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Model analysis
1
Read the rubric, underline the
key words and answer the
questions.
1
Who is going to read your report?
2
Who are you and why are you
writing it?
3
What information should you
include in your report?
4
Which of the following subheadings
will you use? Decide in pairs.
•
Location & Staff
•
Wildlife & Activities
•
Introduction
•
Availability & Booking
•
Facilities & Prices
•
Recommendation
Your headmistress has asked you
to assess a newly established
local wildlife park to see if it is
suitable to use for field trips.
Write your report (140-190
words), describing what there is
to see and do there, and what
the facilities and prices are like.
• Reports
Reports are normally written by someone in authority
(
e.g. your
employer, the local council, the head of a committee,
etc)
and contain
factual information.
Reports
present and evaluate the positive and negative qualities of a
person (i.e. an employee) or a building/place (i.e. a hotel, a
restaurant, a shop, a cinema complex, etc) in order to make a
judgement or recommendation about them.
Reports should consist of:
a)
an
introduction
in which you state the purpose and content of
the report/proposal.
b)
a
main body
in which you present each topic in detail under
suitable subheadings.
c)
a
conclusion
which summarises the information from the main
body and states your general assessment and/or recommendation.
• Reports are written in a formal, impersonal style. You should use
factual language, passive voice and full verb forms. You should
also write fairly short sentences to help your reader pick out the
information easily. Present tenses are normally used for
reports
.
• A report usually starts by stating who it is addressed to and what
their position is, the writer’s name and position, what it is about
and the date.
e.g.
To:
Thomas Prescott, Council Chairman
From:
Mary Scott, Senior Manager
Subject:
Big Screen Cinema Complex
Date:
3 rd June 20.....
Ideas should be linked using linking words and phrases.
•
To list points:
Firstly/ In the first place/ To begin with…;
Secondly/ Then/ Furthermore …; Finally/ Last …
•
To make concessions:
Although …; while …; despite the fact
that …
•
To add emphasis:
Especially …; in particular …; particularly;
etc
•
To express your opinion:
I feel …; I believe …; I am
convinced …; I am confident …
•
To make suggestions/recommendations:
I (would) (strongly)
suggest/recommend …; If we (did this/were to do this) …; One
solution/suggestion would be to …; it would be a good idea to
…
•
To express cause and effect:
By (doing this), we could/ would
…; (Doing this) would (solve the problem, etc) …; In this way,
we could …; in order to …; so that …; (this) would mean that
…; As a result …
•
To conclude:
In short, In conclusion, On the whole, To sum up,
All in all
Introduction
Para 1 state the purpose and
content of your report
Main Body*
Paras 2‒5 summarise each point
under suitable
subheadings
(
assessment:
positive
and negative points)
Conclusion
Final para general assessment
and/or
recommendation
*
The number of the main body
paragraphs may vary depending
on the rubric.
PLAN
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