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Elf for Hire, A Persuasive Writing Unit

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Cover of Elf for Hire: A Persuasive Writing Unit, featuring the invitation 'Hurry! Santa needs You!'
Cover of the Christmas persuasive writing unit
Teacher introduction lists two graphic organizers, writing paper, a rubric, and elf pieces for display.
Teacher introduction and display resizing notes
Persuasive writing prompt asks why you should be Santa's helper when he needs to hire another elf quickly.
Opening prompt for the elf persuasive writing task
Persuasive writing reference explains that a writer presents an opinion and tries to get the reader to agree.
Definition of persuasive writing
Persuasive writing reference offers six sentence starters, including 'In my opinion' and 'The fact is'.
Six sentence starters for persuasive writing
Elf job application asks for personal information, special skills, reasons Santa should pick you, and references.
Job application for becoming Santa's elf
Persuasive writing organizer prompts students for a main idea sentence, three reasons, and a conclusion.
First organizer: main idea, reasons, and conclusion
Elf persuasive writing organizer begins 'I would make a good elf because' and asks for three reasons.
Second organizer: three reasons to be an elf
Elf writing rubric describes scores from 4 to 1 for reasoning, organization, and writing mechanics.
Four-level rubric for the elf writing task
Elf head display piece for the persuasive writing unit shows a smiling face, pointed ears, and a dotted hat.
Elf head for the writing display
Attributes
Subject

Holiday & Seasonal, ELA, Holidays, Christmas, Writing

Grades

Grade 2, 3

Types

Lesson Plans, Teacher Tools

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Kerry Boles
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About This Product

Elf for Hire: A Persuasive Writing Unit is an engaging way to get your students excited about writing during the holiday season.

Students will be writing about why they should be Santa's helper!

Students will have blank templates, writing prompts and graphic organizers to guide their writing.

What's Included

15-page PDF

Resource Tags

persuasive writing creative writing writing unit winter Christmas Elf for Hire punctuation grammar December literacy

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