Our Favorite Pizza

In third grade our students take the Maryland School Performance Test for the first time. The test requires certain writing skills. One of the skills is writing persuasive text. In this lesson with the boys I asked them to draw their favorite pizza for Isamu's class and then give me a good reason why it is the best.

I like pepperoni and cheese pizza because it looks yummy and I like the sauce the best.

joshua

Dear Kanako and Ayumi,

I like cheese pizza with pepperoni because it is good. It tastes like cheese. We eat pizza at school.

JONATHAN

Dear Kanako and Ayumi,

Ceese and pepperoni is my favorite pizza because it is good and I like the flavor.

Thomas