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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Success Skills: Critical Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity focuses on critical thinking including a definition, examples, a video of critical thinking in action, logic in critical thinking, questions a critical thinker asks, guidelines for critical thinking, problem-solving, and...
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Handout
Other

Bbc: H2g2 Circular Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent definition and discussion of the term "Circular Reasoning," including a couple of very clear examples.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Rhetorical Context

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on rhetorical context including defining it, questions to ask to understand it, and how it can be useful to the reader and responder.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Logic in Paragraphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on logic in paragraphs including logic, structure, rank order, and organization.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Appeals: Appeals to Logos

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on appeals to logos, or appealing to your audience's logical side including your types of source material, remembering your audience, and being sure to maintain clear lines of reasoning throughout.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Appeals: The Star Criteria

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the STAR Criteria for evaluating appeals to logos; it includes evaluating for Sufficiency, Typicality, Accuracy, and Relevance.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Appeals: Manipulative Appeals to Logos

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on how to determine if an appeal to logos is manipulative. It also provides a practice activity.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Appeals: Kairos and Logos

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the 4th logical appeal called Kairos, a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Academic Argument: Argumentative Thesis Statements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on argumentative thesis statements and on recognizing an arguable thesis.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Academic Argument: Practice: Argumentative Thesis Statements

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This practice exercise focuses on recognizing and evaluating argumentative thesis statements.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Appeals: Appeals to Ethos

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on appeals to Ethos, When you evaluate an appeal to ethos, how successfully a speaker or writer establishes authority or credibility with his or her intended audience. You ask yourself what elements of the essay or...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Appeals: Establishing Ethos

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on establishing ethos or credibility. You can establish ethos-or credibility-in two basic ways: you can use or build your own credibility on a topic, or you can use credible sources, which, in turn, builds your...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Putting It Together: Rhetorical Appeals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson brings together the rhetorical appeals including Logos, Pathos, and Ethos and how to identify and apply each. Click the Next link for more information.
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Article
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Analysis: Suspend Judgment

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on the need to suspend judgment and keep an open mind while analyzing a situation or researching a topic.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Common Logical Fallacies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on logical fallacies including defining them, discussing the different types of logical fallacies, and a practice activity.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Spotting Logical Fallacies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on recognizing common logical fallacies and evaluating them in texts. It also provides a practice exercise.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Formula for Refutation and Rebuttal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the formula for refuting and rebutting counterarguments including accurately representing opposing viewpoints, using a respectful, non-incendiary tone, using reliable information, using qualifying words to aid...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Further Your Understanding: Refutation and Rebuttal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on examples of rebuttal and refutation to improve your understanding.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Logic and Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on structure and logic including types and purposes of essays, organizational patterns, argumentative writing, and logic and fallacies.
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Handout
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Wheeling Jesuit University: How to Write a Cause Effect Essay [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This writing lab explains the terms "cause" and "effect" and how to write cause-effect essays.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Identifying and Understanding the Fallacies Used in Advertising

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach about the fallacies used in advertising such as bandwagon appeal, hasty generalizations, red herrings, emotional appeals, and more. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of an Argument Test

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Argument essay terms are included on this test over the following words: argument, claim, support, reasons, evidence, and counterargument. Six multiple choice questions are provided on this assessment.
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of an Argument Match

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Argument terms are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words in this review exercise. for the following words: argument, claim, support, reasons, evidence, and counterargument.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Elements of an Argument Learn

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will type the argument term associated with each definition or example. When given a definition or an example, students will practice identifying the following terms: argument, claim, support, reasons,...