December 10th, 2019

Essential Question: How do you write a persuasive letter to your representative?

Agenda:
1. Finish up your research for your letter to your representative. You need at least 3-5 sources. Analyze and list the following for each of your sources:

• Currency
• Relevance (list the parts of your sources you are going to use in your letter)
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Purpose (make sure the purpose of your source is to provide information)

2. What is your claim for your letter to your representative? What do you want your representative to do about the issue you have chosen and why?

3. Write a rough draft for your Letter to Your Representative. Use these sources and examples to help you write this letter:

• Sample Letter Template (use this to start rough-drafting your letter)
• Tips and Sample Letters

Your Letter to Representative should contain the following:

• A clear opening about who you are and why you feel passionate about the issue you are writing about.
• Information about your chosen issue and an argument about what you want your representative to do about this. Make sure your argument is based on well-researched information.
• Should be clear, polite, and professional throughout
• End with a clear call to action
• Include contact information and use correct format and grammar

4. Requirements for your Letter to Your Representative: Follow this checklist.

5. Exit Ticket: Highlight and comment on the following in your draft:

• Highlight your claim in one color
• Highlight all sources you used for research in a different color
• Highlight your call to action in a third color
• Comment on one are of your letter you feel works especially well
• Comment on two areas of your letter you feel need to be improved. Add ideas of how you want to improve this.

Assignments:

• Letter to Representative Research
• ​Letter claim
• Letter to Representative Draft
• Highlights and Comments from Exit Ticket