Writing a formal letter: letter of complaint

Write a letter to the Head Teacher complaining about your school.

Write four paragraphs following this structure:

1. Introduction
2. Complaints
3. Suggestions and solutions
4. Conclusion and expectations

Analysing adverts

Go to this link about Advertising and watch a collection of adverts in English.

Choose TWO adverts from this link or any other advert in English and analyse them.

Follow these guidelines:

1. What is being advertised and what is specifically highlighted about the product?
2. Who is the advert aimed at? (audience)
3. Slogan (the language of advertising)
4. Images (description and technical effects)
5. Lines of appeal and attention-getting hooks (happy families, rich lifestyles, successful love, famous people, beautiful men and women, sex, humor...)


This is an example written by a classmate from last year:


IT RARELY STOPS

It's an advert against gender violence. What has struck me most is to see how the woman figuratively tries to cover up the blows with make-up. That is what people who suffer abuse try to do, "cover" the abuse of their abusers because they think they are going to change.

I believe that this should no longer happen, because we are free and owners of our destiny and we do not have to endure this type of abuse. Let's denounce it. The slogan is 'It's rarely stops' that means that there are a lot of women suffering gender violence in silence. This advert goes mostly for women but also for men.

Charity fundraising auctions

Get involved:  advertise yourself!

Think of your interests, skills and talents. Which could you use to help your local community?

Write 4 paragraphs:

1- Write about your skills and talents:  what are you good at?

2- Write about you offer:  what are you going to do?

3- Give details: timetable, money, location...

4- Write about the charity you are going to give the money to:  what are you going to do with the money? How is it going to benefit others?


Extra task : create a poster advertising your charity fundraising auction.

You can use Glogster or any other application (Word, for example) and send it to my email.

An informal email

Think of an experience to write about:

volunteering...
  youth club...
      sports club...
          projects to help other people...
              projects to help the environment...
                  helping at home...
                       helping your friends...
                          travelling and learning about other cultures...




1st paragraph:   introduction

2nd paragraph :  Give details: wheree, when, what it involved

3rd paragraph:  Benefits to others, benefits to you

4th paragraph:  conclusion and goodbye


Don't forget to use the present perfect simple (I have done...)  and the present perfect continuous (I have been doing...)

Our environment

1) Find information about an area of natural beauty in Andalusia, for example Doñana.

Write a paragaph answering these questions:

Where is it?
How long has it been a national park?
What is the natural environment like?
What wildlife lives there?
What trees and plants grow there?

2) Find information and write a paragraph about an endangered animal of that area.


IMPORTANT: INCLUDE NUMBERS, PERCENTAGES AND STATISTICS


Useful links: 

Nature parks of Andalusia

Endangered animals in Spain

Beat bullying

TASK 3: BULLYING

Write a paragraph about a case of bullying you know  (if it is posible, cyber bullying)

Graphs and charts

Percentages

Useful language


Graph maker


Task 2 : HEALTHY HABITS SURVEY

Write a report of the survey you have done about the healthy habits of your classmates. You have to include 4 questions (2 yes/no and 2 wh- questions), including percentages.