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 Unusual Friendly Letters
A R.A.F.T. assignment that relies on
persuasive writing techniques
The writing of author Mark Teague is currently inspiring student writers to try new techniques with the traits of voice and word choice.
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Student Samples Being Sought:
Grades K, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Student Sample: Early Elementary
Dakota’s House
Highway 44
January 14, 2009
Dear Freckles the Cat,,
 I would really love it if you would pretty please let me chase you. I can’t chase you when your owner yells at me. I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t hide from me. I promise I won’t hurt you, if you let me chase you once in a while. I would also appreciate it if you wouldn’t run up trees. The wood hurts my paws!
If you don’t let me chase you, I’m stuck with my owner watching dumb shows and listening to my owner screech; they call it singing, but that’s not what I hear!. It’s terrible. If you would just let me chase you four days every week, I would be happy.
One other thing, around our owners, we don’t get along! –Secret Friendship. Thank You!
Sincerely,
Shimms the Dog
(and 3rd grader Dakota)
Student Sample: Upper Elementary
Aliens from the nine planets
Unknown place
February 20, 2008
Dear Humans of Planet Earth,
 Are you insane? You are coming into our property of space and putting all this technology junk (space stations) right into our territory. You have your property, and we have ours. Don’t go anywhere near outer space, or we will invade your planet. I mean, if that’s OK, because we’re not trying to be rude, of course.
Another reason, not only you are coming into our space, but you are also landing on our property with your space shuttles. Then you always explore the planet that you landed on. Is that rude or what!?
Can we satisfy the leaders of your planet by having some U.F.Os stop by for a visit? If you get everything that you put in our galaxy out, then that can be arranged. The thing that we are really mad about is that you are going to shoot missiles at a satellite in space. That satellite, which you humans built, is as big a school bus. What if one of the missiles went at one of our planets?
You know that space probe thing that looks around Mars? I mean, come on. Now not only you humans are exploring, but you are also using machines! What if we started exploring your planet? Wouldn’t that be embarrassing?
We need to calm down a second… there, that’s better. We just hope that you humans will listen.
From the destroyers,
Aliens
(and 4th grade writer, Trevor)
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