Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions

Identify a writer's claims in a text and explain how they support those claims, as well as how they respond to conflicting viewpoints.

Identify the speaker's central claim about climate change and evaluate how she uses relevant evidence to support her claim.

Identify a writer's claims in a text, explain how they support those claims, and evaluate whether the evidence provided is relevant and sufficient.

Explain how the author uses figurative language and literary devices to develop a theme about climate change in a short story.

Explain how authors' specific words and phrases develop tone and meaning across genres.

Analyze the central claims of informational articles and evaluate the evidence given to support them.

Identify claims made in an informational article and assess the relevance and sufficiency of evidence provided to support those claims.

Explain how an author's specific word choices develop meaning and tone.

Analyze the central claims of informational articles and evaluate the evidence given to support them to determine the role that Indigenous peoples play in the fight against climate change.

Explain how the author draws on myths, traditional stories, or religious works to develop meaning in a short story.

Analyze the arguments of two different texts, identify where they disagree, and explain how the authors address conflicting viewpoints.

Analyze the central claims of an informational article and evaluate the evidence given to support them to determine the role that young activists play in the fight against climate change.

Analyze the arguments of two different texts, identify where they disagree, and explain how the authors address conflicting viewpoints.

Compare and contrast the central arguments of two articles about climate change, and explain how the authors acknowledge and respond to viewpoints that differ from their own.

Analyze the central claims of an informational article and evaluate the evidence given to support them to determine the role that young activists play in the fight against climate change. 

Delineate arguments made about climate change and assess whether the evidence provided is relevant and sufficient.