ELA Lesson: Rhetorical Appeals and Tourism
Created by Teacher(s): Kara Hisatake|Published on: September 27, 2023
Grades: 11, 12
Type: Lesson Plan
Subjects: English Language Arts
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Created by: SubjectToClimate teachers
Region: North America, USA - West, United States, Hawai'i
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Synopsis
In this lesson, students use tourism ads to learn about rhetorical appeals and explore how tourism contributes to a larger carbon footprint.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students discuss perspective and persuasion using images of Hawai‘i.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students analyze rhetorical appeals through oil company advertisements and activist artwork on the carbon footprint of travel.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students design a postcard from the future that uses rhetorical appeals to sway audiences about how climate change will impact Hawai‘i if tourism remains the same.
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Kara Hisatake
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Kara Hisatake holds a PhD in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She has more than six years of experience teaching high school English Language Arts for grades 9–12. Her expertise is in literature and English language arts education.
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