GENERAL TRAINING ONLY You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. You and your classmate just received a poor grade on a major school project. One reason for your grade was that your classmate’s family member got very ill. Your classmate was distracted and didn’t contribute as much as was expected. Write a letter to your professor. In your letter - Explain why you had to do most of the work - Describe how the illness of your partner’s family member affected the project - Say what you hope your professor will do Write at least 150 words You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Professor Miller,

Dear Professor Miller,

While

I respect your assessment of the work John and I delivered on the major school project, I would like to kindly ask for your attention and understanding of a specific point of context related to

this

assignment. In fact, John´s grandmother went through significant health issues over the past four weeks, which significantly affected my partner´s ability to concentrate on the project.

Moreover

, I would like to highlight that the whole family had to travel to another state every Saturday in order to support John´s grandmother.

Hence

, it has been difficult for us to meet and cooperate on a regular basis.

Therefore

, even though we both did our best to collaborate on

this

assignment, I

finally

had to complete most of the research and writing myself. As I completely sympathised with John´s situation, I intensified my efforts to complete

this

project on time.

However

, it was beyond my ability to compensate for the absence of my classmate, so we ended up presenting incomplete results. I deeply regret not bringing

this

situation to your attention any earlier, and I hope that you could consider giving us a second chance to succeed in your class. Should it be acceptable for you and for the school´s principal, we would be delighted and grateful to prepare an improved version of our presentation. Yours faithfully, Nathan Conil