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Writing Cli-Fi
Provided by: ClimateScience |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this activity, students practice their creative writing skills and learn about the concept of climate fiction (cli-fi) by writing a short cli-fi story.
- Students select one of five prompts to spur their writing, and optional extension activities for each prompt are included in the teacher guide.
Subjects: English Language Arts
Authors: ClimateScience
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- Writing fiction can help reduce the overwhelming feelings that sometimes can come with learning about climate change problems.
- The prompts are fun and encourage creativity.
Additional Prerequisites
- This can be used as a class activity or homework.
Differentiation
- Teachers can expand on this by having students write a longer piece or create artwork to accompany their writing.
- Students can read their stories aloud to the class or swap stories with a classmate to read.
- Teachers can publish some of the pieces in the school's newspaper, on the school's website, in the yearbook, or on climate change platforms online.
- Your students can read and analyze the first chapter of Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future, which is a cli-fi book about a deadly heatwave in India in the future.
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ClimateScience
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