Writing N° 2: Problems in my city

Name: ________________________________________________Class:________Date: ___________

Class objective: To write an email, expressing personal opinion and the use of vocabulary related to
problems in the city.

I. WATCH the following video and then DISCUSS the questions with your classmates.

(Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyHArXYCqnA)

a) Identify the location of the video.

b) How many people are there in the video?

c) What is the main problem in the video? What is the solution?

d) Do you have a personal experience similar to the video?

II. What problems can you find in your city? WRITE the name of your city and its problems.

Example: dirty buses, potholes in the street, and so on.

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III. You are going to send an email expressing the problems of your city.

a) First LEARN the structure of a formal email and ORGANIZE your ideas.

1. Who am I writing to?

2. Why am I writing?
3. What do I need to tell them?
4. What do I want them to do?

Dear Mr.

My name is___________

I am writing to you to tell you about

the problems of __________.

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IV. WRITE an email to the Mayor of your city explaining the problems you found in your city. This is your
first version. Once you have finished, CHECK the punctuation, capital letters, structure, organization of
ideas. LOOK at the structure in item III.

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IV. WRITE the final version of your email to the Mayor of your city explaining the problems you found in
your city.