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This document provides guidance on writing reports for news publications and magazines. It explains that reports describe past events and should be written in the past tense for magazines and a mix of tenses for newspapers. The format for magazine reports includes headings, and 3-4 paragraphs covering what/where/when, a description of events, and quotes from speeches. Newspaper reports include a headline, byline, location and date in the first paragraph, detailed event description in the second, and remarks from witnesses in the third. Sample questions are provided to have students write reports about events at their school and a health fair organized in Delhi.

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Report Writing - Study Notes

This document provides guidance on writing reports for news publications and magazines. It explains that reports describe past events and should be written in the past tense for magazines and a mix of tenses for newspapers. The format for magazine reports includes headings, and 3-4 paragraphs covering what/where/when, a description of events, and quotes from speeches. Newspaper reports include a headline, byline, location and date in the first paragraph, detailed event description in the second, and remarks from witnesses in the third. Sample questions are provided to have students write reports about events at their school and a health fair organized in Delhi.

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LEAD CARE

INSPIRE

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL-BOPAL, AHMEDABAD


CLASS: X SUBJECT- ENGLISH
STUDY MATERIAL (2020-21)
REPORT WRITING
A report can be a brief note or a complete detailed information about an event that has taken place in
the past.
Type of Reports
- For News Paper
- For Magazine
POINTS to Remember
- Be brief and to the point.
- Report an event in the order in which things happened.
- Should be always written in Past Tense (Magazine) and a mixture of tenses (for News Paper).
Format for Magazine
Heading
- By (name)
Content Split into 3-4 paragraph.
1st Para :-What/Where/When/for Whom, who is invited.
2nd Para :- Sequence of the event to be described.
3rd Para : - Quote excerpts from Chief Guests Speech and Conclusion.
FORMAT FOR NEWS PAPER
HEADLINE
-BY (Name)
Place, Date: ………………. 1st Para:-Expansion of the headline………………
2nd Para :- Detailed description of the event/ happening.
3rd Para : - Remarks of the witness/people present at the event.
4th Para : - Action taken so far/will be taken

Sample Question: (for the School Magazine)


1. Scholastic India Ltd. organised a one-day workshop on creative writing in your school to promote
writing skills. As the Literary captain of your school, write a report to be published in the school
magazine. You are Rohit/Radha.
Creative Writing Workshop
- By Radha

Scholastic India Ltd. conducted a one-day workshop in KV.......... as part of their campaign to
promote writing on 20th September'16 in the school library for the student of class IX-XII.

The Team of scholastic India Ltd. was given an introductory welcome by the school
coordinator Ms J Sharma. Mr. Rahul and Ms Deepshikha of the team took over the mike.
They took the students through the mechanics of writing and how the use of figurative
language can improve their writing. The students were grouped into a team of 5 each and
were given some clues and were asked to write a story in the stipulated time. The teams were
expected to present their stories one by one. It was an interesting session as how same clues
in different hands can result into different stories.

The next session was mainly for budding poets. Mr Rima Roy, the famous poetess too the
next session. She highlighted the finer details of writing poetry. The students were then asked
to compose a poem on the given topics. Ronit of X got lot of appreciation for his poem. The
stories and poems were all put on the library board for others to read.

The workshop came to an end with the Principal sir's address. He expressed the need for good
writing ability to communicate effectively in writing. The Head boy proposed a vote of
thanks for the organizers.

2. A super speciality hospital was inaugurated in your town by the Health Minister. As a
reporter from The Hindu’, write a brief report on the same to be published in the newspaper.

Super Speciality Hospital Inaugurated


by Niharika Singh

New Delhi, 8th August 20XX : ‘Swasthya Surabhi’, a super speciality hospital was
inaugurated by Ram Prakash Chaudhary, the Minister of State for Health, on Friday. The
400-bed hospital seemed to be equipped with the most advanced and state of the art machines
and equipment with the latest infrastructure to back up exigencies. It employs internationally
trained physician in the field of emergency medicine. Fully equipped, advanced cardiac life
support ambulances have been made available round the clock.

Besides having an in-house Blood Bank, its information system has been linked to other
major Blood Banks in the country to enable the right group of blood to be made available at
short notice. The hospital covered an area of 8,000 square metres and the total expenditure in
building the hospital had come around thirty-five crore rupees.

Addressing the people, Dr Bhavdekar, the Medical Superintendent reinforced the need for
dedicated and committed staff. He sincerely hoped that the hospital would provide the best
health services to the people at nominal cost.
A blood donation camp was also organised to mark the auspicious occasion. The authorities
also announced free treatment for the poor patients on every Sunday from 10 to 12 noon.

Practice Questions:

1. You are Amit of Class X, Birla Vidya Mandir, the publication captain. Your School was
the venue of National Level Social Science Exhibition. Write a report for the School
Magazine.

2. You are Kavita, a reporter with the Times of India, you were asked to cover the health
mela organised by "Ayush Ministry", at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Delhi submit your
report for the publication.

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