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Letters to newspapers: If there is something that worries you about your local erwironment, think very hard about it and make notes about why it is so disturbing. Perhaps the Council intends to close a wildlife area. run a motorway across your village, knock down an old building, fell some very ancient trees to make way for a supermarket. Try to find out the facts behind the story, when it is to happen and why. Assemble your facts and suggest suitable alternatives, then put them together into a polite letter to your local newspaper. Do a first draft, correct spelling and punctuation and write it out in best. Make surę that you set out your letter correctly. Find out the correct address of the editor from the paper. Keep a copy of your letter and make a display of the problem, your letter and any reply you receive. Write also to the appropriate councillor involved. Work as a group and think of things that would make your village/town a better place to live in: less litter, a safe playground for pre-schoo! children. a scented garden for blind peopfe, a nature/urban trail, safer pavement surfaces for older people etc. Make notes, consider your reasons, suggest the best place to start, say whether you think children might be able to help in the planning. Plan the form of your letter together. Check spelling and punctuation. Ask the neatest person in the group to write the letter or put it on the word-processor. Follow the progress of your suggestion and keep copies of all the letters.

Letters to writers, artists and other school visitors. Find the addresses of local writers_Hartists. and musicians from the local Regional Arts Association. Write a letter to someone whose work interests you. Ask where their ideas come from, how they work best, what materials they like to use ^t<^lf4he^ter^has4/4siiediheschool sendaleltcr oi thanks. say what you liked best (or di"dn’t like) about the visit and send a copy of some of the follow-up work you have done;

Special occasion cards. Design your own Mother’s Day, Easter, Christmas. birthday cards. Look at professional examples and find out how thiTgreetfng~ś~aFe uśually worded. Wrife~ybur own greetingjn.side the card and send it óff.    „

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