Ethos, Pathos, Logos: Persuasive/Rhetorical Appeals Lesson, Teaching Unit

Persuasive or Rhetorical Appeals are the building blocks for persuasive or argumentative essay writing. This complete lesson is designed introduce middle-high school students to the terms ethos, pathos, and logos.

Student Experience: Students will step into the world of ethos, pathos, and logos with the mindset that these are the key pieces in argumentation. As you deliver the lecture with the eye-catching, no prep PPT, students will fill in their sketch notes. You will guide them through several models, examples, and then they will complete the guided practice. Next, students will identify the terms you just covered in modern examples and complete in an interactive vocabulary exercise. To further their application and understanding, students will participate in a gallery walk. Finally, the worksheet and quiz provided will provide you with the assessment you need to measure understanding.

Included:

• Lecture in 100% editable PPT and Google format (with ORIGINAL print examples and video links)
• Sketch Notes for Guided Note taking (not editable due to font and style choices)
• Guided Practice
• Interactive, editable sorting activity in print and Google digital format
• Interactive, no-prep gallery walk for identify and analyzing ethos, pathos, logos with original ads and textual examples along with commercials
• Practice Worksheet
• Two editable quizzes
• Lesson plan and suggestion pacing
• Graphic organizer students can use with any text for success after the lesson
• Modern-style Classroom Posters

Plus, be sure to check out my Ethos, Pathos, Logos Breakout game, not included in the bundle mentioned above! Ethos, Pathos, Logos Breakout Game

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♥ "This was a lot better than what I had! Students loved the easy notes sheet, and it has been helpful!"

♥ "For introducing rhetorical devices this was a great pack. I have 9th grade students and need to expose them this year for next year. I found the examples great!"

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