Writing
Write the letter in groups with the information in the form.
Find reasons to persuade somebody else to agree with your point of view
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country, not for himself. He has an unselfish and
brave heart. As he is a great man, you should set
him free.
• Best whishes!
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Yours truly,
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Life of Nelson Mandela
Born July 18, 1918 near Transkei (South Africa)
1937 Entry university but did not complete degree
1940 Formed ANC Youth League
1952
Part 1: A small paragraph Reason for the letter
Part 2: Body paragraphs reasons in detail Personal information Hard work achievements Good qualities
Part 3: Closing paragraph Your opinion
can easily see them • Use the form to help you as you write.
In this unit we have learned a lot about the modern hero--Nelson Mandela. Can you give me some information about him?
1963 Led ANC to blow up government buildings
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free.
• As we all know, people with different colors
should be equal. Nelson Mandela devoted all his
life to realize this dream. In 1944, he founded the
ANC Youth League to call on people to struggle
violence against anti-black laws to get their rights,
so he was sentenced t 5 years hard labor. One
year later, as one of the leaders of ANC, he led
them to blow up the government buildings to
for their rights to vote. In 1952, he opened a law
office to help the poor black people in
Johannesburg on their problems. The black
people loved him.
• In 1962, Mandela encouraged people to use
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How to write about a great person
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Before writing you can follow these steps: • collect ideas for the letter • write them down in any order • sort them out in an order or • Put those idea into a form so that you
Try to write a persuasion letter
Jinan No. 1 Middle School
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Shandong, China
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May 27, 1989
• Dear President,
• I am writing to ask you to free Nelson Mandela.
Here are some reasons why I think he should be
realize their dream of making black and white
people equal, so that he was again sentenced to
prison for life on Robben Island until now.
• I think, what he did was for his people, his
Set up law office to help poor black people in Johannesburg
1952 attacked anti-black law
1961
Government by and for white people set up in south Africa
1962 Encouraged violence against anti-black laws