Grade 7
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Composition
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Language
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Reading: Informational
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Reading: Literature
KAS ELA Standard: RI.7.6
Determine an author’s perspective and purpose in a text, and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
Who has more power: the Queen Bee or the Hive?
Who really runs the hive: the queen, or the thousands of bees around her?
Think Like An Author: Hemingway vs Dickens
What if your students rewrote Dickens in the style of Hemingway and vice versa?
Discussing An Important Decision from History
How would people with two different perspectives discuss a decision from history?
Analyze Paragraphs: Baseball
Three paragraphs about baseball. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Think Like A Philosopher
What would Socrates have thought if he watched Frozen?
Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
How does a drink’s packaging affect us emotionally and logically?
Depth and Complexity: ⚖️ Ethics
Want to add drama to any topic? Use the Ethics prompt!
Depth and Complexity: 👓 Multiple Perspectives
Every topic looks different depending on who’s looking. This prompt teaches students to see through someone else’s eyes.