Letter to an Administrator
Assessment: A formal letter to an administrator
Purpose: This writing assignment is meant to bring about change to our school or community, or world. You are to type a formal letter (one page long) to someone in the school administration or a politician, discussing one major problem that you see in our school or world, and why said problem needs to be rectified.
1) Begin with address and greeting. (proper closing)
2) Introduction to assignment, stating the problem.
3) Use TRANSITIONAL WORDS to begin paragraphs.
4) Paragraphs are to be persuasive. You want the administrator to sympathize with you and feel compelled to fix the problem.
Purpose: This writing assignment is meant to bring about change to our school or community, or world. You are to type a formal letter (one page long) to someone in the school administration or a politician, discussing one major problem that you see in our school or world, and why said problem needs to be rectified.
1) Begin with address and greeting. (proper closing)
2) Introduction to assignment, stating the problem.
3) Use TRANSITIONAL WORDS to begin paragraphs.
4) Paragraphs are to be persuasive. You want the administrator to sympathize with you and feel compelled to fix the problem.
- A) Coax your audience. Make them feel appreciated (even if they
don’t deserve to be). - B) Divide paragraphs up based on
reasons why the problem negatively affects the school. - C) State any problems that might stand in the way of changing the problem you see in our schools.
- D) Strongly emphasize why fixing the problem will bring about great change and positive outcomes.