LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

I teach English at Manteo High School in Manteo, North Carolina. I have been here for sixteen years, teaching mainly eleventh grade, all levels — basic, average, honors and AP.

Resources created by Dave Guiley

Jonathan Edwards and the art of persuasion
In this lesson, students will study the elements of persuasive writing in Jonathan Edward's “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” according to the following criteria: speaker, audience, occasion, and means of persuasion, and then analyze a contemporary piece of writing, such as an advertisement, for similar elements.
Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
By Dave Guiley.