Marbles-Letter

Part 1: Before you start your essays, discuss the following questions in your groups and write the first part of a “Letter of Intentions”.

a) Explain briefly the chosen topic. b) What’s the purpose of the essay? c) Who is it intended for? d) What effects do you want it to have on your readers? e) What have you read on this specific topic? Are there any authors or key concepts that you would like to use in your critical writing?

Part I


 * It is a known fact that the reading habit provides innumerous benefits, such as improving writing skills and expanding knowledge; additionally, it can be a pleasant activity  . However, not many people in Brazil cultivate reading habits. Considering this, the purpose of our essay is to defend its importance and discuss how family and school can change the current situation so that children and adolescents become assiduous readers. Hopefully, we will be able to stimulate those who do not read regularly to change his or her habits. As for those who already do and wish to motivate their children or students to read, we hope the essay will be helpful to them. In order to achieve these goals, we intend to do solid research on the theme to make our work more consistent. **

Part II

Writing the essay was a task that required discussion and constant revision. Since our topic is broad and productive, it was difficult to select information, among so many works on the subject. Each one in the group researched about different subtopics, so that we could delegate tasks more easily. We believe that the text, in spite of being brief, presented what we considered the most significant and important information for readers.


 * Elisa, Jéssica and Luise **