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ACTIVATE Follow the steps in the writing guide.
O WRITING GUIDE
A TASK
Your local council is going to close the food bank in
your town to build a big supermarket. You want to
stop this. Write a letter to the local newspaper.
B THINK AND PLAN
1 What's the name of your organization?
2 Why are you concerned?
3 What problems might a big supermarket
cause?
4 Why is the food bank necessary?
5 How are you going to protest?
C WRITE
Paragraph 1: Introduction
I represent a group called ...
Paragraph 2: The problem
In our opinion, ...
Paragraph 3: Action
We have therefore decided to ...
D CHECK
• layout of the letter
• explanation words
• will and be going to