9 Read the rubrics and underline the key information. Then answer the questions that follow.
A. A friend of yours recently sent you the article below along with a short note. You feel very strongly about the content of the article and have decided to follow your friend's suggestion and write to the editor of the magazine which published the article.
Read the original article and the extract from your friend's letter. Then, using the information provided, write:
a) a letter to the magazine editor expressing your opinion (approximately 200 words).
b) a letter to your friend, telling him or her what you have done (approximately 50 words).
B. A national television station recently broadcast a programme about the town/city where you live. You found the information in the programme badly represented the area and you have decided to write to the programme producers in order to complain.
Write your letter to the producers. (approx. 250 words)
1 What do you have to write?
2 Who are the target readers?
3 How formal does your writing need to be?
4 How will you begin and end your letter? 5 What information will you include in the main body?
6 Think of appropriate topic sentences for your main bo paragraphs. How will you support your topic sentence?​