A short collection of resources designed to help teachers and students navigate rhetorical devices and argument.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Rhetorical analysis is a tool for deeper critical reading. When you analyze a text rhetorically, you consider the overall situation and context of the writing and how the needs and constraints of the writing situation may have guided the author’s choices. Rhetorical analysis helps us look at the text itself but also outside the text at other aspects of the writing situation—context, author, audience, genre—that influenced the way this particular text was written. This unit contains two lessons and two activities. This resource was created as part of a Developmental Reading course redesign project, with contributions from Theresa Love and David Pontious and support from an Open Oregon Educational Resources grant.
Material Type: Module
This module covers four rhetorical appeals: ethos, pathos, logos and kairos.
Material Type: Module
Choosing & Using Sources presents a process for academic research and writing, from formulating your research question to selecting good information and using it effectively in your research assignments. Additional chapters cover understanding types of sources, searching for information, and avoiding plagiarism. Each chapter includes self-quizzes and activities to reinforce core concepts and help you apply them. There are also appendices for quick reference on search tools, copyright basics, and fair use.
Material Type: Full Course, Textbook
An activity/ worksheet on the topic of evaluating sources; students generate their own strategies for evlauating sources, compare to the CRAAP test, and use their strategy on an information source.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This tutorial outlines the differences between different types of sources: scholarly journals, popular magazines, trade journals, newspapers, and book reviews.
Material Type: Lesson
The current challenges in the English language classrooms are students’ lack of interest in conventional teaching and learning activities as well as limited attention span during lessons. In view of this, the gamification element is injected inside the classroom by utilising a creative approach to the existing conventional scavenger hunt game. The implementation of an android application with AR capability allows the students to play educational quizzes. The two-fold objectives of this project included: (1) developing an android-based fun quiz application with AR technology which was location-based so students could experience interactive learning environment; and (2) investigating the implementation of this mobile application during English lessons.
Material Type: Reading
