CCSS ELA Standard: 7.W.1

Wouldn't some holidays be better on a certain day of the week? Should Thanksgiving have a set date?

Who will win the tournament of mythological creatures!?

Which inventor and invention will win the tournament?

Students will determine which river is not like the others.

Students will determine which cephalopod is not like the others.

Students will determine which flower is not like the others.

Students will determine which US President from the 19th century is not like the others.

Students will determine which of these US Presidents is not like the others.

Students will determine which of these US Presidents is not like the others.

Which domesticated animal will win the tournament?

Which type of energy will win the tournament!?

Who will win the tournament of Countries in Oceania!?

Who will win the tournament of Natural Disasters!?

Students will determine which country in Africa is not like the others.

Students will determine which US National Park is not like the others.

How would people with two different perspectives discuss a decision from history?

Students will determine which of these types of diseases is not like the others.

Students will determine which desert bird is not like the others.

Students will determine which type of penguin is not like the others.

Students will determine which of these tiny countries is not like the others.

Students will determine which of these microorganisms is not like the others.

Who will win in a tournament of eight plants with Interesting adaptations!?

Which location is the most wondrous place in the solar system?

Students will determine which type of ant is not like the others.

Who will win the tournament of European countries!?

Which of these eight wonders deserves to become the Eighth Wonder of the World!?

Who will win the tournament of African Countries!?

Who will win the tournament of North American countries!?

Which of these pieces of exploration technology is most important? Most underrated? Most long-lasting?

Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.

Which of these inventions of the ancient world is most influential? Least useful today? Most taken-for-granted?

Which animal has the most interesting, most valuable, or strangest adaptations?

Which object in the solar system is most habitable?

Which part of speech is most useful? Interesting? Strange?

Which of these types of volcanoes is not like the others?

Which of these rocks is not like the others?

Students will determine which snake of the rainforest is not like the others.

Which of these deserts is not like the others?

How is each of these stars not like the others?

How is each of these states not like the others?

Which of these mountains is not like the others?

Which of these four birds is not like the others?

How is each part of the United States Government not like the other parts?

So who was the strangest of these eight presidents?

Students will determine which type of natural disaster is not like the others.

How is each of the states of matter not like the others?

How is each of these four countries not like the others?

What would Socrates have thought if he watched Frozen?

What if one character dressed up as another for Halloween? Would the Cat in the Hat pick Captain Jack Sparrow, because they're both chaotic yet good-natured people? Would Elsa dress up as The Ice King since they are both lonely?

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

Students will determine which creature of the tundra is not like the others.

Students will determine which founding US president is not like the others.

Which of these planets is not like others? Well, it sure looks simple at first. But quickly, you start to realize… there's more to it than you thought. Each option could be the one that doesn't fit in.

Want to move beyond memorizing the characteristics of biomes? In this lesson, students work through a Tournament of Biomes, explaining which biome wins in each round (based on criteria you choose). In the end, they crown a 👑 Champion Biome!

Which set of fractions would be the trickiest to order from least to greatest? Let's have a tournament!

Your students will set up a tournament to determine which person or character best demonstrated resiliency.

Your students will create a new flower, designed to attract a specific pollinator.