Exercise

JANNUARY- FEBRUARY (WRITING)
Question 1: Informal Letter Writing 
Your cousin, who lives in another state, says that her society is interested to do some social work to aid the community as part of the year's activities. She asks you for some ideas on how to go about it. Using the information you gathered from the internet, write a letter to her, outlining your ideas on how she or anyone else can do community work.


♦ Start a food bank - collect foodstuff - house-to-house collection - residential area
♦ Class-to-class collection - set up - outside school canteen
♦ Send to international organisations - needing food
♦ Volunteer to help at animal shelter
♦ Visit a nursing home - bring joy and comfort to the inmates
♦ Start your own recycling drive - collect aluminium cans, newspapers, batteries - send to                     recycling  centres
♦ Set up recycling bins
♦ Go door to door - collect recyclables
♦ Help to build, repair home - clean up compounds - good exercise
♦ Help out at the local museum or library

When writing your letter, you must:
• lay out your letter correctly (address, greeting, closing)
• use all the notes given
• provide relevant information where necessary
• remember that you are writing an informal letter

Question 2: Formal Letter Writing
After noticing the poor condition of the school field, you decide to write a letter of complaint to the school principal. Write the letter to the principal based on the notes you have made.

*  unsatisfactory condition
* full of stones - injury to the knees
* breeding ground for mosquitoes
* standard of school games - poor
* safety - health - students - at risk
* urge the principal to take appropriate steps
When writing the letter, you should remember to:
• lay out the letter correctly (addresses, date, salutation, title, closing)
• use all the notes given