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Key alignment areas
English
Primary learning area
Phases 4-5
Primary progression range
Strong fit
Students examine persuasive texts and notice how logic, emotion, and credibility are used to influence a reader or listener.
How this handout aligns
The handout makes ethos, pathos, and logos visible through analysis and immediate drafting tasks, so students can both recognise and use these appeals.
Useful when kaiako want rhetorical language taught as applied craft rather than memorised terminology.
Strong fit
Students consider audience and purpose when choosing language and argument moves that will be effective in a given context.
How this handout aligns
The prompts ask students to judge which appeal may work best on different audiences, keeping the focus on effect rather than labels alone.
Strong before speeches, editorials, debates, and argument essays.
Supporting fit
Students draw on context, perspective, and values when interpreting or creating arguments in Aotearoa settings.
How this handout aligns
The Aotearoa examples make room for whakapapa, whenua, and community credibility alongside more conventional evidence-based reasoning.
Especially useful where students need help seeing how public argument is shaped by place and relationship as well as evidence.