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Teach students how to persuade and from whose perspective! This bundle includes a slideshow lesson with interspersed group activities, individual and pair worksheet work, and two short texts with questions and discussion to consolidate the lesson. Students will learn:ToneStylePoint-of-viewEthosPathosLogosKairosAnecdoteRhetorical Question

Teach students how to interpret the structure of writing! This bundle includes a slideshow lesson with interspersed group activities, individual and pair worksheet work, and two short texts with questions and discussion to consolidate the lesson. Students will learn:ForeshadowingFlashbacksIn Media ResPacingPlot TwistJuxtapositionParallelismMotif

Interpret Obama's landmark inaugural speech with an attention to persuasive devices, through short answer questions. Can be taught solo or in tandem with the Persuasive and Perspectival Literary Devices lesson series.

Interpret MLK's landmark speech on the Washington Monument with short answer and class discussion questions. This can be taught solo or in tandem with the Foreshadowing, Flashbacks, and Structural Devices lesson series.