Primary Longman Elect 6 A Chapter 4 Writing

Primary Longman Elect 6 A Chapter 4 Writing a formal letter

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Problems — Reasons? Ways to help — How? 1. schools too cold in winter and too hot in summer — no heaters or fans 2. schools too dark — no lights 3. not enough stationery or books — too poor 1. raise money — perform a drama 2. collect things — stationery and books Some schools are too cold in winter and too hot in summer because there are no heaters or fans. Use because to give reasons. First, change the notes What problems are the village into schools sentences. facing? Why?

Problems — Reasons? Ways to help — How? 1. schools too cold in winter and too hot in summer — no heaters or fans 2. schools too dark — no lights 3. not enough stationery or books — too poor 1. raise money — perform a drama 2. collect things — stationery and books Some schools are too cold in winter and too hot in summer because there are no heaters or fans. The schools are too dark because there are no lights.

Problems — Reasons? Ways to help — How? 1. schools too cold in winter and too hot in summer — no heaters or fans 2. schools too dark — no lights 3. not enough stationery or books — too poor 1. raise money — perform a drama 2. collect things — stationery and books Some schools are too cold in winter and too hot in summer because there are no heaters or fans. The schools are too dark because there are no lights. The children do not have enough stationery or books because they are too poor.

Problems — Reasons? Ways to help — How? 1. schools too cold in winter and too hot in summer — no heaters or fans 2. schools too dark — no lights 3. not enough stationery or books — too poor 1. raise money — perform a drama 2. collect things — stationery and books Some schools are too cold in winter and too hot in summer because there are no heaters or fans. The schools are too dark because there are no lights. The children do not have enough stationery or books because they are too poor. We would like to perform a drama to raise money. What can we do to help? What would we like to do?

Problems — Reasons? Ways to help — How? 1. schools too cold in winter and too hot in summer — no heaters or fans 2. schools too dark — no lights 3. not enough stationery or books — too poor 1. raise money — perform a drama 2. collect things — stationery and books Some schools are too cold in winter and too hot in summer because there are no heaters or fans. The schools are too dark because there are no lights. The children do not have enough stationery or books because they are too poor. We would like to perform a drama to raise money. We would like to collect things such as stationery and books.

Problems — Reasons? Ways to help — How? 1. schools too cold in winter and too hot in summer — no heaters or fans 2. schools too dark — no lights 3. not enough stationery or books — too poor 1. raise money — perform a drama 2. collect things — stationery and books Some schools are too cold in winter and too hot in summer because Some schoolsor are too cold in winter and too hot in summer there are no heaters fans. because arebecause no heaters or fans. schools are too dark They are there too dark there are no. The lights. because there are no lights. The children do not have enough stationery or books because they are too poor. Problems and reasons We want to perform a drama to raise money. would like to perform a drama to and raise money. We would We want. We to collect things such as stationery books. like to collect things such as stationery and books. Next, put the sentences into paragraphs. Ways to help

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Do you know the different parts Now we are letter? ready to. Let’s write a a of a formal play formal game. letter to the principal.

Sender’s name Dear + (Recipient’s name), contents of the letter Date of the letter Yours sincerely, Match the word boxes with the different parts of the letter.

Great! Let’s write the letter now.

Dear Mrs Kwok, 3 rd November 20 XX Write the date here. Begin with: Dear + your principal’s name + comma. We are writing because the Charity Club would like to help Sowers to raise forwhy village schools in China. to We Start Action the letter bymoney saying you are writing think ideas will help solve some problems for the children the our recipient. there. Some schools are too cold in winter and too hot in summer Put thethere paragraph aboutor the problems because are no heaters fans. They areand also reasons too dark here. there are no lights. The children do not have enough because stationery or books because they are too poor. We would like to perform a drama to raise money for the village Put the. We paragraph about the ways tosuch helpashere. schools. would also like to collect things stationery and books and send them to the schools. We hopeby yousaying will be able helphope us organise the charity events. Finish whattoyou the recipient will do. Yours sincerely, Jenny Tam, Andy Au, Ben Chan Sign your names. Members of the Charity Club

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