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Grade: 5
Subject: Health
Curricular Goal: The students will be able to write a persuasive business letter explaining the importance of an organ in the human body.

Introduction:
As a body organ, you are an employee of the Human Body Corporation. Due to recent cost increases, the Human Body is having to fire workers. You are anxious to save your job and need to convince your boss that you are the ONLY organ qualified to do your job.

Task:
You need to write a persuasive letter to the Human Body Corporation defending your position in the company.

Process:

In your letter, you need to describe to the corporation the following characteristics of your organ and explain why you are important to the Human Body Corporation.

1. Tell what the name of your organ is and where you are located.

2. Identify what systems of the body you work with.

3. Describe how you work with these systems.

4. List the other organs that work with you in your system.

5. Describe your main functions as a Human Body organ.

6. Tell the corporation how you perform these functions.

7. Tell the corporation why you are important and why they should not fire you.

Resources:
A Look Inside the Human Body

Atlas of the Human Body

Human Anatomy Online

Human Body Unit

Evaluation:
Your letter will be graded on:

1. appropriate format of a business letter
2. grammar
3. spelling
4. neatness
5. punctuation
6. facts about your organ to support your argument to keep your job

Conclusion:
After you have completed this lesson, you will understand the importance of your job at the Human Body Corporation.

Authors: John Grosse, Suzanne Jacobsen and Karen Todaro
Created: October 8, 1999

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