see notes, below). 2. Date (written out, e.g. Monday, 1st April, 2023). 3. By-line (is NOT usually used for reports, they’re usually used with newspaper articles). 4. Subheadings (especially if there is a sudden change of focus). 5. Orientation paragraph (The 1st paragraph, containing the Who, What, Where, When, (Why, How) & usually only one or two sentences -- a summary of the main story. 6. Direct speech quotes (eye witness / experts). 7. Indirect speech (paraphrased for concision). 8. Reorientation paragraph (usually the final paragraph & usually in present or future tenses, dealing with what will/may happen next due to the events of the news report). 9. Related stories (sometimes an extra paragraph is added, dealing with similar/related stories that have happened, e.g. ‘While accidents like this are rare, a grade seven student was left with life-changing injuries in June this year, after a science experiment accident left her blinded in one eye, in Chepstow, Monmouthshire’). 10. Extremely short paragraphs - Try to keep to one main idea/focus per paragraph. 11. Photos (Captions for photos - obviously NOT required in FLE exams). 12. Mostly past tenses (Past tenses throughout, except for the reorientation paragraph). 13. Passive voice! (not: ‘The police arrested John Smith’ but ‘John Smith was arrested last night’). 14. 3rd person. 15. Impersonal and do not try to engage the audience! (no writer’s opinion - the ONLY opinion can be given by eye witnesses / expert’s quotations). 16. Give facts, facts, facts. 17. Succinct, direct style. 18. Factual adjectives / descriptions (e.g. The usually quiet hamlet of Shirenewton was the scene of ...). 19. (sometimes sensationalist vocabulary, e.g. ‘Residents fled from bush fires’. ‘Fled’ rather than ‘were evacuated’). 20. Uses abbreviations (e.g. NOT ‘Ariana Grande will get married to Dalton Gomez’, but ‘Ariana Grande to wed Dalton Gomez’. 21. Uses punctuation for concision (e.g. NOT ‘John Smith aged 34 who works in a secondary school…,’ but ‘John Smith, a teacher, 34,…). Notes on Headlines: Headlines are usually written in the Present tense. e.g. JOBLESS NUMBER FALLS - This indicates that the number of unemployed people has recently fallen. BUT, for future events, an infinitive is used. e.g. JOBLESS NUMBER TO FALL - This indicates that the number of unemployed people is predicted to fall. Also, the passive voice is expressed by the Past Participle ONLY. e.g. BUS DRIVER ARRESTED - This indicated that a bus driver has been arrested. Straight Headline - DOG BITES MAN - (we can clearly understand what the news report will be about). Quotation - TRUMP: “I’LL BE PRESIDENT AGAIN” - (often the speaker, followed by a colon, then the quote). Misquotation - ‘TO BEAN OR NOT TO BEAN?’ - (a recognisable famous quotation, but changed like a pun). Question - PRICES FALL? - (Written as a statement + question mark). Pun - FLU YORK CITY - (A simple pun - but do NOT use puns or light-hearted sounding headlines with serious or tragic new reports). Alliteration - POLICE PROACTIVELY PROTECTING PINs. Assonance - PETE EATS SWEET TREATS. Feature - OWLS ARE MUSHROOMS - (A feature headline is where the headline makes no sense until you read the new report. This was a real headline about sightings of rare snowy owls, which later turned out to be nothing more than overturned mushrooms). Best of luck, guys -- You got this! Oh, and just in case anyone is stressing out, just remember that the Grade Thresholds for some of the 2022 papers were really low: this means that in some of last year's papers, candidates only needed to get about sixty-something percent in order to reach an 'A' grade!
Hello, I am an IGCSE external student and I just want to say, your videos are a lifesaver. I had been struggling to find video resources that break down the English topics but your channel has helped me prepare to the best I can. If it hadn't been for you, I'd be tearing my hair out right now. Your videos have helped me stay on track and prepare to the best of my ability without a tutor. Thank you so much for your help😊 That said could you do a video giving a rundown of paper 2? I'm sure it would benefit a lot of us
@@ayaanmeezan8749 for paper 2, letter, article and speech and for paper 1, newspaper report, formal report, speech, letter, journal, interview and article
hi sir, do we need to put any address in writing the letter or no? if not would it be fine to just write "dear..." to start it off and then put "sincerely, ..(name)" in the end? thank you!
@@IGCSESUCCESS Thank you so much, I can't wait for the new video. This channel has been tremendously helpful and all the content you've put out has just been of top quality ... Too bad you don't do videos for Igcse literature. 😂
shouldn't the formal report be written in third person? That means i cannot use 'I, we' etc etc. also do i not have to adress who i am at the end like 'sincerely,[name]' can u please discuss oct nov 11 2023 paper, it has a report and i am freaking out!!!!!!!!
Hi, in the 2018 formal report they gave a certain phrase to start the report, so in that case how do we give heading and subheadings. Are we supposed to write a heading and "introduction " before writing the given phrase?
Use the bullets to construct your sub-headings... There's flexibility in the wording, but generally they still follow the same format. Intro Problems Solutions
IGCSESUCCESS: "I wasnt going to make this video because I do think its very unlikely that Cambridge are going to give you a news paper report or a formal report. Cambridge: Aight bet
Here’s my penny’s-worth of News Reports.
Features of Newspaper Reports
1. Headline - e.g. a straight headline, a pun, a quotation / misquotation, question, alliteration, feature (see notes, below).
2. Date (written out, e.g. Monday, 1st April, 2023).
3. By-line (is NOT usually used for reports, they’re usually used with newspaper articles).
4. Subheadings (especially if there is a sudden change of focus).
5. Orientation paragraph (The 1st paragraph, containing the Who, What, Where, When, (Why, How) & usually only one or two sentences -- a summary of the main story.
6. Direct speech quotes (eye witness / experts).
7. Indirect speech (paraphrased for concision).
8. Reorientation paragraph (usually the final paragraph & usually in present or future tenses, dealing with what will/may happen next due to the events of the news report).
9. Related stories (sometimes an extra paragraph is added, dealing with similar/related stories that have happened, e.g. ‘While accidents like this are rare, a grade seven student was left with life-changing injuries in June this year, after a science experiment accident left her blinded in one eye, in Chepstow, Monmouthshire’).
10. Extremely short paragraphs - Try to keep to one main idea/focus per paragraph.
11. Photos (Captions for photos - obviously NOT required in FLE exams).
12. Mostly past tenses (Past tenses throughout, except for the reorientation paragraph).
13. Passive voice! (not: ‘The police arrested John Smith’ but ‘John Smith was arrested last night’).
14. 3rd person.
15. Impersonal and do not try to engage the audience! (no writer’s opinion - the ONLY opinion can be given by eye witnesses / expert’s quotations).
16. Give facts, facts, facts.
17. Succinct, direct style.
18. Factual adjectives / descriptions (e.g. The usually quiet hamlet of Shirenewton was the scene of ...).
19. (sometimes sensationalist vocabulary, e.g. ‘Residents fled from bush fires’. ‘Fled’ rather than ‘were evacuated’).
20. Uses abbreviations (e.g. NOT ‘Ariana Grande will get married to Dalton Gomez’, but ‘Ariana Grande to wed Dalton Gomez’.
21. Uses punctuation for concision (e.g. NOT ‘John Smith aged 34 who works in a secondary school…,’ but ‘John Smith, a teacher, 34,…).
Notes on Headlines:
Headlines are usually written in the Present tense.
e.g. JOBLESS NUMBER FALLS - This indicates that the number of unemployed people has recently fallen.
BUT, for future events, an infinitive is used.
e.g. JOBLESS NUMBER TO FALL - This indicates that the number of unemployed people is predicted to fall.
Also, the passive voice is expressed by the Past Participle ONLY.
e.g. BUS DRIVER ARRESTED - This indicated that a bus driver has been arrested.
Straight Headline - DOG BITES MAN - (we can clearly understand what the news report will be about).
Quotation - TRUMP: “I’LL BE PRESIDENT AGAIN” - (often the speaker, followed by a colon, then the quote).
Misquotation - ‘TO BEAN OR NOT TO BEAN?’ - (a recognisable famous quotation, but changed like a pun).
Question - PRICES FALL? - (Written as a statement + question mark).
Pun - FLU YORK CITY - (A simple pun - but do NOT use puns or light-hearted sounding headlines with serious or tragic new reports).
Alliteration - POLICE PROACTIVELY PROTECTING PINs.
Assonance - PETE EATS SWEET TREATS.
Feature - OWLS ARE MUSHROOMS - (A feature headline is where the headline makes no sense until you read the new report. This was a real headline about sightings of rare snowy owls, which later turned out to be nothing more than overturned mushrooms).
Best of luck, guys -- You got this!
Oh, and just in case anyone is stressing out, just remember that the Grade Thresholds for some of the 2022 papers were really low: this means that in some of last year's papers, candidates only needed to get about sixty-something percent in order to reach an 'A' grade!
Thank youuuu!!
Thank you so much for this! Especially the last note gave me a whole lot of hope and motivation for tomorrow's exam.
Im probably too late but do we have to include a date in the newspaper report?
@@willbrand6543not mandatory
Thank you🫶🏾
Hello, I am an IGCSE external student and I just want to say, your videos are a lifesaver. I had been struggling to find video resources that break down the English topics but your channel has helped me prepare to the best I can. If it hadn't been for you, I'd be tearing my hair out right now. Your videos have helped me stay on track and prepare to the best of my ability without a tutor. Thank you so much for your help😊
That said could you do a video giving a rundown of paper 2? I'm sure it would benefit a lot of us
Thanks for the support and best of luck!
Sir i have recently shifted to igcse and you have truly been a blessing. literally,I have learnt each and everything from A to z by watching you.
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i’ve started writing my finals. this is much needed
The starting exam scene is my nightmare
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What kind of questions come under directed writing?
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Dude you have genuinely saved my exams in English thank you soooooo much
I loved the skit, it would literally be me if it had come.
Man just gave me a heart attack at the start in just mere seconds
Hey there, thank you for the tips. I am sitting the exam on Wednesday, I want to ask how to develop the points for formal reports?
Please keep posting more updated content. We want to see more of your quality work 🎉
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i have my igcse in 2hrs. Will definitely be using this is if it comes up
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hi sir, do we need to put any address in writing the letter or no? if not would it be fine to just write "dear..." to start it off and then put "sincerely, ..(name)" in the end? thank you!
Hi, I love the content, please can you make a video for the other different text types?
Working on it... Hopefully tonight! 😬
@@IGCSESUCCESS Thank you so much, I can't wait for the new video. This channel has been tremendously helpful and all the content you've put out has just been of top quality ... Too bad you don't do videos for Igcse literature. 😂
@@KidAdrenalin69 that was my plan for this year, but not enough hours in a day 😉
it would be amazing even if you could do just a few videos for lit, love your content by the way@@IGCSESUCCESS
I'm writing tomorrow and u saved my day 😶😶
shouldn't the formal report be written in third person? That means i cannot use 'I, we' etc etc. also do i not have to adress who i am at the end like 'sincerely,[name]'
can u please discuss oct nov 11 2023 paper, it has a report and i am freaking out!!!!!!!!
coolest IG teacher out there
Hi, in the 2018 formal report they gave a certain phrase to start the report, so in that case how do we give heading and subheadings. Are we supposed to write a heading and "introduction " before writing the given phrase?
Use the bullets to construct your sub-headings... There's flexibility in the wording, but generally they still follow the same format.
Intro
Problems
Solutions
Me with an exam tomorrow
What’s the difference between an article and a report? I always get the two mixed up in question 3…
did my english lang paper 1 last week and the last question was! surprise! a formal report. honestly wish i had found this video sooner 💀
caves 💀
Hello sir do we have to use dates in journal writing?
No. 😉
hii, is it necessary to include the sub-topics for a formal report and also add "A formal report" in the headline?
Please do paper 2 as well
Am writting my English and am panicking your videos really do help l hope l pass
Mr can you make a video to help 0510 students in writing too
🤣🤣🤣🤣the starting scene!
IGCSESUCCESS: "I wasnt going to make this video because I do think its very unlikely that Cambridge are going to give you a news paper report or a formal report.
Cambridge: Aight bet
😅😅 I was in shock!
Ohio acting at the beginning, but still a good video
thank you
lol my teacher just used the same ppt to explain this topic in our class!
Can you write a summary of 94 wrods
Too short in my opinion, try to keep it around 100 to 115 it is way better.
EXAM IS TMR
My exam is on the 3 of May😭
pls wish me good luck !!
Best of luck, Vaneeza!
i love you
Hoping it doesnt come up today
@@angekahsuheb but it came up
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2 days 😭
You got this!
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Okay only an article came. 0500/12
Less than 24 hours 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲