Letter Writing 2A Formal Letter

Letter Writing 2 – A Formal Letter

Learning Objectives• To learn an acceptable layout for a Formal

Letter such as to a Newspaper.• To learn a correct content structure for a

Formal Letter. • To practice writing a Letter to a newspaper.

Letter Writing – A Formal LetterA Letter to the Arab News

Your address is usually on the right Your NameYour Address

Your TownYour Postcode

The Recipient’s address is on the left DateThe Editor,Arab News PO Box 10452Jeddah 21433Saudi Arabia

Newspaper editors are addresses as Dear Sir, or Dear Editor.Dear Editor,

Introduce the topic you want to write about. I am writing to express my views about...................................

A couple of paragraphs that express your views on the subject.I am nearly 70 years old and because of the re-routing of the main road while the by-pass is constructed I am now too frightened to go out of my house....................

The council promised us that the work would only take a year, and now nearly two years later, there is still no sign of it finishing...............................

Concluding paragraphI have been a paid up party member all my life, but the lies this lot have told us have caused me to cancel my party membership and they won't be getting my vote again.

‘Call to action’ paragraph My thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope that you think it worth of publication as I am sure many of your readers share my views.

Unless you know the editor’s name sign offYours Faithfully A Tomlinson Written SignatureA Tomlinson Printed Signature

TaskWrite a letter to the editor of the Arab News that expresses your response to the opinions in the published letters about driving in Riyadh or the Port Said football tragedy in Egypt. You must start your letter with a reference to the published letter.