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The Persuasive Letter: To Your Parents

The Persuasive Letter: To Your Parents. IDEAS / CONTENT. Review your Senior Portfolio Decide upon your action plan for post-secondary education 1 st choice 2 nd choice – if you can’t decide. BACKGROUND. Reread the most pertinent portions of your Portfolio

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The Persuasive Letter: To Your Parents

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  1. The Persuasive Letter:To Your Parents

  2. IDEAS / CONTENT Review your Senior Portfolio Decide upon your action plan for post-secondary education 1st choice 2nd choice – if you can’t decide

  3. BACKGROUND Reread the most pertinent portions of your Portfolio College Application Essay (narrative) College Research Essay Housing options research Financial plan

  4. ORGANIZATION Organize your ideas into an outline Paragraph 1 – Introduction Paragraph 2 – Supporting arguments/reasons Paragraph 3 – Conclusion

  5. Paragraph 1 -- Introduction • Attention Getter or Hook • Get the attention of the audience • Background information • What does the reader need to know about this issue? • Thesis statement

  6. Paragraph 2 – Your reasons/support • Build to your strongest argument/reason • Reason #3 (weakest of the three) • Reason #2 (charts/graphs/spreadsheets) • Reason #1 (strongest argument) • Use transitions • First, second, primarily, most important, etc.

  7. Use a variety of supportTypes of Support • Prediction • Observation • Statistics • Comparison • Analysis

  8. Paragraph 3 -- Conclusion • Restate your thesis statement • Provide a brief summary of your argument/reasons • Show how your parents will benefit from supporting your choice • Ask for your parents’ support • Be specific in what you are asking for

  9. PREWRITE / DRAFT / PROOFREAD Outline Rough draft Include a variety of Smiley Face Tricks (minimum of 3)

  10. PRESENTATION / CONVENTIONS Write your persuasive business letter Format: business letter Edit for grammar, spelling, and word choice errors

  11. Final Draft – TIIC midnight Friday • Electronic Signature • Black or blue ink • Scripted font • Typed formal name • Share with your parent/guardian • Parent/guardian signature on form to be turned in on Monday

  12. Parent’s Part • Extra Credit • Your parent writes a letter/email responding to your letter • Make sure your teacher receives the response

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