Report Writing
Marking Scheme
5Marks:
■ Format : 1
– Headlines and Reporter’s Name
■ Content : 2
■ Expression : 2
– Grammatical accuracy, appropriate words and spellings – 1 mark
– Coherence (systematic and logical) and relevance (related to the matter)of ideas
and style – 1 mark
■ Word Limit – 120 – 150 words
Format:
■ Headline
■ Byline – name of the reporter
■ Date and place (newspaper reports)
■ Opening paragraph
■ Details (next two or three paragraphs)
■ Concluding statement
Points to Remember:
■ Be brief, to the point and very systematic
■ Report an event in the order in which it happened
■ Give it
– A bold heading / title
– Name of the reporter
– Date of report (in case of news paper report)
■ write the report in 3 – 4 paragraphs like this
– Para 1 – brief introduction of the event
– Para 2 and 3 –give details of the incident – what, how, when, where, any special
happening
– Para 4 – concluding remarks regarding action taken or required
■ In case of School Magazine Reports, date and place need not be written.
■ In Newspaper Reports, date and time is a must
■ Follow the word limit
■ Use ‘Past Tense’
■ Write in ‘Indirect Speech’
■ Use ‘Passive Voice’
■ Write in ‘Third Person’
■ Don’t use pronouns like – I, my, you
■ Don’t impose personal opinions
■ Don’t give your conclusions
■ Adopt 5 WH formula (Who, did What, When, Where, How and Why). Tryto follow the
order of WH questions
Value points: Most of the reports are based on accidents & functions. If students keep these
value points in mind, they can write a very good report.
■ For Accident ■ For Functions
– When and where it happened – Who organized
– Vehicles involved – When and where
– Ghastly scene at the spot – Inauguration of programme
– Crowd gathered at the place – Arrival of the chief guest
– Number of persons dead and – Welcome and lighting of lamp
injured – Chief guest’s message
– Rescue and relief work – List of the programmes
– The police was informed or not – Vote of thanks
– Whether injured and wounded – Refreshment served
were hospitalized – comments
– Compensation by the
authorities
– The probe on the event
– Comment on event
