REPORT WRITING (IMPORTANT)

Report Writing A report can be a brief note or a complete detailed information about an event that has taken place in the past.

Types 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 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

4 th para:- Conclusion.

FORMAT FOR NEWS PAPER

HEADLINE

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.(eyewitness account)

 4th Para : - Action taken so far(Officer’s account)

 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.

Sample of a report for the School Magazine

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 XI-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 took the next session. She highlighted the finer details of writing poerty. The students were then asked to compose a poem on the given topics.

Ronit of XII a 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’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.

Sample -Newspaper Report

Accident Report 

                                                             Truck Hits A Car

                                                              Jagat Janani

Delhi/14.11.18

A truck no-GRE/6754, hit a car near Amar Colony in Lajpat Nagar , leaving two seriously injured at around 5a.m on 13.11.18. The truck driver is at large .

In the wee hours of cold Tuesday morning, a truck hit a Santro car in Amar colony, which was carrying four people in the car. There were two women and one child beside the middle age driver in the car. They were immediately rushed to AIIMS hospital. The child is told to be serious .

According to a tea seller there, the truck was running at a very high speed and it seemed that the driver could not see the car due to fog. The street lights were insufficient but car's headlights were on. The truck driver immediately fled from the spot.

Sub-Inspector of Lajpat  Nagar Police Station said," Investigation is going on and the truck driver's details have been gathered from the travel agency in which he works." 

Amar Colony area roads are congested and morning hours are especially vulnerable to accidents as the street lights are not in working condition since long. Concerned authorities need to act promptly to avoid such mishappenings in future,