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2040 - The Tone of Climate Change
Lesson5 of 6 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8EnglishPersuasive writingText AnalysisEnvironmentalClimate ChangeSustainability
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students explore the emotions that climate change evokes and examine the tones used in messaging around climate change. Students compare and contrast headlines and videos that use a range of tone. In doing so, students evaluate the effect that different tones have on the audience. Students then create their own messaging around climate change. Students use class data, through surveys, to find out which messaging was most effective.
We’ve taken elements of this lesson and adapted them for remote learning. You can find this activity here.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand how tone is created through author choices
- understand that tone impacts on audiences in different ways
Success criteria
Students can:
- identify tone in written and multi-modal texts
- identify examples of author's choices that create or contribute to the tone
- evaluate the varying effect of differing tones
- create their own messaging with a variety of tones
Lesson Guides and Printables
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