BAC 2016 WRITING A REPORT ( Ticket to English) Mr.

Abdelkarim Foulfoula
A. Study the following table about a seminar.

Organizers : UNECEF Office in Morocco

Topic : Dropping out from school in rural areas: causes and solutions
Date : Novemeber 20th
Place : Ibn Khaldoun Conference Hall, in Rabat
Participants : Educators, parents associations, political officials
Attendence : 200 people approximately
Activities : Mini-lectures , workshops, presentations
Some causes:
- poverty
- schools situated far from houses
Main Ideas : - child labor (boys needed in farm work and girls in housework)
Solutions:
- Encourage drop-out students to return to school
- Support poor families financially, so they can send their children to school
- Sensitize parents and civil society about the importnace of education

Evaluation and Reactions : The seminar was fruitful, informative, well-organized , and successful

1. What was the seminar about ?

2. Who are drop-out students ?
3. When and where did the meeting take place ?
4. Who were the people involved in the seminar ?
5. What were the main recommendations of the seminar ?

B. Now complete this sample report with information about the seminar from the table :
Title:
The (1).... was the destination of many people from all parts of Morocco on (2) ..... .
The event was a seminar organized by (3)..... . The seminar was about the uregnt topic of
(4) ... . Participants included (5)........ .
Approximately (6)...attednded the meeting. The activities were varied and they
included (7)... . The participants concluded that there were three
main causes of droping out from schools in rural areas. The first one was (8)...., the second
one was (9), and the third one was (10).. .
Also, the participants suggested solutions to this issue. Some of these solutions were (11)..... .
In fact, the seminar was (12)...and people who attended got a lot out of it.
C. Elements of a Report :
1. The title should be short and pricise . It should give a general idea about the content of the report.
2. The introduction sets the scene for the report by giving details about the time, place, and participants.
3. The body , sually limited to one paragraph, includes the main ideas of the report.
4. The conclusion evaluates the success of the event and the reactions of participants and attendees.
D. Use information from this table to write your report.
presentations, mini-lectures, watching short
Topic: High crime rates among Moroccan youths Activities:
videos, personal stories, workshops
Moroccan Youth for Development
Organizers : Causes of criminal behavior among youths:
Assocaition ( MYDA)
unemployment, poverty, depression, drug use
Place : Communal Cultural Center, Rabat
Suggested solutions :
Date : April 16th Main idaes :
education, job opportunities for all, promote a
security experts, criminologists, educators sense of citizenship , more youth recreational
Participants: sociologists, social psychologists, officials , centers
youth associations representatives
Attendence : around 270 people Evaluation: timely, very informative, interesting activities