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,
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(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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at
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
5
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."