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The students will write a persuasive letter about an environmental issue in their local area. They will go through the writing process, guided by the teacher, including brainstorming issues, organizing their ideas, writing a rough draft, revising, editing, and publishing a final draft. The goal is for students to relate to the characters in Hoot by advocating for an issue they care about.

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Writing Connection

The students will write a persuasive letter about an environmental issue in their local area. They will go through the writing process, guided by the teacher, including brainstorming issues, organizing their ideas, writing a rough draft, revising, editing, and publishing a final draft. The goal is for students to relate to the characters in Hoot by advocating for an issue they care about.

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HOOT
Carl Hiaasen

Writing Connection

---------------------------------------The students will write a letter regarding an environmental issue in the area that they
are passionate about. The purpose of the letter is to persuade someone who has the
power to take action on the issue to believe in what the student believes in. The
students will go step-by-step through the writing process, guided by in-class
instruction and discussion, as well as directions on each writing hand-out. The teacher
will start the Writers Workshop with the whole class gathered to brainstorm different
environmental issues that exist in the area similar to the one in Hoot. The teacher will
go over the writing process with students, and remind students of the recently learned
acronym O.R.E.O. for persuasive writing. Students will be able to publish their writing
by typing it up on the computer in order to make their letters official. This writing
piece connects students lives to the book by allowing them to relate to the main
characters in fighting for something that they believe in.

Name__________

What Can You Do?


Think about the environmental issues that are happening right now in our area that we
just brainstormed as a class. Choose one of these issues that you are passionate about
just like Roy, Beatrice, and Mullet Fingers. Write the issue on the trunk of the tree
below. In the top part of the tree, brainstorm what the issue is and create a list of ideas
that you want to do to resolve the issue.

BRAINSTORM

Name__________

ORGANIZE IDEAS
What are some ways you can work toward resolving this issue?
REACH OUT. Who are you going to contact who is in a position to take action? This
may take some researching in books and on the Internet.

GET IT IN WRITING. People are more likely to listen when things are put into writing.
You will need to persuade those you reach out to that this issue is important enough for
their attention. How are you going to put all of your ideas into a letter?

Persuasive Writing
Trying to get the reader to change his or her mind, buy, or do something. Think about OREO:

O: Opinion
o Tell how you feel about the issue.
R: Reasons
o Tell some reasons or information to support your opinion.
E: Examples
o Tell facts with details to support your opinion.
O: Opinion
o Restate your opinion, with feeling. Is your audience persuaded?

Name__________

ROUGH DRAFT

Write your first draft of your letter here in BLUE pen. Skip lines to leave room for revising!
When you are finished writing, revise your paper in GREEN pen to make your writing better.
Then, edit your letter in RED pen to correct your writing. Refer to the My Editing Checklist.

Name__________

Name__________

Name______________________________

Date_______________

My Editing Checklist
Directions: Answer each of the following questions by putting a check
( ) in the YES, NO or Corrected boxes.
Questions

YES

NO

Corrected

1. Did I re-read my writing to check for mistakes?


2. Did I start each sentence with a capital letter?
3. Did I end each sentence with a period, an
exclamation point, or a question mark?
4. Did I space my words and write neatly?
5. Did I indent at the beginning of each paragraph?
6. Did I circle any words that I think are misspelled?
7. Did I use a Dictionary or ask for help spelling words?
8. Did I use adjectives in every paragraph to add details
to my writing?
9. Did I tell WHO?, WHAT?, WHEN?, WHERE?,
WHY? and HOW??
10. Did I ask someone else to read my writing to check for
mistakes I might have missed?

Now it is time to bring your rough draft to your student-teacher writing conference.

Name__________

FINAL DRAFT

Write your final draft of your letter here in PENCIL. Skip lines to leave room for corrections!
When you are finished writing, repeat the writing process. Is your paper ready to be published?

Name__________

PUBLISH
Have you made corrections to your Final Draft? If so, congratulations! You may now publish your
writing by typing it up on the computer. This will make your audience see that you mean business!

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