Persuasive letter

 In class during  writing  we have been learning to do  persuasive writing. We had to persuade  our principal to stop using plastic bin liners for the classroom bins. We had to make sure that we had three reasons why we think we don't need plastic bin liners. We also had to make sure that we started  our paragraphs with firstly, secondly and finally. Here is my writing.


10th September 2018


Dear Mrs Wallace

At Awahono School we use a lot of plastic bin liners a year.  I think we should stop using some of the bin liners. Here are three reasons why I think we should stop using bin liners.


Firstly, Awahono School uses more than ten bin liners a day and we don’t even need ten because  all we put in them is dry paper and and plastic. We also spend a lot of money  on plastic bin liners  a year. We use ten plastic bin liners a day, fifty a week, five hundred  a term and two thousand a year!


Secondly, at the end of the day the plastic bags are just tied and put into the big black rubbish bag. I think we should stop using the bin liners 
because  we can just tip the rubbish into the big bag. It is also better for the environment because  there will not as much plastic polluting our land and seas if we stop using some of the bin liners.

Finally, we only need plastic bin liners for the wet rubbish like milk cartons and half empty yogurt containers.   We only need them for the wet rubbish  because  it  will stain the metal bin and the dry rubbish can’t stain the bin because it’s not wet!

In conclusion, I think Awahono School should stop using plastic bin liners for the dry rubbish and help the environment by using less plastic bin liners!


Yours sincerely,
Lachlan