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Do Dea: Contemplation and Argumentation Unit PlanDo Dea: Contemplation and Argumentation Unit Plan
Publisher
Department of Defense
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
1140L
Unit Plan

Do Dea: Contemplation and Argumentation

Curated by ACT

In this self-guided unit, you will read Romantic and Transcendental literature and you will practice the art of persuasion using rhetorical devices, appeals, and refutation while avoiding logical fallacies. By the end of the unit, you will have your own well-written persuasive essay.

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Concepts

debate, fact and opinion, henry david thoreau, point of view, ralph waldo emerson, rhetoric, rhetorical devices, romanticism, transcendentalism, washington irving

Additional Tags

argumentative claims, counter-arguments, department of defense education activity: contemplation and argumentation, fallacies, logical fallacy, lydia marie child, main idea, margaret fuller, oh.ela-literacy.rh.11-12.8, oh.ela-literacy.rh.9-10.8, oh.ela-literacy.whst.9-10.1b, oh.ela-literacy.whst.9-10.1c, persuasive writing, refutations, slippery slope fallacy, types of appeals, writing process, analyzing arguments, clarifying arguments

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

W.11-12.9.b SL.9-10.3 RI.11-12.8 W.9-10.9.b

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