What if students were given the power to design their own schools? It might sound a little scary, but often even young students have some pretty great ideas about how they would like to improve their school. In this two week persuasive writing unit, students will be taught the art of persuasion as they create letters to their principal or teachers in an attempt to persuade them. During this unit, students will be learning or reinforcing the following skills: purpose of persuasive writing, constr