Part of the KS3 English curriculum.
KS3 English Year 8: Writing to Argue: Rhetoric and Viewpoint is a step-by-step online learn guide for Key Stage 3 pupils in Years 7 to 9. It covers purpose, audience and form: reading non-fiction like a writer, ethos, pathos and logos: how arguments persuade, rhetorical devices in action: analysing an editorial, building a line of argument: thesis, evidence and counter-argument, cohesion: topic sentences and discourse markers, formal letters and articles: conventions and register and drafting an argument and editing for impact, then brings it all together with mixed retrieval and unit challenge.
There are 23 short steps of about 15 minutes (roughly 6 hours of learning), each made of bite-size explanations with key words, tables and examples, and every bite-size is followed by an activity you check straight away. Key terms include Purpose, Audience, Ethos, Pathos, Rhetorical question, Rule of three, Thesis, Evidence, Cohesion, Topic sentence, Convention and Yours faithfully.
