REPORT WRITING                                         A.   What should you do?
1. You should use formal language
   1. A report gives information about something                                              2. Reports are normally written in the past tense
                                                                                              3. You should have a title and write at least 4 paragraphs.
The Format
                                                                                              4. You should have an appropriate ending with the name of the writer
                                                                                                  written at the end.
       Report on A Visit to Happy Life Old Folks’ Home            Title                       5. You should keep your sentences short.
       Last Sunday, I went with the English Language              Introduction:        B.
    Society to visit the Happy Life Old Folks’ Home. The         When was the trip?
    students gathered at school, then left for the home by       Who joined the
    a chartered bus.                                             trip?
                                                                                                 Study this mind map on what you should
       We reached the home at 9.00 a.m. The old folks               Content                                      include
                                                                 What you saw
    were having their morning tea when we arrived. We
    met the old folks and had a chat with them. Then, we
                                                                 and did there?                   when write a report of a visit to a place
                                                                 How you felt
    distributed clothes and food to each old folk. After that,   about the visit?
    we read the newspaper to them.                                                                                          The place
                                                                  The events in the
       Soon it was time for lunch. We helped the workers         report are often in
    serve and feed the old folks lunch. We also ate with         a chronological                                         The people you went with
    them. Then, we helped the workers clean up.                  order (or the order
                                                                 in which the
                                                                 events happen)
                                                                                                                       The day and time you went there
       At 3.30 pm, we took a group photograph with the old
                                                                  Use Sequence
    folks and workers. The workers were glad for our help
                                                                 connectors                                          The reason (s) for going
    and the old folks were a little more cheerful.
      We bid farewell to everyone and promised to return
    two months later to help out in any way we could. By
                                                                  Closing                                      What you saw and did there
    the time we left the home, it was already 5.00 pm.
                                                                                                      How you feel about the visit
    Prepared by,
    Saliza
    (Saliza Mohd Saleh)
    Secretary of English Language Society.
MODEL SENTENCES FOR REPORT WRITING                                           MODEL PT3 QUESTION
Introduction                                                                 You and some friends went to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
                                                                             (SPCA) to do volunteer work. Using the notes below, write a report for your
    •   Last weekend, my classmate and I went ….                             magazine on what you did there.
    •   During the first semester holidays, my class organized a trip to …
    •   On 22th May, the Nature Club of SMK Pengiran Omar organized a two       Arrived- SPCA –morning
        days trip to …                                                          Bathed- animals
Closing                                                                         Cleaned-animal cages
    • The next day, we packed our things …                                      Feed- animals
    • We had a wonderful time …                                                 Play-fun-animals happy
    • When it was time to leave, I felt …                                       Talk –visitors-help-choose pets.
                                                                             When writing your report:
Commonly Used Words (Report on activities / projects)
    The monthly meeting of …                                                       You may use all the notes given
    For the period of …                                                            Elaborate on the given notes to make it more interesting
    The _________ Club of …                                                        make sure it is not less than 120 words
    SMK __________ held its …
    A survey was conducted by …
    The science class recently organized …
    At the last club meeting …
    Last week, I attended a talk …
(Underlined words can be changed according to the title of report)
Conjunction
    Because
    And
    So
Connector
    Firstly, first of all, first and foremost
    Secondly, thirdly
    After that / next / besides
    Finally