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Letter Writing

Published on Nov 19, 2015

For a teaching demonstration on letter writing as a genre, specifically focusing on persuasive letter writing.

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Letter Writing

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Basic Components of persuasive writing:

  • Identify a purpose
  • Connect with your audience
  • Clear and logical reasons to believe you
  • Address the doubters/misunderstandings
  • Tie it up
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Identify

  • purpose: underline
  • connections: yellow
  • reasons: pink
  • doubters/misunderstandings: bracket
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What do you want for your students? Make a list.

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Pick one from your list

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Begin drafting your letter

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Share your draft with a neighbor

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ideas:

  • Business letter requesting info, services, etc.
  • Persuasive letter about a social issue
  • Letter to a role model 
  • Letter-writing exchange
  • Letter to a character, historical figure, idea/concept
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How could you use letter writing in your curriculum?

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