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Climate Schools Programme English 1A: persuasive language in climate reporting

In these lessons the subject of climate change is a lens to explore communication, persuasive language and debate.

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Analyse the language of climate change

This is English lesson 1A of the Climate Schools Programme. In these lessons the subject of climate change is a lens to explore communication, persuasive language and debate. Young people will engage with a lot of information on climate change. This lesson supports you to help them to understand the topic, analyse it and reach conclusions. These lessons do not require a scientific understanding of climate change and focus on English language techniques.

The lesson is designed to:

  • Develop analysis skills to identify persuasive writing techniques
  • Highlight bias in climate change reporting

This resource includes:

  • Climate Schools Programme lesson plan
  • Climate Schools Programme slide deck
  • Climate Schools Programme student worksheets

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