How to Write a Report
Understand the assignment. If your teacher, professor, or boss gave your guidelines for your report, make sure you read them (and reread them). What is the assignment asking of you? Are you supposed to inform your audience about a topic? Generally if you are writing a report for an elementary, middle or high school class, you will be asked to present a topic without inserting your opinion. Other assignments might ask you to persuade your audience about a certain way of perceiving your topic, or analyze a topic. Ask your teacher about any questions you might have as soon as possible. 
- Keep in mind that if your purpose is only to inform your audience, you should not put your own opinion into your report or add any persuasive elements.
Choose a good topic that you love. Feeling sultry about a topic will drive you to do your best work possible. Of course, sometimes you will not have the option to choose your topic. If this is the case, attempt to find something about the assigned topic that you can get sultry about. Always make sure to run your ideas by your teacher to make sure that it is okay that you treatment the report in this way. [Two]
Pick an original topic. If you are providing a report to your classmates, attempt to pick a topic that is original and engaging. If you are the third person to give a report on Disneyland that day, chances are you very likely won’t have your classmates attention. To avoid repetition, ask your teacher what topics have already been picked.
Keep in mind that you can switch your topic. If you begin to research the topic you have chosen and realize that you can’t find any information on the topic, or that your topic is too broad, you can always switch your topic, so long as you are not commencing your project the day before its due.
Come up with a thesis statement . Thesis statements are the main idea of your report. A thesis statement summarizes what you want to prove in your report for your reader. All of your subsequent topic sentences of figure paragraphs should tie back into this thesis, so make sure that it is general enough to stand via your essay. If you are simply reporting on a topic, create a thesis statement that does not contain any opinion-based information. If you are creating a thesis that is meant to persuade someone about a topic, or that is meant to deeply analyze a topic, the thesis should contain an argument that you intend to prove in your essay. 
Create an outline. Outlines help you to visualize how your essay will look. Outlines can be straightforward lists, idea webs or concept maps. Begin with your thesis statement and then pick the three major ideas related to your thesis statement that you will want to cover in your essay. Write down details about each main idea.
Determine how you will format your report. The structure of your paper depends on your topic. If you are writing a report on a person, it would make the most sense to structure your report in chronological order.
Write your introduction. Your intro is where you introduce your topic and state your thesis. Your intro should be engaging but not corny–the objective should be to hook the reader so that they want to read the rest of your report. You should provide some background information on your topic and then state your thesis so that the reader knows what the report is going to be about. When you are revising make sure you look at the very first word in every sentence and attempt not to let any of them be repetitive.
Write your figure paragraphs. The bod paragraphs are where you state your evidence that supports your thesis. Each assets paragraph consists of a topic sentence and evidence supporting the topic sentence. The topic sentence introduces the main idea of the figure paragraph and links the paragraph back to the thesis. 
Support your topic sentence. After you write your topic sentence in the figure paragraph, provide evidence found in your research that supports your topic sentence. This evidence can be descriptions of things mentioned in your topic sentence, quotes from experts on the subjects, or more information about the topic listed.
Write your conclusion. This paragraph both summarizes your thesis again, and provides your final thoughts on your topic. It should reiterate to the reader what the reader should be taking away from your report. 
Cite your sources. Your teacher or professor should tell you whether to use MLA, APA or Chicago style when writing your essay. Format any quotes you use, as well as your bibliography accordingly.
Format your report. Attempt to go after your teacher’s formatting instructions to the letter. If he or she made no formatting instructions, go with something clean and classic. Standard format for academic reports in the United States is 12-point Times Fresh Roman or Arial font, double-spaced lines, and 1-inch margins all around.
Part Five of Five:
Finalizing Your Report Edit
Read through your report from an outsider’s perspective. Does the point you are attempting to make come across clearly? Does all of your evidence support your thesis? If you were someone reading your report for the very first time, would you feel like you understood the topic after reading the report?
Get someone else to read your report. Having a 2nd pair of eyes can be helpful to make sure your point is clear and your writing doesn’t sound awkward. Ask your helper, do you understand what I am telling in my report? Is there anything you think I should take out or add? Is there anything you would switch?
Proofread your report. Check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Are there any awkward sentences that you can rewrite? [Ten]
Read your report out noisy. Reading out noisy will help you to identify any sections of the report that might sound awkward (like if there are run-on sentences.)
Put your paper aside for a few days. If you have time to put the paper away and clear your head before proofreading, it is a good thing to do. Taking a break from your paper will help you to spot more errors and parts that don’t make sense when you come back to it.
Don’t be afraid to let a friend or family member read it too!
How to Write a Report
Understand the assignment. If your teacher, professor, or boss gave your guidelines for your report, make sure you read them (and reread them). What is the assignment asking of you? Are you supposed to inform your audience about a topic? Generally if you are writing a report for an elementary, middle or high school class, you will be asked to present a topic without inserting your opinion. Other assignments might ask you to persuade your audience about a certain way of perceiving your topic, or analyze a topic. Ask your teacher about any questions you might have as soon as possible.