7th Grade Summer Adventure
Proportions, probability, and global thinking.
Ages 12–13
Your daily adventure rhythm
⏱️ ~180 min- ✏️
1 · 10 min
Do Now
Warm-up: spiral review of yesterday's math plus one vocabulary word used in a sentence.
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2 · 45 min
Math
New skill with worked examples, a practice set, and an honest self-check.
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3 · 40 min
Reading & Analysis
Read a text, annotate purposefully, and answer text-dependent questions.
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4 · 30 min
Writing
Respond to a prompt with a clear structure, evidence, and reasoning.
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5 · 10 min
Movement / Brain Break
Physical movement, stretching, or hydration and a reset.
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6 · 35 min
Science or Social Studies
Alternates by day — Science on odd days, Social Studies on even days.
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7 · 10 min
Independent Reading
Free-choice book; log the title, pages read, and one sentence.
13 themed weeks
Proportional Reasoning & The Reader's Eye
Days 1–7
🎯 Project: Unit-Rate Shopping Detective: compute the unit rate of 6 grocery items, identify the better buy across sizes, and write a conclusion on which sizes save money.
- Write, simplify, and decode ratios…
- Spot central ideas, nail supportin…
- Draft paragraphs with claims and e…
Percents in the Real World & Literary Analysis
Days 8–14
🎯 Project: Build-a-Budget Shopping Trip: with $100, choose items, apply a 15% discount, add 7% tax, and reflect on how percents changed your choices.
- Solve percent problems: tax, tip, …
- Analyze plot, character, and theme…
- Write an analytical paragraph abou…
Rational Number Operations & Argument Writing
Days 15–21
🎯 Project: Argument Essay (Draft 1) on whether middle schoolers should have summer homework — 4 paragraphs with a claim, evidence, counterclaim and rebuttal, and conclusion.
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divid…
- Trace and evaluate an author's arg…
- Write an argument with a claim, re…
Two-Step Equations & Research Foundations
Days 22–28
🎯 Project: Mini-Research Brief on one civilization or empire — find 3 sources, paraphrase notes, and write a 1-page brief with a 3-entry Works Cited.
- Solve two-step equations and write…
- Locate, evaluate, and cite credibl…
- Take organized notes and avoid pla…
Inequalities & Citing Evidence
Days 29–35
🎯 Project: Genetics Lab Report — run Bb x Bb and Bb x bb crosses, draw both Punnett squares, state the ratios, and write a conclusion citing evidence.
- Solve and graph two-step inequalit…
- Cite textual evidence to support a…
- Integrate quotations smoothly with…
Scale, Maps & Literary Theme
Days 36–42
🎯 Project: Scale Floor Plan — measure a real room, draw it to scale on graph paper with a scale bar, and compute the real-world area.
- Use scale factor to compute length…
- Determine theme and how it develop…
- Compare a theme across two texts.
Geometry: Angles & Triangles | Research Writing
Days 43–49
🎯 Project: Research Report (Outline + Intro) on an ecosystem or endangered species — build a formal outline and write the introduction with a clear thesis.
- Use angle relationships to find un…
- Determine conditions that form a u…
- Organize research notes into an ou…
Area, Surface Area & Volume | Informational Writing
Days 50–56
🎯 Project: Design a Package — measure a real object, choose box dimensions, compute volume and surface area, draw the net, and explain your choices.
- Find area of composite figures and…
- Write to inform and explain with t…
- Use precise transitions and domain…
Circles | Literary Analysis Essay
Days 57–63
🎯 Project: Literary Analysis Essay (Draft) — a 4-5 paragraph analysis of how setting or character shapes the plot, with quoted evidence and commentary.
- Find circumference and area of cir…
- Analyze how setting and character …
- Draft a multi-paragraph literary a…
Statistics & Sampling | Research Synthesis
Days 64–70
🎯 Project: Survey & Statistics Study — collect at least 15 real responses, compute mean, median, mode, and range, graph them, and infer about a larger group while noting bias.
- Use random samples to make inferen…
- Compare two data sets using measur…
- Synthesize information from multip…
Probability | Argument with Counterclaim
Days 71–77
🎯 Project: Probability Experiment + Argument Essay — run 50 trials comparing experimental to theoretical probability, and write a 5-paragraph argument essay with counterclaim and rebuttal.
- Find theoretical and experimental …
- Find probabilities of compound eve…
- Write a full argument essay with c…
Multi-Step Problem Solving | Research Report Final
Days 78–84
🎯 Project: Research Report (Final + Presentation) — finalize a cited multi-paragraph report and present a 5-point oral summary to a parent or tutor.
- Solve multi-step real-world proble…
- Revise and edit a research report …
- Present findings clearly.
Cumulative Review & Capstone
Days 85–90
🎯 Project: My Summer Synthesis capstone — a 1-page project (or poster/slides) connecting math, science, social studies, and writing on one theme, with a thesis, cited sources, and a 5-minute presentation.
- Review and consolidate all Grade 7…
- Demonstrate reading analysis and a…
- Synthesize science and social stud…