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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 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: 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: 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: Analysis: Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on evidence in the analysis including being selective with evidence, being clear and explicit, and moving past obvious interpretations.
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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 plan focuses on examples of rebuttal and refutation to improve your understanding.
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Graphic
University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Structuring Your Individual Arguments

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A diagram is provided to help students organize an argument. Assertions, sub-assertions, evidence, and counterarguments are included. Click on page 2 at the bottom to see the functions of the above and page 3 to for a practice activity....
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Handout
Other

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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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Organization Appropriate to Purpose, Audience, and Context

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to adjust the organization of your essay to make it appropriate for different purposes, different audiences, and different contexts.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Supporting Claims

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on supporting claims including the distinction between main ideas and supporting details, relationship between purpose and supporting details, sufficient and related support, and support and...
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Formatting Science Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site outlines the necessary elements of a scientific report. The site is broken down into the follow segments: title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion. Within each section is a contents section as well as a...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing Organization

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses writing organization and how the organization of a written work varies based on the type of work it is. Assessment questions follow the lesson. L.9-10.3 knowledge of lang
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Becoming an Effective Listener

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the traits of an effective listener and the identification of popular logical fallacies and propaganda techniques. In addition, there is an Activote at the end to check student...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Map Cause and Effect

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer flipchart uses the fishbone technique to map cause and effect. It is useful for helping students understand and analyze reading passages, historical events, and scientific...
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cause and Effect Papers: Organization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a cause and effect paper.
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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

Question Corner: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A simple discussion of the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning. Helpful to anyone who is having difficulty differentiating between the two.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Academic Argument: Logical Fallacies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This introduction defines logical fallacies and lists reasons to avoid them. Click next at the bottom of each page for more information about fallacies.
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Article
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills:introduction to Rebuttal and Refutation of Counterargument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to rebutting and refuting counterarguments. Click the next button on the bottom right for more information about the counterargument.