
A little bit touching, a little bit thought-provoking, and a whole lot funny – Super Bowl commercials are rich with material for lessons. Since I’m an English teacher, I see these commercials as the perfect opportunity to cover persuasive appeals, rhetorical devices, literary techniques, and even media choices. I’m sure we all have our favorites for different reasons, but the ones I linked below are the ones I love because I am that nerdy English teacher! I’ve compiled them all in one place for you, so all the research is done. If you haven’t covered Common Core R.7 or SL.2 yet, the Super Bowl would be the perfect opportunity to do so AND make a real-world connection. Your cool teacher rating? 10 out of 10! This Super Bowl Commercials Lesson Plan always “scores big” with my classes!
1) 2013 Dodge “So God Made a Farmer” with Paul Harvey narrating
2) Budweiser Clydesdale “Puppy Love” 2014
3) Monster.com “When I Grow Up” 2008
4) “Cat Herding” (2000) EDS.com
5) “Middle Seat” – Doritos 2015

Here are a couple more of of my favorites…
– Honda, Dream On, 2017 (being the yearbook sponsor, this one had to make my list!)
And check out my other post about making connections with sports in your ELA classroom.
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Love the super bowl theme.
WOW, great commercials for Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Logical Fallacies & rhetorical expression. Thank you!
Thanks! Enjoy 🙂
I do Super Bowl advertising every year, too. Actually worked for a big ad agency for a couple of years so I talk about that, too. My favorite to show is Apple’s 1984 which aired only once during Super Bowl XVIII. I follow it up immediately with 1984 Fortnite – the brilliant parody Fortnite ran in 2020. The kids all know it. And of course I mention Orwell and the book.