High School English Writing - Research - Literary Analysis - Argument

Teach high school students to write in every rhetorical mode (mode of discourse), including argumentation and persuasion, rhetorical analysis, literary analysis, and seven other modes.

This resource contains 450 pages of lesson plans, handouts, prompts, rubrics, and assessments. Materials are aligned with Common Core State Standards, TEKS, Advanced Placement standards, and research-based pedagogy.

All material is provided in both PDF and Google Slides.

Units Included

✏️Step-by-Step Literary Analysis

✏️Argumentative & Persuasive Writing: A Complete Unit

✏️How to Teach Rhetorical Modes

✏️Step-by-Step Rhetorical Analysis

✏️The Research Process Step by Step

Modes Included

◈Argumentation

◈Persuasion

◈Rhetorical Analysis

◈Literary Analysis

◈Narration

◈Description

◈Cause-Effect

◈Extended Definition

◈Comparison-Contrast

◈Classification and Division

◈Process Analysis

◈The Research Paper / Persuasive Speech

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Suggestions for Use:

✔️ Teach directly and explicitly from the sequential units.

✔️ Use the resource units as the foundation for lesson plans.

✔️ Pace your course based on the contents page for each unit.

✔️ Pull lessons as needed for remediation and differentiation.

✔️ Prepare students for standardized tests (including the AP English Language & Composition Exam).

✔️ Encourage your student teacher or mentee to use these lessons as a starting point for designing their own units.