Persuasive Writing Project: Brainstorming is Coming to an End

Have you chosen your topic for the persuasive writing project?!?  If you haven't, here's the list.  Brainstorming time is coming to an end, so look over the choices and make your selection!

Persuasive Writing Menu Choices

Pretend you are a Christmas tree at a Christmas Tree Farm.  You really want a family to choose you.  Here comes the family now.  Write an article that describes why you are the perfect tree.

Pretend you are Belle.  Convince Beast that beauty lies within.

Write a letter to your parents convincing them to get you a pet.

Write a letter to Santa convincing him that you’ve been good and deserve a certain gift this Christmas.

Write a letter to the lunch lady convincing her that she should serve your favorite foods more often.

Students are throwing trash on the ground, leaving empty soda cans and bottles outside on benches, and dropping napkins and other trash on the cafeteria floor rather than carrying them to the trash can.  Your principal has reacted by cancelling all outdoor recess until the problem is taken care of.  What is your position on this issue?  Write a letter to the students in your school convincing them to listen to your ideas.

Think about where people live.  People live in small towns, large towns, or even big cities.  Some people live on farms or in houses in the country.  Some people live inland and some live at the beach along the coast.  Think about where it is best to live and why.  Choose the one place where you would like to live and give reasons why you think it is the best.

You are Happy, one of Snow White’s seven dwarves.  Write a letter to your fellow dwarf, Grumpy, convincing him to be less of a grump.

Because of budget cuts, your school district is thinking of getting rid of resource classes for next year.  Write a letter to the school board that states your position and convinces them to change their minds.

We all know what happened to the gingerbread man when he rode on the foxes’ back to cross the river.  Write a conversation between you and the gingerbread man, where you convince him to use another method to cross the river.  Save yourself from being eaten by that villainous fox!

Tomorrow we will take the plans we created and use them to help us get started on our drafts.  If you want to keep on track, it's important not to get behind in the beginning stages of a new project.