English Language Arts Resource Guide

Welcome to SubjectToClimate's English Language Arts resource guide, designed for every ELA classroom, regardless of grade level, to provide valuable resources, web pages and advice for educators. From our nearly 400 ELA resources, we have selected a variety of lessons, unit plans, activities, subject areas, and more to aid your students in developing their reading comprehension, literary analysis, and writing skills. While your students engage in reading and writing they will also be exploring climate-related themes such as environmental literature, persuasive writing on sustainability, and analyzing news articles on climate issues. Elevate your teaching and lesson plans today by connecting ELA instruction with climate education, empowering your students to become confident readers, skilled writers, and critical thinkers in the context of environmental challenges.

Fun and engaging reading resources for everyone, from animated poems to graphic novels.

"What Happened When We All Stopped"

Grades K-12

This animated poem, read by Jane Goodall, shows what happened when people slowed down during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A Kid's Guide to Climate Change

Grades 3-8 [Elementary school to Middle school]

Engage students with a relatable graphic novel that follows a young person and their climate change education journey. Read aloud and teach your students new words and phonics. Inspire initiative in the world they live in.

Everyday Stories of Climate Change

Grades 8-12 [Middle school to High school]

This graphic novel presents the stories with differing point of views of low-income families from five different countries and how they experience climate change.

"Pale Blue Dot, We Will Fail You Not": A Poetry Lesson

How Will Dragonflies Adapt to a Warmer Earth?

These news articles are designed with built-in differentiation options for grades 5-12 [Elementary school to High school students], ensuring inclusive and adaptable learning and discussion experiences for every learner in your classroom.

Disappearing Himalayan Glaciers Threaten Lives Downstream

Practice important ELA skills from listening and speaking to research and media literacy.

Practice a variety of writing skills, literacy skills, structures, and approaches to promote effective climate communication skills.

Get tips and ideas on the best ways to integrate our resources into your language arts lesson plans.

Climate Change Communication

Discover the best lesson plans and decode strategies for teaching about effective climate change communication. Learn necessary skills used in higher education settings.

Climate Change Discussion Questions for ESL

Facilitate climate change discussions for ESL students through a range of resources from interactive activities to videos and full lessons/lesson plans.

Explore a variety of professional development opportunities, including courses, articles, informational text and more.

Talking With Green Teachers Podcast

Explore the world of environmental education by tuning in to this podcast that aims to foster dialogue, critical thinking, communication skills, and collaboration among diverse voices in the teaching field.

Strategies for Managing Climate Change Discourse

Equip yourself with the resources and strategies to navigate the controversial aspects of climate change and expand your students’ understanding and communication skills by exploring this resource.

Elementary Teaching Strategies

Investigate eight effective teaching strategies to implement in your lesson plans for elementary educators to teach about climate change.

SubjectToClimate's ELA guide aims to provide you with valuable resources, lesson plans, and strategies to enhance students' reading comprehension through complex texts and writing skills while also supporting you with professional development opportunities and teaching advice. Through this, we hope to assist educators like you in integrating in climate change topics while simultaneously fostering critical thinking and reading comprehension skills, environmental literacy, communication skills, literacy skills, and a deeper understanding of the world we live in. Use these resources as additional subject areas for creative writing topics, social studies matters, or practice common core state standards. Take the next step in transforming your ELA instruction and inspire students to become compassionate, informed, and engaged global citizens.

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