REPORT WRITING

BY:

Sushma Yadav

PGT ENGLISH

JNV ALWAR (RAJASTHAN)

WHAT IS A REPORT:

• A Report is a written composition or, in other words, we can say it is a  prepared talk about a particular subject. It is a vivid expression of a personal experience on account of something heard, seen, done, studied etc. meant to be published or broadcasted. The most common example is the news reports we read in the newspapers, everyday. Reports can be of many types, such as
• A newspaper report
• A report about an event or function at school/institute/ organisation
• A report about an accident/happening that you have witnessed
• A report about an enquiry or survey

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FORMAT AND MARKING SCHEME��

• Format
• Headline
• Date and Place
• Byline (Name of the reporter)
• Opening paragraph
• Details (Next two paragraphs)
• Conclusive statement(It can either be a summary of the whole situation, a conclusion, condemnation, appeal or warning)
• Marking Scheme    
• Format    1 Mark�Headline, byline, date and    place.�Content    5’Marks�What, when, where, who, how the incident happened.�Expression, language, spellings and grammar   4 Marks�Logical and relevant details without grammatical or spelling errors.

POINTS TO REMEMBER

• While Writing a Report
• be factual and do not add any information on your own that may seen fictitious.
• write in indirect speech and preferably in passive voice.
• write in third person form and avoid using pronouns like I, me or you.
• avoid imposing your personal opinions and do not make any conclusions.
• answer the questions to ‘when’, ‘where’, ‘why’, ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘how’.

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Some Newspaper Reports :

Some School Magazine Reports-

• MATTER FOR THE MIND�Our school recently celebrated ‘Literary Week’ in which well-known author Vikram Seth spoke to the students about the relegation of reading as a hobby and for knowledge, to the backseat by agents such as cable TV, Internet etc.�Reading as a hobby is much underrated both by parents and children today. Apart from offering a good way of passing time, books offer pleasure and knowledge together. Children can explore the dream world of fantasy through books such as ‘The Hobbit’ by J.R.R. Tolkien, the stories of Narnia as told by his dear friend C.S.Lewis, along with books by Enid Blyton, available in abundance in any book store. Adults, on the other hand, can get thrill and excitement from�adventure fiction by writers like Tom Clancy and Jack Higgins, such asks rarely offered by TV programmes. These latter seem nothing more than one hour commercials for soft drinks or futile tests to prove the adventurer's virility, encouraging the viewers to do the same and should certainly not be allowed to consume all our leisure time. More serious people can explore the works of great philosophers and literature lovers can explore the works of a Keats or a Samuel�Beckett.�Seek and you shall find! Yes, the variety available to the reader is�infinite. The books on display during the Literary Week bear testimony�to this fact. So what are we waiting for? Let’s pick up the book of�our choice and get started right away!
• Reported by- ABC

• Lights! Camera! Action!��On the 25th of September, an inter-school drama festival was organized�by our school in which 20 schools of Delhi participated. This festival�was organized in order to celebrate the birth centenary year of our�Founder, St. Claudine Thevenet.��Each school was given a different topic to enact a play on. Some plays�were hilarious and some musical but each one had a  moral in the end.�The audience enjoyed each and every play and had a lot to learn from�them. The best play prize was bagged by Convent of Jesus and Mary.�Their play was on the topic ‘No to Crackers this Diwali’. It was�indeed a very inspiring play and persuaded students not to buy�crackers this season. The award for the Best Actor and Best Actress�went to Nishit Gupta of Gyan Barti School and Nicloe Juneja of Convent�of Jesus and Mary respectively.��For us as hosts, it was a memorable experience and we look forward to�the next years’ event with enthusiasm and a determination to bag the�prizes too.��Suman Bahttacaharya��Cultural Secretary

GNPS Rajouri Garden Celebrated World Environment Day�by Ravi Sharma

New Delhi, 2nd July, 20XX : Students of Guru Nanak Public School, Rajouri Garden participated in a function to celebrate World Environment Day on 5th June at Vigyan Bhavan. It was also the 30th anniversary of National Museum of Natural History. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was the Chief Guest. The other guests included Narain Meena, Minister of State for Environment,S Raghupathy, Minister of State (Forests and Wildlife), Meena Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests and Sudhir Mittal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests.�The students presented ‘Prakriti Vandana’ a song and dance. An effective skit ‘Kahan gaya wo dharti ka swarg’ was also presented, wherein experts from National Museum of Natural History including Dr Naaz Rizvi and school teachers Jyoti Cheema and Rajvindra Kaur directed the students. The song presentation prepared under the able guidance of Bhupinder Kaur, Inderjeet Kaur and S Amritpal Singh forced the audience to introspect.�The School chairman, S Inder Singh and vice chairman, S Singh Ratra were also present.�The vote of thanks was proposed by the Director, National Museum of Natural History, Dr Venugopal.

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• Workshop on Personality Development Beneficial

by Rajesh, Class Xll-C

Six students of our school were sponsored to attend the recent two-day Personality Development Workshop conducted by M/s Creative Solutions Consultants at Sarabhai Seminar Hall in the city. This workshop was also attended by students of Class XII of other schools so that the total number of participants were 35.

This workshop featured presentations by eminent personalities on various topics like Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Time Management, Team Building and others.

Each presentation was followed by a one-hour discussion on the concerned topic, which was the most beneficial part of the workshop. The presentations were conducted by Rajat Puri, Communications specialist, Sarvesh Mittal, NDTV Presenter, Sudhir Das, Independent Consultant and others.

Such an eminent gathering of professionals generated the necessary enthusiasm among the students so they asked the maximum question. No doubt, the workshop was highly beneficial in developing our personalities.

Silver jubilee Celebrations�by Saurabh Singh, XIIB

Subhash Public School, Gorakhpur recently completed its twenty-five years of establishment on 5th February, 20XX. The management and staff of the school organised a grand function to celebrate the same. Mr Prabhat Gupta, the DM of Gorakhpur, graced the occasion as the chief guest. The school premises was attractively decorated for the celebrations and the chief guest was received by the Director and the Principal of the school at the main gate. After the Saraswati Vandana and welcome song, Mr Praveen Nangia, the school Principal, gave a brief speech highlighting the meritorious services of the school to the cause of education for the past 25 years.�The chief guest acknowledged the same in his speech thereafter. He honoured six teachers for their dedicated services in the field of education. The students who were the allrounders of each class were awarded medals by the DM.�Students of the three houses presented a musical extravaganza which was the special feature of the show.

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