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Uncle Cyrus Needs A Job

How did natural resources affect choices people made in our local community?

Bellingham Schools Research Investigation

 

 

Reporting Your Project
Persuasively present your decisions based on your information.

Writing A Letter To Uncle Cyrus

Pretend that you are James and Sadie Booth writing to your Uncle Cyrus.  You have done a lot of research and now you are ready to tell your uncle all about the best job for him in the Bellingham Bay area.

Your letter should include:

§         Correct letter form

§         Names of the jobs you investigated

§         The type of job you decided was BEST

§         The reasons why you chose this job.  Use the answers to your three questions.

§         Give reasons why you did not choose each of the other jobs.  (One reason for each job.)

§         Use Voice in your writing

Be very persuasive!  Write your letter in an interesting way so that Uncle Cyrus will move to Bellingham!  Check the Presentation Rubric for the project to see how your Nextletter will be evaluated.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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