From now until the Christmas break we are focusing on persuasive writing. We have combined our knowledge about letter writing with persuasion by writing a letter to the teachers explaining why they want to go to "We Day".
Today they started brainstorming ideas for a writing assignment called "Santa, I Can Explain!" For this activity, students assume the role of a famous/infamous villain and write a letter to Santa explaining why they don't deserve to be on the naughty list. This includes having to explain away all of the bad things that they did (ex: The Big Bad Wolf could say: Sorry Santa! It was all a misunderstanding, I didn't mean to blow down their houses, I was just having an asthma attack! etc.). The 6's are all so excited! Ask your child which villain their writing from the perspective of.