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Grade 7

• Composition

  • C.7.1
  • C.7.1.b
  • C.7.1.c
  • C.7.1.e
  • C.7.1.f
  • C.7.1.g
  • C.7.2
  • C.7.2.b
  • C.7.2.c
  • C.7.2.e
  • C.7.2.f
  • C.7.2.h
  • C.7.3
  • C.7.3.a
  • C.7.3.b
  • C.7.3.c
  • C.7.3.d
  • C.7.3.e
  • C.7.3.f
  • C.7.3.g
  • C.7.4
  • C.7.5
  • C.7.6
  • C.7.7

• Language

  • L.7.1.a
  • L.7.1.b
  • L.7.2
  • L.7.2.b
  • L.7.3
  • L.7.3.a
  • L.7.4
  • L.7.4.a
  • L.7.4.b
  • L.7.4.d
  • L.7.5
  • L.7.5.a
  • L.7.5.b
  • L.7.5.c

• Reading: Informational

  • RI.7.1
  • RI.7.2
  • RI.7.3
  • RI.7.5
  • RI.7.6
  • RI.7.7
  • RI.7.8
  • RI.7.9
  • RI.7.10

• Reading: Literature

  • RL.7.1
  • RL.7.2
  • RL.7.3
  • RL.7.4
  • RL.7.5
  • RL.7.6
  • RL.7.7
  • RL.7.9
  • RL.7.10

KAS ELA Standard: C.7.1.b

Introduce claim(s), acknowledge opposing claims and counter/refute them 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.

Van Gogh Self-Portrait Tournament

Who will win the tournament of Van Gogh self-portraits!?

Charge of the Light Brigade – Chess Variant

What if one side played with THREE QUEENS and the other had SEVEN KNIGHTS!? What if?

Horde Chess Variant

What if one player had, say, 32 pawns?

Paradox: Rebuilding A Ship

What if we completely rebuild something slowly? What if we completely rebuild it all at once? Is it still the same thing?

Game: Order and Chaos

Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!

Paradox: The Barber’s Paradox

The barber shaves everybody who doesn’t themselves. So… does the barber shave himself?

Paradox: The Liar’s Paradox

Nothing like a paradox to get your kids brains exploding 🤯! This one starts with five simple words: “This statement is a lie.”

Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

Let’s see how propaganda techniques can make even something great seem bad.