Presentation and handouts

The Writing Wheel.pdf

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11JRHGXykiYcKxiWu3AyxJL-Z7Wuv4dGB/edit#slide=id.p1

About the facilitator

Courtney Brown is a Senior Professional Development Advisor whose work is informed by her years of experiences as a high school and middle school teacher of English and the humanities. Courtney feels privileged to support school leaders and teachers to develop culturally relevant literacy curriculum and practices to enable students and schools to thrive.

https://cpet.tc.columbia.edu/courtney-brown.html

About the workshop

English Language Arts skills are crucial to support students with their learning about climate change. Through reading and discussing relevant, engaging texts, students can build their reading skills, while connecting with the issues and ways to address them. Students can strengthen a range of writing skills by writing about climate change in a variety of genres. As examples, staking a claim and using strong evidence in an argument piece can empower and offer students agency over troubling topics, and narrative writing may allay their anxiety.

Recommended resources

Climate Change Fiction for Middle Years

We the Sea Turtles

27 Middle Grade Books About the Environment & Environmental Activism (+ Printable)

Take Five: Environmental Issues in Middle Grade Novels

20 Middle Grade Books on the Environment & Climate Change

Environmental Novels: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction