Event Series: AZTESOL Professional Development Series

Enhancing AI-Generated Lesson Plans and Language Activities Using Rhetorical Literacy

Name: Enhancing AI-Generated Lesson Plans and Language Activities Using Rhetorical Literacy
Start: 2025-12-17T16:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-12-17T17:30:00-07:00

December 17 @ 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Enhancing AI-Generated Lesson Plans and Language Activities Using Rhetorical Literacy

Event Title: Enhancing AI-Generated Lesson Plans and Language Activities Using Rhetorical Literacy

Presenter: Nesma Nasr, Ph.D. Candidate, Northern Arizona University

Location: Online (Zoom link will be emailed to the address provided at registration)

Date & Time: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 04:30–05:30 PM (MST)

Event Description:

AI-based lesson planning tools are becoming increasingly common—but when prompts are too general, the results can be ineffective and disconnected from the needs of multilingual learners. This interactive workshop supports educators in creating stronger, more contextualized prompts through rhetorical literacy.

Participants will explore how rhetorical elements—including audience, tone, purpose, genre, and context—can shape more effective AI outputs for lesson plans and language activities. They will also learn how to apply the rhetorical triangle (ethos, pathos, and logos) to critically evaluate AI responses for communicative and pedagogically sound outcomes.

Focusing on a responsible, “human-in-the-loop” approach to AI integration, the workshop includes hands-on practice using laptops and provides both print and digital resources. Educators will leave with practical strategies, an AI responsibility guide, and tools to save time while maintaining high-quality instructional design.

About the Presenter:

Nesma Nasr is a Ph.D. candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at Northern Arizona University. She specializes in bilingual education and emerging educational technologies that support multilingual learners and the educators who teach them.