Writing Persuasive Letters

In Room 4 we are writing letters to the Conservation Minister Nick Smith to try and persuade him to do more to protect the Maui Dolphin.  As part of this Leilani, Demetrius, Constance and Ricky were learning about Modal verbs and how they change the persuasiveness of our letters. Here is a cline they worked together to complete and some sentences they wrote using strong modal verbs.

Should we throw our rubbish into the sea?

Topic: Should we throw our rubbish in the sea?

I think we should not throw our rubbish in the sea. If we throw our rubbish in the sea, all the sea creatures will die and we will have no fish to eat. Also, rubbish pollutes the ocean and that means we won’t be able to swim in the ocean anymore. As you can see, it is not good to throw our rubbish in the sea.