This unit plan aims to teach 11th grade students about logical fallacies over the course of one week. The plan introduces nine common fallacies on day one and assigns a video essay. Subsequent days involve analyzing speeches, social media, and advertisements for fallacies. Students workshop their essays on day four and present them on day five. The goal is for students to identify, describe, and create four fallacies with 85% accuracy. Technologies used include PowerPoint, YouTube, social media, radio/podcasts, and video editing software.

1. Unit Plan:
Logical Fallacies
By: Kennedi Woodall

2. Analyze Learners
General Character :
 Grade 11
Aged 15 to 16
20 Students- 8 Boys, 12 Girls
Specific Entry :
Discussion of Fallacies

3. Main Objective
At the end of a one week period, my
students will be able to identify, describe,
and create at least four different logical
fallacies with 85% accuracy. In order to do
this, my students will participate in classroom
and group analysis of speeches and ads and
then complete their own analysis via a video
essay.

4. Daily Breakdown
 Day One :
 Discussion and Introduction of Fallacies
(Slippery Slope, Hasty Generalization, Post Hoc, Begging the
Claim, Circular Argument, Either/Or, Ad Hominem, Red Herring,
Straw Man)
 Assign Video Essay
 Day Two :
 Analysis of Speeches (YouTube, Radio, Podcasts)
 Day Three :
 Analysis of Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
 Analysis of Advertisements (Television and
Magazine)
 Day Four :
 Workshop
 Day Five :
 Video Essay Presentations

5. Technology
PowerPoint
YouTube
Social Media
Radio and Podcasts
Television
Moviemaker

6. Works Cited
Weber, Ryan, and Allen Brizee. "Logical Fallacies."
Purdue OWL: Online Writing Lab. The Writing
Lab and The OWL at Purdue and Purdue
University, 3 Nov. 2013. Web. 14 Sept. 2015.