2. Writing a persuasive letter …
For The Love of Music
Writing a persuasive letter …
Writing to persuade is writing to get someone to agree with a point you are making.
In order to do this you need to decide what it is you most like about your topic.
In our case – listen to these pieces of music and make a table (links below) …
Things I Do Like
Things I Don’t Like
Rite of Spring
Zadok the Priest
Symphony No. 10
Peer Gynt – Suite No. 1

3. Writing a persuasive letter …
For The Love of Music
Writing a persuasive letter …
Now you have your basics it is time to start panning how you will structure your letter.
One thing to think about is using ‘Connectives’ – these are useful when you want to list how much you enjoy the music …
Here are some Connectives … can you think of 5 more you could use in your letter?
firstly similarly let alone however
for example whereas
before since after all for instance

4. Writing a persuasive letter …
For The Love of Music
Writing a persuasive letter …
Now you have your ideas it is time to write your letter!
Written letters have a very clear structure that you need to stick to …
You must include – a greeting ‘Kia Ora’ – ‘Dear Sir’ – ‘Hello’
You must include the date you are writing the letter on – DD/MM/YY or DD ‘Month’ YEAR
You should use paragraphs to define what you say and the persuasive points you are making.
You need to sign off with an appropriate ending – ‘yours sincerely’ – ‘yours faithfully’ – ‘thanks in kind’
The next slide will give you an overview into this structure.

5. Writing a persuasive letter …
For The Love of Music
Writing a persuasive letter …
Your Address
Date
Greeting
Dear APO,
Introduction Paragraph
State why you are writing the letter here …
Next Paragraph
Why you enjoyed the music, what was it specifically you liked?
Concluding Paragraph
What music experience do you have? Why should you be invite to the concert?
Appropriate Sign Off
Your Name

6. Writing a persuasive letter …
For The Love of Music
Writing a persuasive letter …
Last year’s winner’s letter looked like this …
Hello Andrew
My name is Grace and I want to go to a concert because I have never been to one before, I play the piano and am in the school orchestra-I want to see what a real one is like.
My favourite piece out of your season brochure is Saint-Saëns from the "Fantastic“ concert because it has piano and violin in it which I like, it is quite loud and energetic in some places and softer in others. Also, it sounds joyful and like summertime. Then it gets louder for a bit then quieter and sounds a bit sad. Next there is a bit were you can hear the piano a lot, the violin then the piano again which gets louder and then plays a melody thing. At the end it goes soft then stops.
That is basically what I like about it, if you can get me a ticket that would be great.
Thanks,
Grace
P.S - I am 10 years old and have been playing the piano for four years.

7. To Enter Our Competition
For The Love of Music
To Enter Our Competition
To be in with a chance of winning your tickets …
Send a copy of your letter marked ‘FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC’ to:
Auckland Town Hall Level 1,
Queen Street,
Auckland 1010
Or you can contact us by at:
For an extra challenge why not send us a video link you’ve made persuading us why you deserve the tickets!
GOOD LUCK!
Connecting Team