At a Glance:
| Grades: | 7 |
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| Subject: | Math |
| Topic: | Ratios and Proportional Relationships; Proportional Relationships |
| Lesson Length: | 25 - 35 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should be familiar with proportional quantities prior to this lesson. This lesson could be used as a formative assessment to gauge student understanding of proportional quantities.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Have students turn to a partner and explain how they know if two quantities are proportional. Share several responses to check for understanding.
What will students do?
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Have students choose one of the sample comic panels and respond to the following:
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If they are proportional, explain and justify how you know.
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If they are not proportional, explain and justify how you know and provide a number that would make the relationship proportional.
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Use a caption at the top of you comic to denote which sample comic you are referring to (1 or 2).
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- Have students create a comic explaining whether or not the two quantities in the sample they chose are proportional.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- As a class, have students decide which sample comic panel is proportional and which is not.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Provide sentence frames or key words as needed.
- Allow students to work with a partner.


