1. Ilyass Mossaoui 33, Hassan II street, Oujda. 1 September 12th , 2016
Assabah Newspaper
84, Paris street,
Rabat
Dear Editor,
I was so interested in your article about school dropping out in yesterday’s issue of your newspaper and I would like to share my article about main causes and negative effects of this issue.
Nobody deny that many causes are behind dropping out of school. Many students leave school because their parents don’t have enough money to teach them. Also, students drop out due to the absence of school transport. In addition, because of some parents’ problems, children decide to stop schooling. Finally, other parents prefer to keep their children at home so as to help them with their work.
On the other hand, dropping out of school has several negative effects. To start with, a dropout might fall in the problem of drugs addiction which affects his health. Moreover, It will be so difficult for a dropout to get a good job. More than this, children of street increases, which will raise the rate of crimes.
To conclude, it seems to me that everybody should think about potential solutions to this problem. Otherwise, many children will suffer in their lives, simply because they leave school.
Yours sincerely 1 2 3 4 5 6

2. 1- Sender’s address 2- Date 3- Recepient’s address
Ilyass Mossaoui
33, Hassan II street,
Oujda.
Setember 12th , 2016
Assabah Newspaper
84, Paris street,
Rabat
Dear Editor,
I was so interested in your article about school dropping out in yesterday’s issue of your newspaper and I would like to share my article about main causes and negative effects of this issue.
Nobody deny that many causes are behind dropping out of school. Many students leave school because their parents don’t have enough money to teach them. Also, students drop out due to the absence of school transport. In addition, because of some parents’ problems, children decide to stop schooling. Finally, other parents prefer to keep their children at home so as to help them with their work.
On the other hand, dropping out of school has several negative effects. To start with, a dropout might fall in the problem of drugs addiction which affects his health. Moreover, It will be so difficult for a dropout to get a good job. More than this, children of street increases, which will raise the rate of crimes.
To conclude, it seems to me that everybody should think about potential solutions to this problem. Otherwise, many children will suffer in their lives, simply because they leave school.
Yours sincerely 1 2 3 4 5
1- Sender’s address
2- Date
3- Recepient’s address
4- Formal salutation
5- Body of the letter
6- signature 6

3. Introduction: _____________________________________________________
Dear Editor,
I was so interested in your article about school dropping out in yesterday’s issue of your newspaper and I would like to share my article about main causes and negative effects of this issue.
Nobody deny that many causes are behind dropping out of school. Many students leave school because their parents don’t have enough money to teach them. Also, students drop out due to the absence of school transport. In addition, because of some parents’ problems, children decide to stop schooling. Finally, other parents prefer to keep their children at home so as to help them with their work.
On the other hand, dropping out of school has several negative effects. To start with, a dropout might fall in the problem of drugs addiction which affects his health. Moreover, It will be so difficult for a dropout to get a good job. More than this, children of street increases, which will raise the rate of crimes.
To conclude, it seems to me that everybody should think about potential solutions to this problem. Otherwise, many children will suffer in their lives, simply because they leave school.
Match Each pragraph with the approriate heading
Stating the causes of the issue .
Suggest solutions / express your opinion.
Specifying the article to respond to, the reason of writing and the topic of the sender’s article
Stating the negative effects of the issue.
Introduction: _____________________________________________________
Paragraph 1 : ____________________________________________
Paragraph 2 : ____________________________________________
Conclusion : ____________________________________________

4. Task : Based on the planning above, write a formal letter to a Newspaper/magazine in which you discuss causes and negative effects of brain drain.
Use the underlined expressions and linking words
Respect the components of a formal letter
1- Brainstorming
Causes of Brain Drain
Negative Effects of Brain Drain

5. 2- Planning Name of newspaper : ………………………………. Introduction
Dear Editor,
I was so interested in your article about school dropping out in yesterday’s issue of your newspaper and I would like to share my article about main causes and negative effects of this issue.
Nobody deny that many causes are behind dropping out of school. Many students leave school because their parents don’t have enough money to teach them. Also, students drop out due to the absence of school transport. In addition, because of some parents’ problems, children decide to stop schooling. Finally, other parents prefer to keep their children at home so as to help them with their work.
On the other hand, dropping out of school has several negative effects. To start with, a dropout might fall in the problem of drugs addiction which affects his health. Moreover, It will be so difficult for a dropout to get a good job. More than this, children of street increases, which will raise the rate of crimes.
To conclude, it seems to me that everybody should think about potential solutions to this problem. Otherwise, many children will suffer in their lives, simply because they leave school.
Name of newspaper : ……………………………….
Introduction
Topic of your article : ……………………………….
Body:
Paragraph 1 : Causes of Brain Drain
Topic Sentence: ……………………………….
Argument 1 : ……………………………….
Argument 2 : ……………………………….
Argument 3 : ……………………………….
Closing Sentence : ……………………………….
Paragraph 2 : Negative effects of brain drain
Topic Sentence : ……………………………….
Conclusion:
Opinion / Solution

6. Exercise : Find in the letter words which mean the same as :
Dear Editor,
I was so interested in your article about school dropping out in yesterday’s issue of your newspaper and I would like to share my article about main causes and negative effects of this issue.
Nobody deny that many causes are behind dropping out of school. Many students leave school because their parents don’t have enough money to teach them. Also, students drop out due to the absence of school transport. In addition, because of some parents’ problems, children decide to stop schooling. Finally, other parents prefer to keep their children at home so as to help them with their work.
On the other hand, dropping out of school has several negative effects. To start with, a dropout might fall in the problem of drugs addiction which affects his health. Moreover, It will be so difficult for a dropout to get a good job. More than this, children of street increases, which will raise the rate of crimes.
To conclude, it seems to me that everybody should think about potential solutions to this problem. Otherwise, many children will suffer in their lives, simply because they leave school.
Exercise : Find in the letter words which mean the same as :
What’s more :
I think :
I liked
We all agree that
To sum up
In addition
It seems to me
I was interested in
Nobody denies that
To conclude

7. 3- Drafting : My name My Address Date : Name of newspaper
Newspaper’s address
Dear editor
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