TIPS TO WRITE ABOUT AN EVENT AND AN EXAMPLE TO ADD TO THE ONES IN YOUR BOOKS 1st Bach

A REPORT OF AN EVENT

OPENING:

Ø  REMEMBER that answering question words such as "where, when, who involved, what" may help you begin your essay.

Ø  You can include briefly your opinion. 

BODY: 

Ø  What happened?. How did it all happened? Recount the events as they occured (timeline) using sequence linkers ( To begin with/firstly, later, next, after or before +-ing, etc).

Ø  Include atmosphere and other details.

Ø  You will use simple past mostly but you can combine it with past continuous, past perfect. Introduce contrast (although + sentence, despite + noun or -ing, however).  

Ø  Use the first person if you are involved or third person if not.

Ø  The use of  adjectives and adverbs will improve your text.

          Compare:

          The room was decorated with flowers and photos of my grandparents.

         The room was beautifully decorated  with colourful flowers,

        enormous gold- coloured balloons and old photos of my grandparents.

CLOSING:

Ø  Sum up the event starting with “all in all, In summary,...) give your opinion.

Ø  Describe how the writer/people involved felt.

Make it more interesting inventing facts if necessary.

Try to introduce the new structures you are studying (relative pronouns at the moment but you may include modals or passive structures if you remember them) and also the new vocabulary. It is the only way you will keep it and use it in the long run.

 Once you have written your draft make sure you have included all the ideas in the clearly-indicated paragraphs. 
Before handing it in, check grammar, spelling, punctuation and word order.

CLICK TO READ AN EXAMPLE ( you can read the ones in your book first, pages 168 and 42)

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/advanced-c1-writing/report-school-trip-abroad