Rhetorical Analysis Learning Board by Bryn Cancian

10th Grade ELA: Rhetoric

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RI.9-10.6 Determine an author’s perspective or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that perspective or purpose.

Learning Objective: I can identify examples of rhetoric in a text and explain its impact on an argument

1. Remembering

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Students will use Quizzlet flashcards to remember the basic terminology and vocabulary necessary to discuss rhetoric.

2. Understanding

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Students will complete a digital graphic organizer that asks them to map out an author's argument, allowing them to visually understand how an argument is developed and how rhetoric is implemented.

3. Applying

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Students will select a passage from the text to rewrite as a brief persuasive speech and film their revised version on Flip to share with the class.

4. Analyzing

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Students will watch video of a persuasive speech and respond to a series of thought provoking questions throughout the video, explaining why the speech is convincing.

5. Evaluating

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Students will read a set of texts and post brief explications of evidence to evaluate whether each text is persuasive or not.

6. Creating

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Students will use persuasive elements from their learning to create their own argumentative presentations, writing specific argumentative claims, evidence, and reasoning, and including examples of ethos, pathos, and logos. They will present their finished products to the class.