Persuasive Writing

Marshall found a book in the library called 'Which would you rather be?' by William Stieg, Pictures by Harry Bliss.

 We decided to use it as a persuasive writing prompt where students were asked to choose between 2 objects/living things and justify why. Here are some of the responses...

Options	Choice	Justification
A Stick or a Stone?	Stone	Stone because it is useful to hold paper or something.
An Elbow or a Knee?	Knee	Knee because It is stronger than a Elbow.
A Cat or a Dog?	Dog	Dogs because they protect their owner from strangers .
A Snake or a Crocodile?	Snake	Snake because they can camouflage on the tree.
A Mouse or an Elephant?	Mouse	Mouse because they are fast and sneaky and hard to see and catch.
boy or a Girl?	Girl	Girl because Boys are messy and girls are tidy and cleaner.
Rain or Snow?	Rain	Rain because it could give a nice shower and wash of the dirty stuff.
Thunder or Lightening?	Thunder	Thunder because it can frighten people and let people know that the lightning is coming.
A grown-up or a Kid?	Kid	Kid because you can live your life  longer.
Candy or Cake?	Candy	Candy because it is more sweeter than a cake.
The Moon or the Sun?	Moon	Moon because it can give you more sleeps when you are really tired and when the sun is out you don’t get more sleeps when you are really tired.

Options	Choice	Justification
A Stick or a Stone?	Stick	You would be able to float on water, and you could be thrown very far and it be like you were flying.
An Elbow or a Knee?	Knee	Because it is larger and harder then a elbow.
A Cat or a Dog?	dog	Because there strong and fast and are good for guarding and playing with.
A Snake or a Crocodile?	Snake	Because you would be able to move through bushy terrain really fast.
A Mouse or an Elephant?	Mouse	Because you would be able to go into tiny places.
A Boy or a Girl?	Boy	Because being a boy is better than being a girl
Rain or Snow?	Snow	Because your thick and sticky and would be able to swallow
Thunder or Lightening?	Lightening	Because your super fast and can catch things on fire.
A grown-up or a Kid?	Kid	Because you have lots of time you don’t have to work and you’ll be very energetic.
Candy or Cake?	Candy	Because you can make people super energetic.
The Moon or the Sun?	The moon	Because you can are the brightest thing you see in the sky at night.

Options	Choice	Justification
A Stick or a Stone?	Stone	It gets thrown less.
An Elbow or a Knee?	Elbow	Knees get dirtier.
A Cat or a Dog?	Dog	Dogs are more active.
A Snake or a Crocodile?	Snake	It can kill a Crocodile. That means the Snake is Stronger.
A Mouse or an Elephant?	Mouse	Mice can be pets, So they are more loved.
A Boy or a Girl?	Girl	I like the way I am.
Rain or Snow?	Snow	Snow Is more fun to play with
Thunder or Lightening?	Lightning	Lightning is more Dangerous.
A grown-up or a Kid?	Kid	Kid are sometimes More flexible, So they can have more fun.
Candy or Cake?	Cake	Cake is more expensive so there is less chance of me being eaten.
The Moon or the Sun?	Moon	The Moon is Visible for humans to look at and I like that.

Options	Choice	Justification
A Stick or a Stone?	stone	I can move where mother nature takes me.
An Elbow or a Knee?	albow	I do not get grazed as much.
A Cat or a Dog?	Cat	I can go through tiny gaps, and climb up trees.
A Snake or a Crocodile?	A snake	So I can swallow people whole.
A Mouse or an Elephant?	Mouse	I have always dreamed of being tiny.
A Boy or a Girl?	A boy	To stronger and quicker
Rain or Snow?	rain	So I can fly down like a missile
Thunder or Lightening?	Lighting	So I can strike people
A grown-up or a Kid?	Kid	So I have a bigger imagination and more active
Candy or Cake?	Candy	So I live longer
The Moon or the Sun?	The moon	So it is nice and peacefulsh