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Grade 7

• Communication and Multimodal Literacies

  • 7.C.1
  • 7.C.1.A
  • 7.C.2
  • 7.C.2.A
  • 7.C.3
  • 7.C.3.A
  • 7.C.3.B
  • 7.C.4
  • 7.C.4.C

• Language Usage

  • 7.LU.1
  • 7.LU.1.C
  • 7.LU.1.D
  • 7.LU.2
  • 7.LU.2.C

• Research

  • 7.R.1
  • 7.R.1.B
  • 7.R.1.C
  • 7.R.1.E
  • 7.R.1.F

• Reading Informational Text

  • 7.RI.1
  • 7.RI.1.C
  • 7.RI.3.B

• Reading Literary Text

  • 7.RL.1
  • 7.RL.1.B
  • 7.RL.1.C
  • 7.RL.2
  • 7.RL.2.A

• Reading and Vocabulary

  • 7.RV.1
  • 7.RV.1.B
  • 7.RV.1.C
  • 7.RV.1.D
  • 7.RV.1.E
  • 7.RV.1.G

• Writing

  • 7.W.1
  • 7.W.1.A
  • 7.W.1.B
  • 7.W.1.C
  • 7.W.1.D
  • 7.W.3
  • 7.W.3.A

Virginia ELA Standard: 7.C.1

Communication, Listening, and Collaboration

Systems’ Power Can Be Spread Out or Focused

A traffic jam has no one in charge. An orchestra follows one conductor. Students hunt for both kinds of systems, sort their examples into two columns, and then take on the naming job themselves: what should these two kinds of systems really be called?

Systems Can Become Other Systems

Take the back off a chair and it’s a stool. Take away the goals and soccer turns into keep-away. Students pull one part out of a system and name the new thing they made.

New Uses For A Chair

So, what can a chair be used for other than, you know, sitting in?

Introducing Universal Theme of Systems

So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Systems? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.

What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah

Can students spot similes vs metaphors?

Paradox: Crocodile Dilemma

A crocodile makes a deal. But the deal creates a paradox. Can your students untangle a 2,000-year-old logic puzzle?

Better Stories Part 3: Literary Themes

A typical student narrative includes plot and characters but lacks a larger idea to hold it all together. This is where a lesson on themes comes in…