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Tag: persuasive writing

Lesson Plan: Should You Fly in the U.S. Now?

March 26, 2026 Ann S. Michaelsen

Fasten Your Seatbelts, Flying Already Sucks. Trump Just Made it Even Worse. Reich, Robert. “Flying Already Sucks. Trump Just Made

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Lesson Plan: Would You Apply for a “Backup Passport”?

March 24, 2026 Ann S. Michaelsen

After Canada relaxed parts of its citizenship-by-descent rules in December 2025, many Americans began combing through their family trees to

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Lesson plan; Analyzing Mark Carney’s WEF Davos Speech (rhetoric, argument, and “rupture” politics)

January 22, 2026 Ann S. Michaelsen

EU leaders would do well to meditate on the seminal lesson that the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, delivered at this year’s

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Lesson Plan: Rhetoric, Literary Devices, and Interpretation in Contemporary Political Commentary

January 7, 2026 Ann S. Michaelsen

Core Text: “The January 6th Insurrection Didn’t Fail, it Just Took Five Years” by John Pavlovitz (as provided)Recommended Level: Upper

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The Learning Network

December 17, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

The 10 Most Commented-On Writing Prompts of 2025 These are the writing prompts that garnered the most student responses on

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Lesson Plan: “I Used to Think I Loved America” — Analyzing Rhetoric and Language Features in the Writing of John Pavlovitz

May 23, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

About the Author: John Pavlovitz John Pavlovitz is an American pastor, writer, and social justice advocate known for his outspoken

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