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Eapp Q2 Lesson 3

This document discusses different types of reports, including informal reports like memos, emails, and essays as well as formal reports like safety, compliance, incident, and annual reports. Informal reports are typically shorter (1-3 pages) and use a personal, direct style while formal reports are longer and use objective, indirect language with in-depth research and analysis. The document provides examples of different types of reports and their purposes.

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Eapp Q2 Lesson 3

This document discusses different types of reports, including informal reports like memos, emails, and essays as well as formal reports like safety, compliance, incident, and annual reports. Informal reports are typically shorter (1-3 pages) and use a personal, direct style while formal reports are longer and use objective, indirect language with in-depth research and analysis. The document provides examples of different types of reports and their purposes.

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WRITING THE REPORT


SURVEY/ FIELD REPORT
LABORATORY/ SCIENTIFIC
TECHNICAL REPORT

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Informal Reports
▪ These are often short-one to three
pages- with no need for the preliminary
parts.
▪ Informal reports often use personal
language and a direct approach to
address the recipient (Pearson).
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Informal Reports
▪ The report may use contractions, but
this should be done carefully.
▪ Also, the writer can state their opinion
and use active voice.

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Examples of
Informal Reports
Memo
▪ Memo is short for Memorandum.
▪ Memorandum means: 1, a short note,
summary, reminder or record used as a
means of communication, sent by one
person to another within the same
company or organization.
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Memo
▪ Memorandum means: 2, In law, a
memorandum is a record of the terms
of a transaction or contract.

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Email
▪ Short for Electronic mail (e-mail)
▪ It is a computer-based application for
the exchange of messages between
users.
▪ E-mail is the electronic equivalent of a
letter, but with advantages in timeliness
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and flexibility.
Essay Paper
▪ An essay is a piece of writing that is
written to convince someone of
something or to simply inform the reader
about a particular topic.

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Formal Reports
▪ On the other hand, formal reports are
longer and have multiple supplemental
parts.
▪ They require in-depth research and
analysis, and the wording arrangement
is usually indirect.
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Formal Reports
▪ A formal report uses more objective
words that focus on the problem and
the solution.
▪ Formal reports should provide facts and
let the reader form their own opinion.
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Examples of
Formal Report
Safety Report
▪ A safety report is a document
prepared to 'report' on a specific
safety incident, process or outcome.
▪ Safety reports are the mechanism for
capturing what is happening on site
so that safety teams… engineers and
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management can understand what's
Safety Report
▪ … engineers and management can
understand what's happening and
make decisions about how and what
to improve.

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Compliance Report
▪ It is the documented evidence you
must produce to auditors to prove
your company is compliant with the
requirements put in place by a
government and regulatory agency
under a particular regulation.
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Incident Report
▪ It is a formal document that details
the facts related to an incident at the
workplace.
▪ The report usually relates to an
accident or injury that has occurred
on the worksite, but…
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Incident Report
▪ … it can also pertain to any unusual
worksite occurrences such as near
misses, security lapses, property and
equipment damage, and health and
safety issues.

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Annual Report
▪ It provides information on the
company's fiscal year.
▪ The financial information provided in
the annual reports helps determine the
current status of business, how the
company is funding operations and…
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Annual Report
▪ …growth, and how good the
company is placed at making money
for its investors.

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Survey Report
▪ The survey report is a document
whose task is to present the
information gathered during the
survey in a full and objective manner.
▪ The report presents all the results that
were collected.
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Survey Report
▪ The survey report is a document
whose task is to present the
information gathered during the
survey in a full and objective manner.
▪ The report presents all the results that
were collected.
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End of
Presentation
But we have Performance Task

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PERFORMANCE TASK
▪ Directions: Write a memorandum based
on your chosen discipline or field
(medical, education, engineering, etc.)
The memorandum is about
congratulating your team for passing
the National Evaluation.
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