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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?

Gr 3-8

Tournament of Mythological Creatures

Who will win the tournament of mythological creatures!?

Gr 1-8

Tournament of Not-So-Famous Inventors

Which inventor and invention will win the tournament?

Gr 1-8

Domesticated Animals Tournament

Which domesticated animal will win the tournament?

Gr 1-8

Natural Disasters Tournament

Earthquake vs. hurricane. Tsunami vs. wildfire. Students set the criteria, argue their case, and crown a champion. Warning: it gets heated.

Gr 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

Van Gogh Self-Portrait Tournament

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

Gr 1-8

Charge of the Light Brigade – Chess Variant

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

Gr 2-8

Horde Chess Variant

What if one player had, say, 32 pawns?

Gr 2-8

Precipitation Tournament

Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.

Gr 1-8

Tournament of Presidents

So who was the strangest of these eight presidents?

Gr 1-8

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?

Gr 1-8

Game: Order and Chaos

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

Gr 1-8

Paradox: The Barber’s Paradox

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

Gr 1-8

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.”

Gr 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

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

Gr 1-8