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Grade 7

• Strand 1

  • 7.1.A
  • 7.1.B
  • 7.1.C
  • 7.1.D

• Strand 2

  • 7.2.A
  • 7.2.B
  • 7.2.C

• Strand 3

  • 7.3

• Strand 4

  • 7.4

• Strand 5

  • 7.5.A
  • 7.5.B
  • 7.5.C
  • 7.5.D
  • 7.5.E
  • 7.5.F
  • 7.5.G
  • 7.5.H
  • 7.5.I

• Strand 6

  • 7.6.A
  • 7.6.B
  • 7.6.C
  • 7.6.D
  • 7.6.E
  • 7.6.F
  • 7.6.G
  • 7.6.H
  • 7.6.I

• Strand 7

  • 7.7.A
  • 7.7.B
  • 7.7.C
  • 7.7.D

• Strand 8

  • 7.8.A
  • 7.8.B
  • 7.8.C
  • 7.8.D
  • 7.8.D.i
  • 7.8.D.ii
  • 7.8.D.iii
  • 7.8.E
  • 7.8.E.i
  • 7.8.E.ii
  • 7.8.E.iii
  • 7.8.F

• Strand 9

  • 7.9.A
  • 7.9.B
  • 7.9.C
  • 7.9.D
  • 7.9.E
  • 7.9.F
  • 7.9.G

• Strand 10

  • 7.10.A
  • 7.10.B
  • 7.10.B.i
  • 7.10.B.ii
  • 7.10.C
  • 7.10.D
  • 7.10.D.i
  • 7.10.D.ii
  • 7.10.D.iii
  • 7.10.D.iv
  • 7.10.D.v
  • 7.10.D.vi
  • 7.10.D.vii
  • 7.10.D.viii
  • 7.10.D.ix
  • 7.10.E

• Strand 11

  • 7.11.A
  • 7.11.B
  • 7.11.C
  • 7.11.D

• Strand 12

  • 7.12.A
  • 7.12.B
  • 7.12.C
  • 7.12.D
  • 7.12.E
  • 7.12.F
  • 7.12.G
  • 7.12.H
  • 7.12.H.i
  • 7.12.H.ii
  • 7.12.I
  • 7.12.J

TEKS ELA Standard: 7.7.B

analyze how characters’ qualities influence events and resolution of the conflict

Characters’ Faults Can Also Be Strengths

Strength and weakness are often two sides of the same coin. Students will explore how a character’s flaw can be a benefit.

Analyze Characters Using Philosophy

What is the Brick Pig’s philosophy? How would he apply it to the characters in Harry Potter?

Think Like A Philosopher

What would Socrates have thought if he watched Frozen?

Virtue or Vice?

Aristotle noted that positive traits and negative traits are often the same thing, but just in different amounts. The right amount is a virtue, but too much or too little and it’s a vice.

Not Like The Others: Charlotte’s Web

Students will determine which of the characters is not like the others.

Content Imperatives: Convergence

Add complexity by considering how multiple factors 🔄 Converge within one topic.

Characters’ Talents and Multiple Intelligences

How do characters from novels line up with Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences?

Literary Technique: Juxtaposition

Put a grumpy character next to a joyful one and they make each other stand out even more. Opposites are powerful!

Motivation and Moral Development

Can someone do the right thing, but for the wrong reason?

Better Stories Part 2: Types of Conflict

If your students’ stories are packed with endless ninja fights or arguments between frenemies, it’s time to expose them to a wider range of conflicts.

Better Stories Part 4: Character Archetypes

Are students’ characters a bit flat? Archetypes give them a strong foundation on which to build their own characters as well as a tool to analyze existing stories.