6th Grade: Argumentative Letters to Our Governor

The 6th graders are just finishing up writing letters to the governor presenting reasons for creating more hydroelectric dams in Wisconsin, or fewer dams. In the letters, I am looking for good organized paragraphs that explain their reasons. I hope that they can finish up their letters this week!

Here's an example of one student who finished already:

Dear Mr. Walker:

I am a sixth grader at Greenfield School located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I am learning about hydroelectric power in my school.

I strongly suggest we should build more dams, because it does not make air pollution and pollution makes ugly, dark skies. The coal mines could run out of coal to make electricity. 

I think we should build more dams because it is the cheapest type of energy. A lot of people can afford this type of electricity. It is not only cheap for people, it is also cheap to build them.

Mr. Walker, you should make more dams for a lot of reasons, you should really consider it. I hope you understand that not all people can afford the coal electricity, and hydroelectric power is cleaner too. I hope you decide to build more hydroelectric dams.

Sincerely,
Anonymous

Here's a picture of a hydroelectric dam: