Grade 8

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TEKS ELA Standard: 8.8.D.iii

multiple organizational patterns within a text to develop the thesis

packages being sorted on conveyor belts

cube-shaped watermelons

Categorize and Re-Categorize Countries

Put these countries into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same places reveal new patterns and give new insights?

Categorize and Re-Categorize Animals

Put these animals into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same creatures reveal new patterns and give new insights?

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?

Paragraphs: Systems of Sentences

Blow up a paragraph into individual sentences. Now reassemble it. The clues hiding in each sentence will surprise you.

Depth and Complexity: Patterns

Can your students spot anything that repeats? Or that has stopped repeating?

Grade 8

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