Business & personal finance
Ad Detective: What Is This Ad Really Saying?
Students analyze six original, fictional ad descriptions, name the persuasion technique in each, separate claims from facts, and write their own ad concept.
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English language arts
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: A Timed Argument Paragraph
Students read made-up survey results, identify claims, evidence and reasoning, then write a timed argument paragraph about a school break.
English language arts
Ethos, Pathos, Logos: Dissecting a Town Council Speech
Students read an original speech to a town council, label each sentence as ethos, pathos or logos, and write appeals of their own.
Communications & media
Inform or Persuade? Sorting Speech Excerpts and Appeals
Students sort original speech excerpts into informative and persuasive, match three persuasion appeals, and write a thesis for each purpose.
Social studies
Spot the Technique: Media Literacy and Propaganda
Students learn eight persuasion and propaganda techniques, identify them in made-up ads and slogans, and practice asking smart questions about any source.
English language arts
Warm Up Before You Play: Author’s Purpose
Students read an original sports article, decide why the author wrote it, and match short samples to the four common author’s purposes.