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How to Write a Report on an Educational Show
These tips will help you plan a report your kids can write after watching something educational on Netflix.
Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
4
hours
hrs
Total Time
4
hours
hrs
15
minutes
mins
Author:
Chrystal Johnson
Equipment
Any documentary
A screen to watch said documentary
Ingredients
Pencil or pen
Lined paper
Computer or Typewriter
optional
Instructions
The notes they take are done with a pencil and paper.
With note-taking, we have our girls pause and/ or rewind when they need to finish writing a note or need to hear something again.
If they don’t understand something we ask them to watch it twice.
If they still don’t understand, then they can Google the answer.
This helps them learn how to solve their own problems. And we’re always available to explain things they don’t understand.
If they don’t understand it after they tried their best to solve the problem on their own... at that point we’ll step in and explain it.
After the show, they handwrite an outline based on the notes they took.
If they take bad notes, they have to watch the show over and do notes over again while their sibling gets to have free time.
After the outline, they then handwrite the rough draft of their report.
We encourage nice, legible handwriting… even if it takes longer to write.
After the rough draft is handwritten, they then type the report.
Elementary School Kids can usually write 1-2 page reports.
Middle school kids can usually write a minimum of 3 pages for their report.
High School Kids should write at least 5 pages for a report. You will likely ask them to use multiple sources for this report.
The reports usually take a solid day or 2 after the show to write.
They’re always allowed to rewatch the show while they’re writing if they need to.
Once their report is typed out, we review it for content, structure, typos and grammar.
Then they go back and fix it until it’s all correct.
After their report is good to go… we have the girls stand up and read their report out loud to the family.