Narrow Your Topic (Erica Larsen)
Prep: Bring extra whiteboard markers;Objective: Help students brainstorm and understand exactly how narrow their topics need to be Opening (5 min): Welcome and PrayerRush-Write (10 min): When has research made …
Paragraphs and Flow (Erica Larsen)
Objective: Help students understand the need for flow within their paper Opening (5 min): Welcome and Prayer Discussion (15 min): Why is flow important? What things have you done …
Introductions and Conclusions (Erica Larsen)
Opening (5 min): Welcome and Prayer Rush-Write (10 min): Choose a partner who knows nothing about your topic, and describe your argument. For the rush write, what did they need …
TED Talks and Visual Rhetoric (Lauren Poet)
Objective: Introduce students to the TED talk format and have them begin discussing a prompt. Students will understand importance of visual rhetoric through discussion and a class activity. Teacher Preparation: Print …
Peer Review (Lauren Poet)
Objective: Students will learn how to respond to criticism gracefully and learn the peer review can be an important part of the writing process. Performing peer reviews will allow students …
Confronting Bias / Rhetorical Listening (Lauren Poet)
Objective: After a quiz activity and guided discussion about recognizing various types of bias and representation, students will be prepared to collaborate in small groups to successfully compose a short …
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis (Lauren Poet)
Objective: Students will understand the Rhetorical Analysis assignment and the shift from Op Ed to RA. Students will demonstrate an awareness of objective analysis by analyzing multiple rhetorical situations and …
Character and Emotion (Katie Johnson)
Lesson Prep Objective: Students will identify key strategies for developing character and will compare and contrast effective and ineffective appeals to emotion. By watching Serena Williams in a commercial and …
Narrowing Your Research Topic (Nate Wood)
Note: This is my way of instructing how to narrow a research question for the Conference Paper. Narrowing a research question is vital because writing a paper on a broad …
Introducing Genre (Nate Wood)
Note: This is how I teach genre. I typically teach genre the same day I introduce the opinion editorial assignment. So, the goal of this lesson is to help students …
