Monster hunt – writing a persuasive letter

© 2009 www.teachit.co.uk 11999 Page 1 of 1

Write a letter to the Real Monsters Committee, persuading them for funding to allow you to go on a monster hunt.

Planning

Structure of letter Address Dear Committee, Describe monster Explain why Tell a personal story Final request Sign off

Key words

Nouns

monster hunt expedition trail

Adjectives

enormous fabulous incredible exciting important valuable

Connectives

and which so because but although

Checklist

Use rhetorical questions.

Use exclamation marks.

Use lists of three.

Use the pronoun ‘you’.

Success Criteria

WAF 6, 7, 8 • Use a variety of

sentence types.

• Use full stops at the end of a sentence.

• Use a comma in lists and subordinate clauses.

• Use interesting adjectives, nouns and verbs.

Personal Targets (decided from rough draft)

1.

2.

Description of monster

Explanation

Personal story