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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.
Article: “Indigenous knowledge is crucial in the fight against climate change—here's why” by United National Development Programme — (ending at "How is UNDP supporting Indigenous Peoples and their knowledge?")
Article: “Indigenous climate efforts vital to fight against environmental destruction” by Kiara Alfonseca
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Identify a writer's claims in a text and explain how they support those claims, as well as how they respond to conflicting viewpoints.
Standards
RI.8.6RI.8.8
Identify the central claim of Greta Thunberg's argument about climate change and evaluate how she uses relevant evidence to support her claim.
RI.8.1RI.8.8
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 to establish tone and develop meaning in a short story.
RL.8.4RL.8.9
Explain how authors' specific words and phrases develop tone and meaning across genres.
RI.8.1RI.8.4RL.8.1RL.8.4
Analyze the central claims of informational articles and evaluate the evidence given to support them to determine the role that corporations play in contributing to climate change.
Identify claims made in an informational article and assess the relevance and sufficiency of evidence provided to support those claims.
RI.8.4RL.8.4
Explain how the author uses figurative language to develop meaning in a short story.
RL.8.2RL.8.4RL.8.9
Research the possible impacts of climate change and begin to brainstorm aspects of setting for climate fiction narratives.
W.8.3W.8.8W.8.9
Draft two paragraphs vividly describing the setting of your climate fiction narrative.
W.8.3W.8.3.aW.8.3.bW.8.3.d
Draft a short climate fiction scene.
W.8.3W.8.3.a
L.8.2L.8.2.aW.8.3W.8.5
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.
RI.8.6RI.8.9
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.
RI.8.1RI.8.2RI.8.8
Delineate arguments made about climate change and assess whether the evidence provided is relevant and sufficient.
RI.8.2RI.8.8
Engage in a Socratic Seminar with peers, responding directly to others by rephrasing and delineating arguments, determining the strength of evidence, and posing clarifying questions.
SL.8.1SL.8.1.dSL.8.3SL.8.4
Research the potential local impacts of climate change in preparation for writing a letter to a congressperson.
W.8.1W.8.7W.8.8W.8.9
Outline a letter urging a congressperson to take action to stop climate change.
W.8.1W.8.1.aW.8.1.bW.8.5
Draft a letter urging a congressperson to take action to stop climate change.
W.8.1W.8.1.aW.8.1.bW.8.1.cW.8.1.e
L.8.2L.8.2.aW.8.1W.8.1.d
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