Choose an animal from the Kid's Planet website listed below.
Research
Follow this link to Kid's
Planet.
Go to Get the Facts to find your animal and collect
information about your animal. Fill in your fact sheet
Organize
Organize your ideas to write a letter to
the editor. Use the information on your sheet to complete page 81 in
your Reading Lab book. Come up with at least 3 main ideas to
convince your reader of your position
Write
Review the parts of a Letter to an
Editor. Use the ideas collected on Lab book page
81 to write a Letter to the Editor that convinces readers of the
importance of protecting your specific wild animal. Thin of the ways
humans affect this creature, such as by hunting or using
pesticides.
Your letter should have two or three main ideas that give your opinion of why it's important to protect this animal. Support facts from your fact sheet to support each main idea.
Write your letter in Microsoft Word using correct letter format. Save to your file and print 1 copy.
