Second Graders Wrote Adorable Letters On Behalf Of Shelter Animals To Get Them Adopted, And It Worked

Second grade teacher and shelter volunteer Kensey Jones wanted to give her children a task to write a persuasive essay from the perspective of shelter animals

She tested the idea by bringing a shelter dog to a class

The children loved it, learned how the shelter operates and inspired them to do the creative task

Kensey chose those shelter pets that are usually harder to adopt

The children tried to persuade the potential adopters from the shelter animal's perspective

This persuasive writing task taught many things, including empathy, persuasion, and connecting with the audience

All of the 23 dogs and a cat were adopted

Trinity Episcopal School and the RACC shelter continue their collaborations. This is a photo from Junior Work Week

Kensey thinks that it was very beneficial, and other schools and shelters should copy this