8 -12 minute mini-lessons to help students work through the demands of the B.E.S.T. standards for rhetoric
6th Grade
myPerspectives™ Remediation (REM) guided mini-lesson on Author's Craft: Rhetorical Devices and Logical Fallacies.
This video tutorial provides a review of the 3 appeals along with rhetorical devices, and logical fallacies. After modeled practice, students independently practice identifying the devices and fallacies found within a text. (11:42)
9th Grade
myPerspectives™ Reteach and Practice guided mini-lesson on Author's Craft: Diction, Mood & Tone
This tutorial explains how an author's choice of words helps to achieve a specific purpose. Through a review of sound devices, students are provided with a model and independent practice with analyzing text for the mood, tone and author's purpose for writing. (10:45)