Powerful orators make their messages compelling with a combination of factors. Learn how to be an inspirational speaker with a reading assessment activity that presents a list of persuasive speaking techniques, as well as two speeches that employ various combinations of the strategies.

Concepts

argumentative writing, persuasive arguments, persuasive speeches, writing speeches, literary analysis, rhetorical devices

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

english language arts

Show More Show Less

Instructional Ideas

• Use during an election season, and show past and current political speeches that contain the appeals detailed in the lesson
• Incorporate into a unit on ethos, pathos, logos
• Bring to an extracurricular speech and debate program

Classroom Considerations

• Third page of the resource is an advertisement for the publisher's curriculum
• Contains a speech from a Republican president (George H.W. Bush) and a Democratic president (Barack Obama)
• Passages are Lexile® levels 810L and 960L

Pros

• Contains a teacher guide that includes writing rubrics and instructional tips
• Ideal for a unit on reading informational text, as well as rhetorical appeals

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 RI.8.4 RI.8.8 RI.8.9 W.8.1.a W.8.7 W.8.8 SL.8.1.a SL.8.4