Climate Change - Unit 4 - News Report PowerPoint

The English Teaching Resources provided by Online Teaching Resources Ltd offer a comprehensive unit on writing a news report, with a particular emphasis on climate change and its impact on the UK. The unit guides students through the process of understanding the signs of climate change, such as severe and unpredictable weather patterns, which have led to constant rainfall, flooding, hurricane-style winds, and droughts across the country. Students are encouraged to watch a news report on flooding in the UK, making notes on the different types of weather and the locations affected by these extreme conditions. This serves as a foundation for their own research into extreme weather events in their local areas.

Building upon this research, students are tasked with writing their own news report on a severe weather event in the UK. The unit provides detailed instructions on the features of a news report, including layout elements like headlines, images with captions, and columns, as well as language features such as tense, person, and vocabulary. An example news report about wind damage in Whitby is provided, illustrating the use of these features in practice. Students are then asked to choose their own news topic related to extreme weather, incorporating a variety of viewpoints and quotes, alongside an appropriate image and caption. The unit also includes a spelling challenge, encouraging the inclusion of specific words such as 'according', 'community', and 'explanation' in their reports, further enhancing their writing skills.