Writing a Persuasive Letter for Kids Episode 1 What is it

writing persuasive letter for kids episode one what is it persuasive letter is piece of writing that is sent to another person it is written with the intentions of changing someone's mind or inspiring them to take action in some way why do people write persuasive letters people often want to write persuasive letters when they have strong feelings about something these feelings could be about something you want for yourself or other living things expressing your opinion and ideas could help make the world better place for yourself and other people let's explore some persuasive letters here's an example of persuasive letter written by boy who wanted to change something in his personal life dear mom wouldn't it be great to spend more time with your favorite son if got to stay up half hour later we could have great time together could even help you out around the house sometimes my current bedtime of 8:00 p.m. is too early get home from school at 3:00 then have soccer practice for an hour then we have dinner and before you know it it's time for bed we have no time to play together or watch movies if my bedtime was moved to 8:30 we could do all those things and more if you let me me stay up later could sometimes help you clean the house am great at doing the dishes and wiping the counters you're always complaining about how messy the house is if got to stay up later this problem could be solved in conclusion my bedtime should be moved to 8:30 p.m. we could do fun things together and would help you out around the house thank you for considering my argument sincerely Mikey here's another persuasive letter written by girl who wanted to change something for the people in her Town dear mayor Lawrence would you like to make our town better place creating new park would help make our town better place to live it would give children place to play with each other adults could also walk their pets exercise and meet their friends too Our Town currently only has two parks there is no park near my house and wish there were place for my friends and me to play if we got to play outside more we would be healthier and happier building another Park would also benefit the adults in our town Parks provide place for people to meet one another the park would also be place where people could take their dogs for walks adults would be healthier if they spent time walking or running outside our town needs more Parks Building another Park would help children and adults have better life thank you for considering my argument sincerely Lucy what did you notice about both letters you may have noticed that they both wrote to someone they also both tried to change someone's mind and get something that they wanted they also gave lot of good reasons and thoroughly explained those reasons behind their opinions to learn more about persuasive writing and opinions talk to other people or read about their opinions to learn more about them and yourself