This is an activity we did when we were learning how to do Persuasive Writing on the Minotuar here is a sort story of the minotaur. Once there was a really mean king called Minos who used to feed people to his pet monster, the minotaur. A brave guy called Theseus decided he would try to kill the monster. The king's daughter thought Theseus was cool so she gave him some string and a sword to help him. Theseus cut off the monster’s head and saved the people. Something I think I have done well is do my writing with not much help but next time I think I could improve by using more interesting words.
Ka kite anoDear King Minos,
I am writing to you about the fate of the nine doomed youths. I plead for their release on the grounds that:
Firstly it is not a nice way to die because they are not expecting it because they do not know they are going to be chosen.
Secondly the youths that have died could have had a longer life.
Thirdly the maze is a cold and scary place to die.
Finally how would you like to be eaten by the Minotaur in the cold scary maze and not have a future to look forward to?
Like to hear back,
Yours faithfully,
King of Athens
You had a great explanation for this post. Thanks for sharing your learning about Minotaur's. When writing your letter perhaps you needed to think about writing all your arguments based them being still alive (e.g. before they are executed) as your beginning statement doesn't really match your arguments tense.
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