Report Writing

Over the past week we have discussed all the things that need to go into our reports. We have read reports watched power points about reports and found reports on the internet.
Here is the criteria we will use for our reports on a simple. Today we took notes by surfing, slurping and summarising.
We will use a question for our title
The opening statement classifies the subject of the report
The writing has paragraphs, each one focusing on a different aspect
Topic sentences are used
The writing has paragraphs, each one focusing on a different aspect
Topic sentences are used
Diagrams, illustrations or photographs are often used
Present tense verbs are used
Verbs for describing and classifying (is, are, has, have, belongs to) are used
Action verbs are used to describe behaviours (moves, lifts, lowers, joins)
Scientific or technical reports focus on classes of things (screws, wedges, inclined planes)
Descriptive language that is factual rather than imaginative (screws are actually inclined planes) is used
Nouns (wedges, inclined planes, wheels, axles) and noun phrases ( All the the screws turn... or An inclined plane has sloping... )are used rather than personal pronouns (I, me you us, he she etc)