Writing unit on Newspaper Reports

Designed for Upper KS2, an English unit on writing Newspaper Reports.
Lesson 1 - “To recognise the key features of newspaper articles”
Lesson 2 - “To recreate sections of a newspaper”
Lesson 3 - “To understand the differences between direct and reported speech”
Lesson 4 - “To plan a newspaper article based on the events of a video”
Lessons 5+ - “To write a newspaper article based on a major event”

The video is the 1971 animated A Christmas Carol and the unit builds to writing a report on Scrooge’s transformation.
The first 3 lessons are completely transferable to any final newspaper writing activity.