Persuasive Writing: Letters to the Candidates
Assignment: Select a candidate who you would like to see come and speak at our school on the topics of poverty and homelessness and our environment. Candidates to choose from are as follows:
Democratic
Barack Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards
Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee John McCain Rudy Giuliani
Republican
1. Research their views on Welfare and Poverty and Environment and include this in your letter.
Web pages:
On the issues: http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm Select Smart: http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008/comparethem.html NYT Election Guide: http://tinyurl.com/2sxuw7 Interactive Persuasive Map Tool-http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/persuasion_map/ Interactive Letter Generator: http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
Persuasive Writing Website: http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/persuasive_writing.htm
For Teachers: Persuasive Essay – Environmental Issues-http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=268 Developing Persuasive Writing: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=56 2. Write a persuasive letter to your candidate on why she or he should come to our school and speak to us about Welfare and Poverty and the Environment. Include all of the things our school does for both issues (iCare Food Drive, Student Council, Helping 100 Club, Builder’s Club, Quantum TV Video Contests on Homeless and Environment, Teacher’s Environmental Study Group)
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3. What do you do with your letters? Email them to the candidate! Print them out, we will also mail them!
NOTE: You can put your name, but use this address: Northfield Middle School, 2000 New Road, Northfield NJ, 08225, Phone (if asked)– 609407-4008; Mobile phone – if asked – 609-407-4000; email – candidates@ncs-nj.org; subject (if asked) – We want you to visit our school!
Barrack Obama - http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/contact2 Hillary Clinton - http://www.hillaryclinton.com/help/contact/ John Edwards - http://www.johnedwards.com/about/contact/form/ Mitt Romney - http://www.mittromney.com/CommentForm (has a 500 character limit! If your letter exceeds this, print out and we will email it: scheduling@mittromney.com. Mail: Romney for President, Inc., P.O. Box 55239, Boston, MA 02205-5239 Mike Huckabee – we will email all letters at once. After your teachers reviews your letter, put it the Candidates folder in facilitator drive, in candidate folder, under you chosen candidate. We will take all letters and email to scheduling@explorehuckabee.com. Mail: Huckabee for President, Inc., P.O. Box 2008, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 John McCain – http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/ and Mail: John McCain 2008, P.O. Box 16118, Arlington, VA 22215 Rudy Giuliani - we will email all letters at once. After your teachers reviews your letter, put in the Candidates folder in facilitator drive, in candidate folder, under you chosen candidate. We will take all letters and email to webteam@joinrudy2008.com. Mail: Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee, Inc., 295 Greenwich St, #371, New York, NY 10007
We will create a scrapbook of letters for our Visual Literacy Fair! Any student, who wants to help with this after school, please let your teacher know! You will be working with Ms. Caiafa or Dr. Ferguson!
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