Grade 7
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Language
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Reading: Informational
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Reading: Literature
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Speaking & Listening
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Writing
Arizona ELA Standard: 7.W.1.a
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Order and Chaos Hide Inside Each Other
Chaos can contain order. Order can contain chaos! Is chaos ever truly random?
Natural Disasters Tournament
Earthquake vs. hurricane. Tsunami vs. wildfire. Students set the criteria, argue their case, and crown a champion. Warning: it gets heated.
Discussing An Important Decision from History
How would people with two different perspectives discuss a decision from history?
Introducing Universal Theme of Conflict
So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Conflict? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.
Horde Chess Variant
What if one player had, say, 32 pawns?
Impostor Syndrome
How high-performing students can often feel like they aren’t really that great.
Paradox: The Barber’s Paradox
The barber shaves everybody who doesn’t themselves. So… does the barber shave himself?
Propaganda and Logical Fallacies
Let’s see how propaganda techniques can make even something great seem bad.