Christmas Writing - Persuasive Letter Writing and Elf Application Project
- PDF
What educators are saying
Description
Christmas Writing, Christmas Creative Writing, Elf Application
HO HO HO! 'Tis the season Santa needs extra ELVES on staff!
Help Wanted at the North Pole! is a festive writing project, encouraging students to exercise their creativity and practice the "art" of writing a letter of interest.
Students will begin by listening to How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky (not included) and completing a corresponding graphic organizer. Next, students will receive a Help Wanted at the North Pole! advertisement from Santa, and decide which North Pole department they would like to be employed in if they were to be hired as an elf! They will go through the entire writing process as they "apply" for a job at the North Pole, practicing a real-life skill. They will pre-write (brainstorm), listen to mini-lessons/ draft a letter of interest, revise and edit, and then publish their work. To finalize their project, students will create a North Pole Elf from their letter of interest and the provided stencil templates.
Includes the Following:
Teacher Instructions
How Santa Got His Job Graphic Organizer & Answer Key Suggestions
Help Wanted at the North Pole! Advertisement
Example Letter of Interest (Great for projecting on the whiteboard).
Example Letter of Interest Handout
Hire Me as an Elf! Graphic Organizer
Scoring Rubric
Final Draft Paper
8 Goal (Objective) Posters in student friendly language
5 Vocabulary Posters
Revising / Editing Focus Poster & Handout
Improve Your Voice! Poster & Handout
North Pole Elf (Craftivity) Teacher Instructions and Example
North Pole Elf Stencils
If you enjoy this Christmas creation, check out my other festive resources...
*NEW!* The New Year's Eve Elapsed Time Scavenger Hunt is a fun way to practice the ever tricky elapsed time concept. Hide New Year's themed word problem cards around your classroom.
Twas the Night Before Christmas Roll & Sort is an engaging way to practice categorizing words by their part of speech (common noun, proper noun, adjective, & verb).
Plus, there's nothing like a round of Christmas Multiplication "I Have...Who Has?" to practice multiplication word problems, while getting in the spirit of the season!
