Extension Week: Write a Letter to the Mayor

This week, the Grade 6 class will be working on and completing formal letters. These are also sometimes called business letters. Formal letters are what we write to people we don't know or those who are of a higher social standing than us. This writing lesson teaches the children a valuable skill that they will be able to use throughout their academic and professional careers.

Students will write a letter to Taipei's mayor, Ko Wen-je. Writing letters to elected officials is an important part of being a citizen of a democracy. It is one of our rights to make ourselves head by those that serve us. Students will write letters about a problem they have noticed in our city and attempt to persuade the Mayor to take action on it. We will mail the letters when they are finished, and I expect to get responses as the Mayor has been good about replying to letters from our students in the past.

We hope to finish the letters by the end of the week and have them mailed after Christmas Break. In the past, my students have received replies from some of the authors they have written to. I hope we are so fortunate again. Please see the materials below to review how to write a formal letter.