You are Deepak Verma , the head boy of Indian Public School . You have been asked to inform the students about an art competition going to be held in your school . Draft a notice with the help of given clues
• July 26 , 2010 - 8: 30 a.m.
• at the school playground
• students of age 5 - 12
• theme - My Dream Sport
Answers
♦ Formal Address:
A report is a brief account of an event that has already taken place. The report helps in recording the events of importance that occur in our day-to-day life. It attempts to present the firsthand information of an incident or event. A report of an event presents a record of events that took place. A report of an event includes one’s ideas, opinions and impressions about the event.
♦ Points to Remember:
Mention the place, date, time and other relevant facts about the event.
Include information collected from the people around or affected by the event.
Write the name of the reporter.
Provide a suitable title/heading.
Write in past tense.
Write in reported speech and use passive form of expression.
Develop ideas (causes, reasons, consequences, opinions) logically.
Write in a less formal and more descriptive manner, while writing a report for a school magazine.
Present your ideas and impressions to make the report interesting.
♦ Marks will be awarded for:
Title
Reporter’s name
Content
Expression: Accuracy + Fluency
report writing format cbse class 12
♦ Previous Years’ CBSE Examination Questions
♦ Very Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
You are Sweety/Suresh of L.M. Jain School, Ajmer. As Secretary of your School Co-curricular Activities Club, you visited a slum area in your city where the people suffered a great loss of life and property in a massive fire. The students of your school rendered their services and material help to the victims. Write a report in 100-125 words for your school magazine. (Delhi 2010)
Answer:14th February, 20xx. A major slum area in Vilas Nagar was gutted by a massive fire on 10th February, 20xx. The fire whose exact cause is still not very clear caused extensive damage to life and property. Ten persons lost their lives, many were injured and about two hundred people were rendered homeless. Our school joined and relief to the victims. The students of our school got together and collected food packets, old clothes, medicines, utensils, etc. to be distributed to these homeless and helpless people. Ten students and three teachers personally visited this slum area to ensure proper and fair distribution of the items that had been collected and thus provided some relief to these unfortunate people in their time of crisis and misery.