REFERENCE MATERIAL

 Reference materials are various sources that provide background information or quick facts on any given topic. While there are many different types of resources, here are a few: almanacs, atlases, bibliographies, biographical resources, dictionaries, encyclopedias (both general and by subject), handbooks, indexes, statistics, and citation guides

Encyclopaedia Entry - Taj Mahal

• Preparation Task
• Matching paragraphs Task
• Reading comprehension

First Government House

• Pre-reading
• Skimming 
• Scanning
• Read for detail
• Grammar

Reporting Verbs in English

A reporting verb is a word which is used to talk about or report on other people's work. Reporting verbs can be used to great effect, but the difficulty with using them is that there are many, and each of them has a slightly different and often subtle meaning.

• Watch the video - Weak Reporting Verbs
• Watch the video - Reporting Verbs EAP

Passive Voice Task

• Complete the cloze passage
• Complete the text using the phrases from the box

Using Academic English

Academic writing is objective and impersonal

• Complete Activity 1 - 7

RESEARCH REPORTS

A report is a document that presents information in an organised format for a specific audience and purpose. Although summaries of reports may be delivered orally, complete reports are almost always in the form of written documents. Reports are professional documents so need to be written in a formal and concise style. 

TASK 1:

Report Text Type – Watch the video 'What is a Report?'

Reports vs Essays – Read about different features of reports and essays

Watch the video and identify the differences in reports and essays

(Click Assessment Tasks and then Reports)

Language of Reports (Prezi) - Watch the presentation

TASK 2 – Writing about Survey Results

Reading reports practice

• Do the Preparation

• Read the Report

• Complete the tasks 1 and 2

TASK 3 - Stand Up Australia 

               

Sitting or lying down, (with the exception 

of sleeping), are what we call 'sedentary' 

behaviours. You can be sedentary at work, 

at school, at home, when travelling or 

during leisure time. Sedentary behaviour 

requires little energy expenditure.

• Look at the research report and examine the report.

• Identify the key features 
•  Practice Activity 

TASK 4 - Interpreting information in diagram form in a report - Migrants and refugees

• Complete the pre-reading and reading activities - handout given

TASK 1: Schools Strike 4 Climate

• Watch the video and read the transcript
• Complete the suggested activities