Teaching Rhetoric With Taylor Swift’s Blank Space
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” below! Consider using this film as a model for your students, or, if you’d like to receive the corresponding lesson plans that we’ll be...
View ArticleTeaching Rhetoric With Sam Smith’s I’m Not The Only One
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Sam Smith’s “I’m Not The Only One” below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students, or, sign up to receive the corresponding lesson plans that...
View ArticleTeaching Rhetoric With Hozier’s Take Me To Church Recently updated !
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Hozier’s “Take Me To Church” below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students, or, sign up to receive the corresponding lesson plans that we’ll...
View ArticleTeaching Rhetoric With Nick Jonas’s Jealous
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Nick Jonas’s “Jealous” below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students, or, sign up to receive the corresponding lesson plans that we’ll be...
View ArticleTeaching Rhetoric With Super Bowl Commercials!
We’re thrilled to be sharing a series of rhetorical analyses we’ve done of commercials that aired during “the big game.” These are, by nature, rhetorical masterpieces… Certainly worth taking advantage...
View ArticleTeaching Rhetoric With Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students, snag the corresponding lesson plans, or sign up to receive...
View ArticleTeach Rhetorical Analysis With Taylor Swift’s Style
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Taylor Swift’s hit song “Style” — YouTube video embedded below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students as you teach argument writing and...
View ArticleTeach Rhetorical Analysis With Rhianna’s Four Five Seconds
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Rhianna’s hit song “Four Five Seconds” — YouTube video embedded below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students as you teach argument writing...
View ArticleTeach Rhetorical Analysis With Taylor Swift’s Wildest Dreams
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Taylor Swift’s hit song “Wildest Dreams” — video embedded below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students as you teach rhetorical analysis and...
View ArticleTeach Rhetorical Analysis With R. City’s Locked Away
Check out our rhetorical analysis of R. City’s hit song “Locked Away” — YouTube video embedded below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students as you teach argument writing and...
View ArticleTeach Rhetorical Analysis With Old Dominion’s Break Up With Him Recently...
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Old Dominion’s hit song “Break Up With Him” — video analysis embedded below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students as you teach argument...
View ArticleTeach Argument With Adele’s Hello
Check out our rhetorical analysis of Adele’s hit song “Hello” — video analysis embedded below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for your students as you teach argument writing and...
View ArticleTeach Rhetorical Analysis With Coke’s 2016 Super Bowl Commercial
As is the case with many commercials that air during the big game, Coke’s “Coca-Cola With Feeling” ad poured plenty of resources into ensuring that this sixty-second clip would effectively build their...
View ArticleTeach Rhetorical Analysis With Budweiser’s 2016 Super Bowl Commercial
As is the case with many commercials that air during the big game, Budweiser’s “Don’t Drive Drunk” ad (featuring Helen Mirren) poured plenty of resources into ensuring that this sixty-second clip would...
View ArticleTeach Argument With Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez Recently updated !
Check out our rhetorical analysis and synthesis of Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” & Selena Gomez’s “Same Old Love” — video analysis embedded below! We encourage you to use this film as a model for...
View ArticleTeach Argument Through Modern Politics Recently updated !
Politics — ranging from speeches to debates, from presidential campaigns to deliberately placed television advertisements — provide an incredibly rich and authentic resource through which to teach...
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How To Teach Argument Writing
If you don’t teach argument writing, you’re not teaching to the Common Core. Plain and simple. A battery of new standards demand that we teach argument writing and rhetorical analysis to students – and...
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Five Ways To Supercharge PARCC Scores
In light of the forthcoming PARCC test, thousands of districts are scrambling to prepare their students for an assessment that they are not yet prepared to take. What follows is a list of five...
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Three Strategies You’ll Love For Common Core NonFiction
Since its inception, the Common Core has urged educators to incorporate informational and non-fiction texts into curricula across the board. With next-generation assessments coming down the pike,...
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Three Things You Didn’t Know About Gamification
In recent history, gamification has overhauled the way most major corporations do business. You may have noticed that you literally cannot buy yourself a soda without being opted into some kind of...
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