Ecoliteracies LTS by Alyssa Rose

Colors of the Wind - Disney's Pocahontas

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 01:31:09 UTC

could be shared in the first couple weeks

Homesick: A Plea for our Planet - Andrea Gibson

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 01:35:05 UTC

model text for students spoken word poems to act as intros to their topics in their documentaries

The Lorax (2012)

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 01:38:11 UTC

Clips from movie or excerpts from book could be shared during first couple weeks to introduce ecoliteracies, or during documentary section

Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 01:40:00 UTC

This will serve as our anchor text for the first couple weeks of the unit, leaning heavily into rhetoric and how this could be used on the AP test

"Wild Geese"- Mary Oliver

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 01:45:32 UTC

great eco-anxiety med to remind students that the core of this unit is something that's important to them and one thing we might be able to do about it :,)

The Anthropocene Reviewed - John Green

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 01:47:09 UTC

paired with the podcast, students will utilize the chapter "Auld Lang Syne" as a model text to write their own research-based opinion essay to scaffold for their final summative

Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 01:51:12 UTC

NOT APPROPRIATE FOR HS but has similar themes to Frankenstein, and could potentially pull passages to analyze alongside

On the False Promise of Climate Fiction

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 15:19:26 UTC

literary criticism article to be paired with "Stories to save the world" and used to analyze rhetorical choices, as well as introduce climate fiction in a critical way

Stories to save the world: the new wave of climate fiction

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 15:20:47 UTC

literary criticism article to be paired with "On the False Promise of Climate Fiction" and used to analyze rhetorical choices, as well as introduce climate fiction in a critical way

The Paris Agreement

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-01 15:25:12 UTC

could be used during first couple weeks while introducing ecoliteracies, have students analyze (based on this article) what it means for us as a country to have pulled out of the Paris Agreement

The Concept of "Deep Time"

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-03 01:48:35 UTC

helpful visual to contextualize how long humans have been on the Earth, and how huge of an impact we've had in such a short amount of time, could analyze the rhetoric of this image in the first week as well

Parable of the Sower - Damian Duffy

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-03 19:38:55 UTC

will serve as a pairing with the novel, certain chapter will be shared in class to aid in visualization

Interstellar (2014)

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-08 19:47:12 UTC

optional, clips for docu section or intro

Wall-E (2008)

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-10 14:26:01 UTC

optional, clips for docu section or intro

Capturing the Anthropocene: Changing Depictions of the Climate Crisis

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-15 15:21:45 UTC

Photographs for lesson on climate change photography in first couple weeks

The Importance of Climate Change Photography

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-15 15:23:00 UTC

could be read in class before lesson on climate change photography

More Photographs

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-15 15:23:49 UTC

Photographs for lesson on climate change photography in first couple weeks

More Photographs

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-15 15:25:12 UTC

Photographs for lesson on climate change photography in first couple weeks

Dry - Neal Shusterman

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-29 16:12:39 UTC

first few chapters will be excerpted as a pairing with Parable of the Sower to help envision setting

The Pulse of the Earth - Adam Bobbette

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-29 16:17:37 UTC

excerpted in the first couple of weeks of class to introduce ecoliteracies and invite students to consider how other cultures might have impacted the Earth

Alexandria - Paul Kingsnorth

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-29 16:18:10 UTC

to be excerpted and paired with PotS to compare the religious aspect/ perspective, and what that adds to the story/ issue of climate change

Anthropocene: the Human Epoch (2018)

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-29 16:22:24 UTC

would be clipped for documentary tasting lesson (model text for summative)

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-29 16:23:06 UTC

students will have the option to choose a poem from "Leaves of Grass" for open-ended meaning making first couple weeks

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (1818)

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-29 16:25:26 UTC

Chapter when the monster is created will be excerpted as a writing prompt to help introduce ecoliteracies and ask students what they think of this unique manipulation of nature, rhetoric of writing & themes as well

Faithful Elephants - Yukio Tsuchiya

roseam7_1 — 2025-04-29 16:29:09 UTC

pathos model for picture book rhetoric lesson

Be a Good Ancestor

roseam7_1 — 2025-05-06 15:39:42 UTC

logos model for picture book rhetoric lesson

Saving American Beach

roseam7_1 — 2025-05-08 03:51:53 UTC

ethos model for picture book rhetoric lesson

Jane (2017)

roseam7_1 — 2025-05-15 23:33:58 UTC

would be clipped for documentary tasting lesson (model text for summative)

Food, Inc. (2008)

roseam7_1 — 2025-05-15 23:35:39 UTC

would be clipped for documentary tasting lesson (model text for summative)

Flint (2020)

roseam7_1 — 2025-05-15 23:38:20 UTC

would be clipped for documentary tasting lesson (model text for summative)

A Plastic Ocean (2016)

roseam7_1 — 2025-05-15 23:47:01 UTC

would be clipped for documentary tasting lesson (model text for summative)

The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion (2019)

roseam7_1 — 2025-05-15 23:49:43 UTC

would be clipped for documentary tasting lesson (model text for summative)