Unit6 Earth first- Period 7 Writing 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Writing a persuasive letter Unit 6 developing ideas 1 What is the purpose of the letter? 2 What is the existing problem? 3 What are the proposed actions from Class 8? Activity1. Read the letter and answer the questions. 1. What is the purpose of the letter? 2. What is the existing problem? The purpose of this letter is to call on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign. (1st sentence) Over 30% of the world’s food is wasted, while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat. (1st para.) What’s the possible reason for food waste? What’s the possible reason for food waste? We lack appropriate planning. We often order, purchase or prepare too much food. The labels of sell-by or best-before dates lead consumers to throw away food before they really go bad. We lack accessible Food Rescue and Recycling Services. 3. What are the proposed actions from Class 8? Do not order more than you need in the school canteen; Order less and take leftover food home when dining in restaurants; Call on family members and friends to take part in the campaign. writing purpose proposed actions Activity2. Figure out the structure of this letter existing problem making an appeal a persuasive letter (倡议信） possible causes What is a persuasive letter? A persuasive letter is a letter written to persuade an organisation/s or individual/s towards accepting the writer's (sender’s) issue, interest or perspective. It can be written to any type of organisation i.e. school, bank, college, NGO, municipality etc. call on sb. to do sth. 号召某人做某事 take part in 参加 campaign （宣传）活动 urge sb. to do sth. 敦促某人做某事 while 然而（做连词，表对比） in order to 为了（表目的） propose v.提议，建议 order v.点（菜） canteen 食堂，餐厅 leftover 吃剩的食物 reduce by 把...减少了 reduce to 把...减少到 starvation 饥饿 Words and expressions P.71 9 Activity3. Summarize: How to write a good persuasive letter? call on/ appeal to sb. to do... raise your awareness of... In order to improve the situation, we should... We propose