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Persuasive Appeals Activity with Pathos, Logos, and Ethos

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Make pathos, logos, and ethos memorable with this fun design-a-billboard activity! Students choose any product or brand to advertise, and they brainstorm emotional, logical, and credible methods of promoting the product. They then design a

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

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Fun Essay Hooks Writing Game and Practice Activity for Middle School ELA

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"But I don't know how to start!" Sound familiar? Even when our students have great ideas, they don't always know how to hook their readers with engaging introductions for their essays. This fun game and activity changes that!First, students are

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Logical Fallacies Lesson and Activity

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Teenagers love to argue, and that's not necessarily a bad thing! As teachers, it is our responsibility to teach our students how to argue -- and how to recognize faulty logic in the arguments of others.In this lesson, students learn 7 types of

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

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Essay Hooks Bundle for Writing Introductions | Lesson | Practice | Activities

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Your students are full of good ideas. They have strong opinions. They know what to say. They just . . . don't know how to start. Sound familiar?Use the Q.U.A.C.K. acronym to help your students learn 5 effective hooks to start their essays and grab

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Persuasive Writing Paragraph Activity for Middle School ELA

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Do your students' paragraphs lack focus and logical order? Does their persuasive writing read more like a disorganized rant than a logical presentation of ideas? This activity gets students to think about paragraph order more deeply while having fun

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Writing Essay Hooks Lesson | Presentation Slides for Teaching

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If your students don't know how to start their essays, you're not alone! Middle school students often don't understand the art of writing essay hooks and introductions, but this fun middle school lesson makes writing introductions memorable and

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Essay Bundle for Middle School | Prompts | Rubrics | Worksheets | Activities

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Middle school essays don't have to be boring, intimidating, or the end of your personal life. In fact, these essays can become some of your students' favorite memories from middle school while you are free to make memories of your own!Twelve guided

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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RL.6.1, RL.7.1, W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.6.1c, W.6.1e, W.6.2c, W.7.1, W.7.1b, W.7.1c...

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Supporting Claims with Evidence | Lesson | Examples | Activity

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Convincing our students to support their claims with evidence can feel like losing battle sometimes. Often our students come to us with a very vague understanding of what support really means. They need concrete examples and plenty of practice in

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Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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W.6.1b, W.7.1b, W.8.1b

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Logical Fallacies Game for Middle School ELA

By UPBEAT ELA

Don't let your students be fooled by faulty logic! Help them learn to identify and avoid common logical fallacies with this fun and engaging game.In this game, students draw game cards with logical fallacies, definitions, and examples. The first

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Essay Writing for Middle School | Full Year

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Writing middle school essays has never been so much fun.These fun, mysterious, and engaging writing prompts will spark debate and intrigue in your classroom.This bundle includes 13 guided essays for your students to write, one step at a time.True

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Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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RL.6.1, RL.7.1, W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.6.1c, W.6.1e, W.6.2b, W.6.2c, W.7.1, W.7.1a...

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Essay Hooks Writing Practice for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

"But I don't know how to start!" Have you heard that complaint as often as I have? Even when our students have amazing ideas for their essays, they don't always know how to hook their readers with engaging introductions. These handouts give them the

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Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Handouts

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Persuasive Appeals Activity | Break Up Using Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

By UPBEAT ELA

Practice using ethos, logos, and pathos as your students write hilarious (and persuasive) breakup letters for their significant others.Do the persuasive appeals sound like a bunch of Greek to your students? I mean, technically, they are Greek, but

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Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

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Monroe's Motivated Sequence Project

By UPBEAT ELA

This memorable and engaging project helps students understand Monroe's Motivated Sequence and put it into practice!Every year in my public speaking class, I teach a motivational speech unit to my students using Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. Because

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Oral Communication

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Writing Essay Conclusions Lesson | Presentation Slides | S.L.O.T.H. Acronym

By UPBEAT ELA

If your students don't know how to conclude their essays, you're not alone! Middle school students often don't understand the art of writing essay conclusions, but this fun middle school lesson makes writing with closure memorable and almost

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1e, W.6.2f, W.7.1e, W.7.2f, W.8.1e, W.8.2f

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Citation Activity for Middle School ELA Research Writing

By UPBEAT ELA

Do your students struggle to understand which statements need citations in their research papers? This fun and simple sorting game helps students see the difference between statements that need to be credited with in-text citations and those that do

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Games

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FREE Argumentative Essay Writing Prompts for Middle School

By UPBEAT ELA

These FREE argument writing prompts are super silly and engaging for middle school essays.Each writing prompt includes a little background information to hook your students' interest along with the question they must answer:1. Is pizza a

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Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts

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Persuasive Appeals Writing Activity for Middle School | Change a School Rule

By UPBEAT ELA

Do your students ever feel like what they're learning doesn't matter? With this writing activity, students actually have the chance to make a difference as they use ethos, logos, and pathos to convince their school board to change a current school

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$2.00

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Persuasive Appeals Football Game Commercial with Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

By UPBEAT ELA

Up your students' persuasive game with this fun persuasive appeals activity! Each student chooses a product to sell in a commercial that will play during the big football game. They get thirty seconds to sell this product to their audience, using

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$1.50

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Writing Persuasive Paragraphs Lesson for Middle School with Samples

By UPBEAT ELA

If your students' persuasive paragraphs read more like a rant than a logically organized argument, you are SO not alone.Middle school students have a whole lot to say but often haven't learned the art of organizing their thoughts into logical

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1, W.7.1, W.8.1

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Supporting Claims with Evidence Lesson | Presentation Slides | B.A.G.E.L.S.

By UPBEAT ELA

If your students are full of opinions but don't know how to support their claims with evidence, you are in good company! Middle school students often haven't learned the art of supporting their claims, but this fun middle school lesson makes

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1b, W.7.1b, W.8.1b

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I have taught Reading, Language Arts, Composition, American Literature, British Literature, Public Speaking, Journalism, and Greek & Latin Etymology to over 800 students in grades 7-12.

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I love bringing learning to life with games, projects, and out-of-the-box essay prompts!

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I feel honored to have helped over 90,000 fellow teachers bring life and laughter to their classrooms over the past 10 years.

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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English with teaching certification for grades 7-12.

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