I was blown away by how well she had written the letter.
The classroom teacher then shared with me the activity that led up to such a great letter.
The class had read "The Day the Crayons Quit" by Drew Daywalt, pictures by Oliver Jeffers.
They then had to imagine that they were one of the objects sitting in their pencil tin on their desk and they had to be that object and write a persuasive letter to themselves as though they were the object - voicing the objects point of view. This was a great introduction to persuasive writing.
I have found a Youtube copy of the story, in case anyone else is interested in doing a similar lesson. The students all really enjoyed the lesson and my other EAL/D students very proudly shared their letters too. All had done a great job!