Persuasive Writing Imagine that students in your school can vote to decide the leader of their year level. You are one of three students who have been selected to run for leader. You have to write an article for the special election edition of the school newsletter. You have to convince the other students that you should be elected as the leader. SPECIAL ELECTION EDITION Miln the candidates’ own words il ‘The candidates for next week’s student elections are in prepaest WRITING TASK VotTE for meHINTS Use the planning time to organise your ideas. Stay on the topic: Persuade the students in your year level to elect you as their leader. Remember that you are writing an article for a newsletter. Begin with an introduction that outlines your arguments. Provide reasons that show that you would make the best leader. Finish with a conclusion that persuades readers that your leadership would benefit the school. Write different types of sentences. Make sure your sentences are correct, Pay attention to spelling and punctuation. Do not write beyond the space provided. Use the time at the end of the task to check and improve your writing.