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Unit 7
Writing Exercise - Part 3
 
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   How is the United Nations addressing
 the AIDS crisis?
       Task theme: Writing to inform
         Using the framework below, write a letter providing information . You may want to cut and paste this model        into your Microsoft Word program, then type your own information into the blank spaces.
       Then, remember to spell-check and grammar-check in 'Word'

       *If you prefer, as an exercise, you may try to remember and rewrite the information outlined in this unit's        letter.  Then, compare your rewrite with the original.


GREETING:
"Dear Mrs. Gutan,"

TOPIC AND PURPOSE
Why you are writing; what you want to inform the reader of
:
I
am writing to inform you of some vital information I have collected/acquired about _________________________________.
In our work as international staff civil servants,  it is important
to keep abreast
of ___________________________________.
"

DEVELOPMENT:
Reasons/examples (in chronological order or order or importance)
"Through my reading and study, I discovered that the crisis/ situation produced by _______________________has had _________________________________
effects worldwide/in the region/in the capital.
The United Nations and its agencies have implemented programmes to educate/
inform __________________ local populations/the local people/staff about __________________________________________. 
Such action/education is focused on _______________________________. One programme trains local communitymembers/staff/supervisors_______________to__________________."

SUMMING UP:
offer to answer reader's questions/provide more information:
"Please let me know if I can clarify or supplement any of the above information."

CLOSING
"Yours sincerely,

signature"

 

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