Y3 Example Text Recount: Newspaper Report

GREENVILLE DAILY STAR
Sunday 29th January 2017

UFO SIGHTING IN GREENVILLE VILLAGE!

A strange incident is reported to have happened on Friday evening in Greenville village. A local woman spotted unusual lights in the sky while she was out walking her dog. Greenville police officers also discovered a very mysterious circular shape burnt into the grass and unexplained metal remains on a nearby school field once the sun had risen the following morning. Local detectives are continuing with their investigations.

The whole incident started  at around 6:35pm on Friday 27th Januarywhen Samantha Harris was walking her dog around the outside fences of Greenville Primary School field. The witness is certain that she saw blinding lights in the night sky and heard an ear-piercing noise coming

The mysterious metal objects and the circular shape burnt into the grass found on Greenville Primary School field.

from behind the clouds. The lights were on a fast-moving flying object that Mrs Harris says then hovered just above the grass. “The mysterious object flew so low that  I had to jump into a ditch to avoid being hit. My poor dog was petrified,” said the now terrified lady. Mrs Harris sped home, told her husband and then phoned the police straight away.

Y3 Example Text Recount: Newspaper Report

Another witness has also now come forward. Mr Jafari, a Year 3 teacher at Greenville Primary, also recounted some odd events to the police. The hard-working teacher had stayed behind marking books on Friday evening when he says the sky suddenly became much darker as if a storm was approaching. Then, he heard the loud, clunking sound of falling metal before being blinded by an intense light from outside the classroom window. Mr Jafari described the sight.
“The lights were like shiny disco glitterballs  and   it felt like they put me into a trance,” he explained.The whole terrifying experience has left him feeling dazed and very confused.

The police found more worrying evidence on Saturday morning as they searched the school grounds. Some curious metal objects were found inside a vast, circular shape that had been scorched into the grass on the field. Samples were taken

from the objects as they were covered in an unfamiliar slimy, green liquid. Officers also spent many hours questioning people   from the nearby houses. “We’re now investigating numerous sightings of peculiar lights and sounds in the sky on Friday night,” stated Detective Inspector Grayson.

Many local people are now feeling frightened about leaving their homes after dark but the police have been trying to comfort  them. “There  is  no   need for the people of  Greenville to panic. Everyone should remain as calm as possible because there  is   probably a very simple  explanation for the whole thing,” said Detective Inspector Grayson confidently.

The whole village is now on high alert and any other bright lights or bizarre loud noises should be reported by phone to Greenville Police Station immediately on (01634) 001000.

Y3 Example Text Recount: Newspaper Report Annotated Genre Features

1 the name of the newspaper

All Text: past tense and third person used consistently

GREENVILLE DAILY STAR1
Sunday 29th January 2017

2 a headline

UFO SIGHTING IN GREENVILLE VILLAGE!2

4 pictures with captions

3 an introductory paragraph that includes the 5 W's

A strange incident is reported to have happened on Friday evening in Greenville village. A local woman spotted unusual lights in the sky while she was out walking her dog. Greenville police officers also

discovered a very mysterious circular shape burnt into the grass and unexplained metal remains on a nearby school field once the sun had risen the following morning. Local detectives are continuing with their investigations.3

The whole incident started  at around 6:35pm on Friday 27th Januarywhen Samantha Harris was walking her dog around the outside fences of Greenville Primary School field. The witness is certain that she saw blinding lights in the night sky and heard an ear-piercing noise coming

The mysterious metal objects and the circular shape burnt into the grass found on Greenville Primary School field.4

6 quotes written
as direct speech

5 facts about the main events

from behind the clouds.5 The lights were on a fast-moving flying object that Mrs Harris says then hovered just above the grass. “The mysterious object flew so low that  I had to jump into a ditch to avoid being hit. My poor dog was petrified,”6 said the now terrified lady. Mrs Harris sped home, told her husband and then phoned the police straight away.5

Y3 Example Text Recount: Newspaper Report Annotated Genre Features

6 quotes written
as direct speech

5 facts about the main events

All Text: past tense and third person used consistently

Another witness has also now come forward. Mr Jafari, a Year 3 teacher at Greenville Primary, also recounted some odd events to the police. The hard-working teacher had stayed behind marking books on Friday evening when he says the sky suddenly became much darker as if a storm was approaching. Then, he heard the loud, clunking sound of falling metal before being blinded by an intense light from outside the classroom window.5 Mr Jafari described the sight. “The lights were like shiny disco glitterballs  and it felt like they put me into   a trance,”6 he explained. The whole terrifying experience has left him feeling dazed and very confused.

The police found more worrying evidence on Saturday morning as they searched the school grounds. Some curious metal objects were found inside a vast, circular shape that had been scorched into the grass on the field.5 Samples were taken from the objects as they were

covered in an unfamiliar slimy, green liquid. Officers also spent many hours questioning people   from the nearby houses. “We’re now investigating numerous sightings of peculiar lights and sounds  in   the   sky   on Friday night,”6 stated Detective Inspector Grayson.

Many local people are now feeling frightened about leaving their homes5 after dark but the police have been trying to comfort  them. “There  is  no   need for the people of  Greenville to panic. Everyone should remain as calm as possible because there  is   probably a very simple  explanation for the whole thing,”6 said Detective Inspector Grayson confidently.

7 a conclusion paragraph to explain what might happen next

The whole village is now on high alert and any other bright lights or bizarre loud noises should be reported by phone to Greenville Police Station immediately on (01634) 001000.7