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Grade 7

• Communication & Collaboration

  • 7.CC
  • 7.CC.1
  • 7.CC.2
  • 7.CC.3
  • 7.CC.4
  • 7.CC.5
  • 7.CC.6
  • 7.CC.7
  • 7.CC.8

• Reading: Comprehension

  • 7.RC
  • 7.RC.1
  • 7.RC.2
  • 7.RC.3
  • 7.RC.5
  • 7.RC.6
  • 7.RC.7
  • 7.RC.8
  • 7.RC.9
  • 7.RC.10
  • 7.RC.11
  • 7.RC.12
  • 7.RC.13

• Writing

  • 7.W
  • 7.W.1
  • 7.W.1.a
  • 7.W.1.b
  • 7.W.1.c
  • 7.W.1.e
  • 7.W.2
  • 7.W.2.a
  • 7.W.2.b
  • 7.W.2.c
  • 7.W.2.d
  • 7.W.2.e
  • 7.W.2.f
  • 7.W.3
  • 7.W.3.a
  • 7.W.3.b
  • 7.W.3.c
  • 7.W.3.d
  • 7.W.3.e
  • 7.W.4
  • 7.W.4.a
  • 7.W.4.b
  • 7.W.5
  • 7.W.5.a
  • 7.W.5.c
  • 7.W.5.d
  • 7.W.5.e
  • 7.W.5.f
  • 7.W.6
  • 7.W.6.b
  • 7.W.6.c
  • 7.W.7
  • 7.W.7.a

Indiana ELA Standard: 7.W.2.d

Choose language and content-specific vocabulary that express ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.

That Quote’s Not Quite Right: Albert Einstein

When I see a quote, I often think, “That’s not quite right!”

Gr 1-8

Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

Gr 1-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Gr 1-8

Depth and Complexity: 👄 Language of the Discipline

Imagine a construction worker who doesn’t know the name of a screwdriver or a doctor who can’t remember what to call your neck. It’s pretty hard to communicate well without knowing the 👄 Language of the Discipline!

Gr 3-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

We’ll start with the cliché “as cold as ice” and go somewhere much more interesting.

Gr 1-8