Writing a summary

Writing a good summary is not an easy task to do. You will need to express in few words as much content as you can. Here are some links -most of them thought for English speakers- to help you with this task:

http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-write-summary

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=TRG2603

http://homepage.smc.edu/reading_lab/writing_a_summary.htm

http://www.writeanygenre.com/how-to-write-a-summary.html

After that, visit TIME Ideas section, choose an article of your interest and try to summarize it using the comments option of this blog.

Letter of complaint II

Read the following article (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4344890/Virgin-the-worlds-best-passenger-complaint-letter.html) taken from The Daily Telegraph about the best letter of complaint sent by a Virgin client. What do you think about it? Have you enjoyed it? Read other articles related to this topic that appear on the same website.

Letter of complaint

For this first task I would need at least two people, the first one to write a letter of complaint (as a costumer) and the second one to reply (as the personal working in a travel agency). Imagine that a couple of just married have just returned for their honeymoon. They have planed one of the most luxurious romantic routes around the world and most of the booked products failed or would not follow their expectations.

To have a more clear idea on hoy to write a letter like this, here you are some links for you to practice and learn a little bit more:

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eiw/complaint_letter_constructor.htm
http://www.businessballs.com/complaintsletters.htm
http://www.howtocomplain.com/info/cl-template.shtml
http://www.google.es/search?q=letters+of+complaint&hl=es&client=firefox-a&hs=F6H&rls=org.mozilla:es-ES:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7Es6T-C-ENS3hAey-cmcCg&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1064&bih=875 (different images to know more about the structure of a well done letter of complaint)

Remember to use the comments option to this activity. Don't forget to peer-review your work after writing both letter.