Unit: Persuasion

Resources

Lessons

1. Fact vs. Opinion

   SWBAT distinguish between facts and opinions.

    
2. Main idea: Persuade vs. Inform

   SWBAT determine whether a passage is meant to persuade or inform, based on its main idea.

    
3. Ethos.Pathos.Logos

   SWBAT analyze a persuasive advertisement for its use of ethos, pathos, and logos.

    
4. Audience

   SWBAT write arguments that are aimed at a specific audience.

    
5. Persuasive Letter Pre-Writing

   SW complete pre-writing exercises for a persuasive letter.

    
6. Persuasive Letter Organization

   SWBAT write a correctly organized persuasive letter.

    
7. Persuasive Letter Editing

   SW revise persuasive letters for sentence fluency.

    
8. Five-Paragraph Essay

   SWBAT identify the parts of a five-paragraph essay.

    
9. Intelligent Design Intro

   SW analyze the argument for intelligent design.

    
10. Opposing Intelligent Design

    SW analyze arguments that oppose intelligent design.

     
11. Essay Outline

    SWBAT generate an outline for a persuasive five-paragraph essay.