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Amy's Balancing Act - Books about climate change

PrimaryYear 5 - 6EnglishLearning through literatureEnvironmentalClimate ChangeEnergySustainability

Lesson Summary

Amy’s Balancing Act by Bjorn Sturmberg and Laura Stitzel is a colourful, easy-to-read picture book for younger kids perfect for starting conversations about energy and its impact on the climate.

Learning intentions

Students will:

understand the effects of text structures and language features on audiences.

Success criteria

Students can:

describe the effectiveness and challenges of using the structure of a kid's picture book to affect audiences
explain renewable energy sources within the content of Amy's Balancing Act
create their own fables to demonstrate their mastery of using text structures to communicate messages to audiences.

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