Fun Persuasive Writing Food Sales Pitch and Fun Descriptive Travel Writing

The first unit is a fun persuasive writing project aimed at middle school students. It involves several parts. First, students must develop an original food product. Then, students will write a persuasive letter convincing a food company to produce their product (a template is provided). Next, students will design a 2-D or 3-D model of their food product packaging. Lastly, students will create a two-minute oral sales pitch aimed at pitching their product to a food manufacturing company. Students use the food model as a visual aide for their sales pitch. Each step of this project has a detailed grading rubric! Students come up with the best ideas for this project! I've had everything from Chocolate Empanadas to Salsa-Flavored Cereal to Beef-On-The-Go.

The second unit is a 10 page, fun descriptive writing unit aimed at middle school students. Students will create three different projects based on a fictitious travel destination they develop. They will create a descriptive sales letter, a travel brochure, and a video or powerpoint presentation. Each of these three projects comes with a detailed grading rubric for the teacher! Enjoy!