Students will learn how an author's use of ethos, logos, and pathos affects their overall argument. The teacher will deliver a lecture on these rhetorical devices and provide supplemental materials. Students will then practice identifying these devices in small groups using short passages. For independent practice, students will read an essay and identify the rhetorical devices used. Their understanding will be assessed through an AP style essay analyzing the devices in an argument. Those struggling will receive remediation through pre-teaching or small group sessions.

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Students will Lecture on Ethos, Small group work Homework: Read essay Write an AP style Pre-teach ethos,
understand how an Logos, and Pathos on short passages and identify ethos, logos, essay analyzing logos, and pathos.
author’s use of identifying ethos, and pathos. Socratic an author’s Remediation session
ethos, logos, and logos, and pathos seminar discussing the argument. at lunch on the
pathos affects his and their effect on effects. effects.
overall argument. overall argument.
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HCHP essay question
Lecture note outline Discussion starters Essay structure Essay structure
HCLP for students to fill in outline review
Supplemental “cheat sheet” “cheat sheet”, notes None Pre-teach
LCHP reading, acceleration
LCLP Acceleration, lecture “cheat sheet” “cheat sheet” Essay Pre-teach,
note outline structure/outline remediation
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