Blog Post #4 Text Set
The six texts I am presenting in this set explore climate change and how it can be taught in an ELA classroom. This unit will be for a 9th grade classroom and revolve around the book Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman. I would draw on what the students already know about climate change and water shortages throughout the world (presumably what they've learned in other courses). Although the novel is fiction, the other texts in this set will bring the real world to the classroom. My goal would be for the students to see that the world is bigger than just their small community and that their life choices, like water conservation, has an impact in the world. Shusterman, Neal and Jarrod Shusterman. Dry . Simon and Schuster, 2018. Summary: The Colorado river has been cut off for southern California in what is known as the "Tap Out." When their parents don't return from trying to find water for their family, Alyssa and her brother go on their own journey to find water. A...