QUESTION
SET                              9. 7 (A) A2. - Report Writing
       12                               REPORT WRITING
                              o n the given headline (Total :            5   Marks)|
 How to
  LJ This    attempt this
             question    question
                       imvolves
      incident or   volves      writing a short
  (2) You will event that has taken         shor report about SOLL
                be                     place in your locality or region.
  (3) Read and given headlines or
                  understand          points for guidance.
      of all                  the
             the
 (4) Your report                  headlines/points
                 information givenheadlines/
                                   in the
                                          es/points carefully. Make use
                                                    carcy
                    should have           question
      Dy line
               (by whom it has a headline, dateline (place and date),
      body and conclusion. been written), introductory
  )The                                                               paragrapl,
      states introductory paragraph, which is
            what has happened,
                               when
                                                      based on the       headline,
      They body of the                           and where, and
                                                                   its
      you    can       report            gives the details. In         outcome. |
      or a
                   include    a
                                  remark made by an            the   conclusion, |
             reference   to
                                  past or future event ofimportant
 (6) The report
                              a
                                                                     personality |
      voice
                  should be written in the third the same kind.
            construction. The language should beperson with passive
      style of a
               newspaper report.                   formal                and in the
 (7) If no headline is
     It should be shortgiven
                              for the
                                      report, give            one
 (8) The report
                        and  catchy.                                of vour
                                                                            own.
                 should            answer
    time?', 'What               questüons like
                   happened?,  "How,           'Where?',
                                       Why, 'Who' and At what
     should consist of one or two
    around 15 lines.              paragraphs of up to aso on T+
                                                         total af
 Marking Scheme :
 Title/Headline/Dateline
Logical Sequence of events                                                    1 mark
  Use of appropriate grammar           and   vocabulary                      2 marks
 Conclusion and layout
                                                                              1 mark
  Total
                                                                              l mark
                                                                             5 markss
 Important:
 (1) Study ALL the Reports in this Question Sa
                                                          Set carefully.
(2) Also attempt the Questions for Practice,
                                        TIN         TNG
                                 (A) MoDEL REPORTS
         4     repare a news report bascd on the followimE
             Weeper"'s daughier/son scores 96% in Class
                                                                                (March '20)
         Ans. Sweeper's daughter scorcs 96% in Class XI
                                                                              By Aditi Rao
                                                                              o            scc
         Pune, 27 June: Il                     indced 'a hcart-warming slght
                                             was
eena          bcing felicitated         and cheered durlng a function at hcr school
Dy students and staff allke. She had scored 96% in Class XII.
         Why was Meena sclected for this honour when she was not h e
topper?The reason is this: Mcena is Harihar's daughter, and Harihar
1s the sweeper-helper at the same school. The staff and students are
thrilled because it is through their cfforts that she has reached this
milestone in her life.
         T have to thank all of you here for this achievement," said
Meena, with tears in her eyes, during her thanksgiving specch. "It
would not have been possible for me to even
                                             appear for the exam,
leave alone score so well, if it was not for the financial and moral
support given by all of you." Harihar too had tears in his eyes as
he watched his daughter being felicitated on the
                                                     very same stage
that he had so diligently cleaned that day. Meena        to             plans       become   a
computer engineer and help her family.
         (2) News Report:
         Prepare      a   news        report   based   on   the   following headline
             14   Child
               Labourers Were kesCued rom Firework Factorv
     Ans. 14 Child Labourers Were Rescued
                                                 From
Factory                                     By a News
                                                        Firework
         1.oei October 5: In a
                                shocking  1ncident
                                                        Reporter
                                                   here today. 14
child labourers were rescued from the A-1                              work
were then taken to the civil hospital for medical chenl                      Factory. They
         Acting on a tip-off, the Anti Child                      Labo check-upps
premises of the A-l
                                       Firework    Factory. The
                                                                      owners
                                                                                   raided the
the accusation
               and insisted that there were
                                    the
                                            no                               objected to
                                                                        hildren
anywhere in their iactory.
                           However,
                                                           activists were
                                                         sniffer                 working
                                                                   out the accompanied
                          trained     dog,   which soon
by   a   specially
             hidden in     a   tiny   room.    They were
                                                          cramped           children who
Tere
w
Were         criino                                                     together   and
                                                                                         many
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             "It was
      of   us
         had tears
                       indeed
                        a
                        pnable       sight," said one of the officers. "Mariy
                    in our eves
  children, most of           eyes when
                                   when we saw the condition of the t u e
                                           we saw the
                                                       co
      malnourished.  whom
                       OIn had
                                   skin infections. Al of them were severciy
                   The owner             infections.
  Court. One wonders      owner has
                                  has been
                                        been arrested
                                              arresttu
                                                        and will be tried n
       (3)                 : how can
           Prepare    a
                                       human beings D            1?
  headline :                  wSpaper newspaper
                                      C
                                                          report based               on    the following
  .
           "Narendrà Singh breaks long jumpp
                                     at regional
                                        regional meet
                                                 meet             record at
                                                                  record
     Naréndra
  Meet        Singh Breaks Long Jump Record at
                                                 Regional
                                                                                     ..         **"
            Nashik, December                15: Narendra
                                                                             -
                                                                                     A News
                                                                                                       Reporter
  the
            National Record           for                         Singh of Aurangabad                      broke
  on       14 December.                     Long Jump       at the
                                                                     regional             meet at Nashik
            He   broke the record
  There         was               previously held by S. Raman of
                   thunderous applause
  the                                                              Kochi.
           length. Singh himself was on from the spectators as he clearedd
 his       wish.to make                 the                 top   of the world
                                it to the                                      and
     "Narendra is very               team.   national      expressed
                         hard-working
 potential," said his coach, T.P Nikam.
                                        and
                                            sincere, and has a lot of
 Olympics and bring home a                "Im sure he will
                                                           reach the
           (4) Write          gold."
                            a
 headline:                       newspaper report based                      on           the
                                                                                          the
           6
                                                                                                      following
                KILLED,         20
                                      INJURED IN BUILDING
           Ans. 6 Killed,            20
                                                          COLLAPSE
                                          Injured   In
                                                          Building Collapse
                                                                                 -   Nasreen Shaikh
     Mumbra, August 18 6 people,
killed and about 20 injured when Noor  including two
                                         Apartments                                       children, werre
collapsed last night. The incident occurred  at
                                                                                          On
                                                                                          on M.S. Road
most of the residents were indoors.                                         about         11
                                                                                                 p.m. when
     Relief operations were hampered as the
                                            narrow
fire engines and medical personnel from                                               lanes
disaster. People from the neighbouring buildings                  approaching     prevented
                                                                              the site
                                                                      lings            of the
helping hand.          It   was      only at   l   a.m.   that the   fire
                                                                                     rushed           to
                                                                         engines     lend a
reach the        spot. The search           for the victims       buried         managed t
                                                                             under         the                 to
                                                                                                      debrisin
                                                                                                             id
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                                                                                                                treated
 Still                                                                                            being
         Those who escaped with m i n o r injuries a r e
         on.
                                                                                                                have
                                                                                                                       been
 the nearby Goodwill                                 injuries
                     Hospital. Victims with major
Nushed to hospitals in nearby Thane and Mumbal                                                                    recenuy
                                                                                    floor
         Major renovation                work    carried     out on      the ground                                          to
                                                                                                               attacned
 n t have             weakened the          pillars." said      a seuior engineer
 the municipality.                                                                                                      had
                                   the    importance           of teeth,                your
         (5) Rnowing                                                                             report         1or
                                                                                                                       you
 aranged.         a    dental check-up                camp- Prepare                     a
                                                                                                  :
 school        magazine based              on    the following headline
                                                      Dental Check-up Camp
                                                                                                                        ..
          Model Schoool organizes
                                            Dental Check-Up Camp
         Ans. Model School organizes
                                                    at o u r school yesterday
                   The       dental camp organized
         July 2l:                                                     section
                                    200 students from the secondary
                               Over
 was     a huges u c c e s s .
                                                              were                                                     then
                                panel   of four doctors. They
 had their teeth checked by a
                                      of action that they
                                                          would have                                                         to
 advised about the future c o u r s e
 take.                                                                                                    given   a    short
                                                                  students were
                               the camp, the
      Just before the start of                                       laid
                                   o n e of the
                                                doctors present. He
                       Nadkarni,
 lecture by Dr. A.S.                                         the harmful
                                     habits. He spoke about
                            on   healthy eating
 great emphasis                             growing habit today,
                                                       which is a
                                                                 on
           of consuming junk
                             food,
 effects                                                     sweets
                     to discourage the audience from eating
 the teeth. He tried
                                               teeth. He elaborated
                                                         bad for the
                           also                  were
 and     chocolates, which
                                         important part of
                                                                 our      personality and shoudd
                teeth   were an
 that    our                                             school could
               and sparkling. He then suggested that the
 be kept white                          their students maintain good
               check-up camps tO help
 have regular
 dental health.
                                                                     -
                                                                         The Cultural                           Secretary
                                            for a     newspaper based o n                             the headline            .
         T6) Prepare
                             a   report                                         "            1
                                                                                                          .1
                                             NG0
               Donation Camp orgamised by an
         Blood
                                              a n NGOo
                  Donation Camp organised by
         Ans.
                 Blood
                                                                                                                   -   PT.I.
                                                                blood       donation
                      August
                                    15:A         successful                                                    camp was
         Pune,
                             Hospital       at   Ravivar      Peth   today. Dr. R.C.                           Patil    who
held at
        the EST                                                                             the importance
                 the         camp,        gave    a   short
                                                              speech on                                                      of
hlood donation.
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            PrObable     donors were given a free medical checK-up
before they donated
the                     blood. There were nine doctors in charge of
      adtual procedures.                                  caaServcu
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                         After the event, every
                                          every donor   was served
Inutriuous nacks and tea.
                           These were arranged by a local Ni0, WloP
also helped in the
     "A record
                   organization of the camp.
               number of people have donated blood this
                                                          year," said
a  beaming Dr. Kulkarni. "We are very happy that our awareness
programme has been successful, and more and more people are
 coming forward to donate blood. We expect even more donors at the
next camp, which will be held on January 26th."