OK everybody.
Now we are moving again to Section 3.
I'm sorry we're moving into Section 2 of our lecture series on the general letter and what we're going
to be doing in this section is we're going to look at the application of the theory or application of
the strategy and tactics.
As I mentioned to you in the previous lectures and Section 1 you want to be able to look at the question
do an outline and have your five parts that you want to be able to show.
All right.
So let's take a look at this first letter here.
All right.
Take a look at this first letter here.
And always on the exam is going to be something like this is your local council was considering a sports
and leisure center that it runs in order to save money.
Write a letter to the local council.
In your letter give details of how you and your friends or family use the center.
Explain why the center is important for the local community.
Describe the possible effects on local people if the center closes.
So step number one step number one is to of course make a plan and make a plan.
Make a plan make a plan.
All right and as you can see here I've done it in one minute but we for Part Number one I'm addressing
how it affects my friends and family.
Part Number two.
I put some notes about explaining why it's important to local community.
And part three put about the effects if the center closes.
Right.
So you want to be able to just quickly get down the ideas you're going to talk about.
That way you don't have to think.
And right now you can focus on how you're writing how you want to say it which increases your grade.
All right.
So our first part we go into Dear Sir Madam this is a formal letter.
Dear Sir or Madam.
Some people might think this is informal because it's the local council It really is a formal letter.
OK.
And look at the introduction this well-considered letter is in regards to your erroneously giving serious
thought toward shutting the doors of the beloved local sports and leisure facility.
Right you see how is that starting off.
I am writing the I am writing this letter.
A lot of people will start off I am writing this letter I think is better with a formal letter to be
stronger and stronger in your language and that's something really that I've kind of thought deeply
about in terms of changing their way of writing for your formal letter in the past hour probably hour.
I think I would have suggest that it's OK to say I am writing but really for a formal letter you really
should use this kind of language and that's more of the direction that I think it should go in and especially
after talking to my friends who are have been or graders and have been graders for a long time in terms
of what they like to see and their expectations.
Right but that's an introduction one sentence that's it OK that's all you have to do.
Now when you look at that sentence there because you see some great language erroneously giving for
giving serious thought towards.
Right.
So you see really good use of adverbs and adjectives in the sentence.
Now the next part on the dress part number one to start this gem must remain open for the members of
my family who have been longstanding members of the community.
Right.
So I'll open up with letting them know I'm about to address part number one about my friends and family.
Right.
Topic sentence controlling idea OK.
Both my mother and father suffer from diabetes and I've been utilizing the fitness center to lose weight
and combat this disease.
Not only do my parents benefit from them from the leisure center continued operation but also the city
championship team uses the pool for practice.
The reason why you see that language underlined is that use you're seeing good correlative conjunctions
right.
I'm trying to show you a higher level sentence structures that you can use for writing.
Now notice how many sentences do we have here.
Three sentences three sentences not five sentences six sentences three sentences next paragraph as an
additional point to reject closure.
You should recall how integral the sports facility is to the community due to our geographically horrible
weather.
Snow and ice are present for months a year and the center is the only winter option to have leisure
activities.
Even more to the point the gymnasium is a meeting place for the community that enables us to make connections
and strengthen our neighborhoods.
So again this.
Notice how this this part only focuses on part 2.
Why is it important for the community.
I'm not mixing Part One and Part Two together.
Everything is separate right.
Organized coherent.
Now we go on to part three in terms of the effect on the community I already know before I start writing
I write a sentence about obesity and taking their funds outside.
If you do see sports facility operations we will lose pay if you know that's a conditional sentence.
Right you see compound sentences you see complex sentences you see sentences started with an adjective
mean what with a preposition.
You see all these different types of sentences.
That's what it means in terms of showing a variety or wide range
as you will know we have an obesity epidemic
we have an obesity epidemic in this area and the gym clothes will only increase this problem.
Additionally many citizens may consider relocating to the big city if you begin taking away amenities.
Please take these points in mind when pondering the closing of the sports and leisure facility with
regards john smith.
Right so there you have it.
That's what a good solid letter looks like.
Right.
That's what you want to do.
All right.
That's that's an example of the parts and the process and what it looks like in language and connectors
and coherent and logical structure and progression.
Right that that's what you hear a lot of those words.
But this is these are this is what those words look like in action.
This is how those words look in terms of application language choice word choice tone.
OK.
That's what we're talking about here.
This is a formal letter you should have a formal tone.
All right.
So application in action I really really believe in that.
I really believe in showing you the application of the theory the application of the strategies and
tactics so you can follow the example and do a great job.
All right.
So we're going to stop this one.
This lecture now.
And if you want to read it more of course.
Pause it and read more.
But now we're going to move on to another example.
So I'll talk to you soon.