Rhetorical Writing

Materials Fees: $0 

Supplies List: Notebook, pen/pencil, Crayons or other coloring utensils 

While using the Writing & Rhetoric books 6-10 curriculum as a guide, students will learn to craft educated argumentative and expository essays, and hone their skills in the art of persuasion by using rhetorical devices. Through group games and discussions that challenge critical thinking, students will learn how to write effective paragraphs and to lengthen their essays in a way that builds their argument rather than repeating them. Being able to revise an essay on your own is a critical writing skill, which students will be able to practice and enhance with their own essays and with their peers’. Once we’ve built a solid foundation, we will begin to read and bring to class Where the Red Fern Grows, and create analysis/interpretive and universal questions for socratic seminar discussions. Character analyses, main ideas, literary devices, rhetorical devices, and themes will be explored. To end the course, students will have the opportunity to create their own short stories using what we’ve learned, and present them to the class with the public speaking skills we’ve improved on. 

Homework Rating : 3-4