WRITING A REPORT

Question:

Students these days, are not interested in co-curricular activities. A survey was carried out to find out why students are not
interested in co-curricular activities. Write a report based on your findings. In your report, give reasons for the lack of
interest in co-curricular activities and suggest ways how this problem can be solved.

Use the following notes to write your report.

Reasons for lack of interest in co-curricular activities.

 Students are not bothered

 They do not have enough of time

 Parents’ expectations for them to do well in exams

 Numerous tuition classes to attend

 Old and faulty sports equipment

 The field is in bad shape

Suggestions

 Put emphasis

 Have meetings with parents

 Improve the condition of the field

 Buy more sports equipment

 Give incentives in the form of certificates

 Hold competitions

When writing your report, you must

 Address your report to the principal

 Provide a title

 Include your name

 Use all the notes given

*******total marks = 35 marks which

Contents = 12 marks (1 mark for each content point)

Format = 3 marks ( addressing, title and writer’s name)

Language = 20 marks (grammar, sentence connectors and sentence organisation)

Sentence connectors :

Add information Besides In addition Additionally Moreover Furthermore Apart from

that

Show result As a result As a consequence Consequently Therefore Thus Hence

To emphasise 强 In fact certainly Another key indeed again The most

调 point compelling
evidence

Provide Such as For example For instance As an For this namely

examples illustration purpose

To conclude In In summary In short On the All in all In brief

conclusion whole

How to elaborate a point?

Points Ways to think Elaboration

 Students are not bothered Why? -

 They do not have enough of time Examples?

*don’t touch the point if attending

tuition classes!

 Parents’ expectations for them to Why parents have high expectations

do well in exams on getting good result?

 Numerous tuition classes to What is the consequence of attending

attend too much tuition classes?

 Old and faulty sports equipment Consequences?

 The field is in bad shape Imagine when there is raining....

Imagine the condition of ground....

Don’t forget about what will happen if

someone falls down.....