REPORT WRITING A. What should you do?

1. You should use formal language

1. A report gives information about something
The Format
Report on A Visit to Happy Life Old Folks’ Home
2. Reports are normally written in the past tense
3. You should have a title and write at least 4 paragraphs.
4. You should have an appropriate ending with the name of the writer
written at the end.
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