Grades 6–8 · Argument & Informational Text
Argument Arena
Spot claims, judge evidence, answer counterclaims and win the debate.
Argument & Rhetoric Games & Labs for the Classroom
6 multiplayer classroom games and 9 virtual labs that practice argument & rhetoric skills, for 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade and more. The games play on one shared screen and the labs run on each student's device. No student logins, works offline, and every one has a free demo you can try right now.
Grades 6–12 · Argument & Informational Text
Argument, Claims, and Evidence Lab
Students sort the parts of an argument, map an editorial, test evidence, answer counterclaims and build arguments.
Grades 4–12 · Author's Craft
Author's Purpose, Tone, and Point of View Lab
Students sort texts by purpose, highlight tone words, shift connotation, identify point of view and track perspective.
Grades 4–12 · Comparing Texts
Compare-and-Contrast Text Analysis Lab
Students compare paired stories, poems and articles by finding evidence, sorting details and building comparisons.
Grades 6–12 · Argument & Informational Text
Debate Arena — Defend Claims with Evidence
Teams argue Pro or Con by playing the strongest evidence, reasoning and rebuttal cards, then speak a rebuttal.
Grades 9–12 · Writing
Draft Day
Build your team by drafting strong writing: sharp thesis statements, relevant evidence and commentary, logical organization, vivid narrative craft and revisions that fit the audience.
Grades 5–12 · Writing
Essay Structure and Development Lab
Students label introductions, build thesis statements, develop body paragraphs, order essays and revise conclusions.
Grades 4–12 · Argument & Informational Text
Fact, Opinion, and Bias Lab
Students sort fact from opinion, flag loaded words, rewrite slanted sentences, test evidence and name bias techniques.
Grades 4–12 · Argument & Informational Text
Fact-Check Challenge
Teams claim tiles by sorting fact from opinion, judging evidence, checking sources and catching bias.
Grades 9–12 · Founding documents & informational text
Freedom Trail
Race along the Freedom Trail by reading founding documents: find each author’s purpose, paraphrase key lines, analyze structure and rhetoric, and compare documents across history.
Grades 4–12 · Inference & Text Evidence
Inference and Textual Evidence Lab
Students collect clues, pick the strongest evidence, separate stated from inferred ideas and build evidence answers.
Grades 7–12 · Argument & Informational Text
Logical Fallacies and Critical Reasoning Lab
Students map arguments, sort fallacies, judge a debate, repair faulty reasoning and rank evidence by strength.
Grades 3–12 · Media Literacy
Media Literacy and Advertising Lab
Students name ad techniques, sort ad claims, test how images and headlines frame a message and make or analyze an ad.
Grades 9–12 · Rhetoric, Argument & Research
Rhetoric Rumble
Ethos, pathos, logos, fallacies, evidence and research skills in a game-show showdown.
Grades 4–12 · Writing
Transitions and Writing Cohesion Lab
Students sort transitions by job, fill gaps in a passage, reorder scrambled paragraphs and replace vague words.
Skills these games cover
Argument & Informational Text (6)Writing (3)Author's Craft (1)Comparing Texts (1)Founding documents & informational text (1)Inference & Text Evidence (1)Media Literacy (1)Rhetoric, Argument & Research (1)
Standards practiced
Common Core L.11-12.3Common Core L.4.3Common Core L.5.3Common Core L.6.3Common Core L.7.3Common Core L.8.3Common Core L.9-10.3Common Core RI.11-12.1Common Core RI.11-12.2Common Core RI.11-12.4Common Core RI.11-12.5Common Core RI.11-12.6Common Core RI.11-12.8Common Core RI.11-12.9Common Core RI.3.7Common Core RI.4.1Common Core RI.4.6Common Core RI.4.7Common Core RI.4.8Common Core RI.4.9Common Core RI.5.1Common Core RI.5.6Common Core RI.5.7Common Core RI.5.8Common Core RI.5.9Common Core RI.6.1Common Core RI.6.2Common Core RI.6.6Common Core RI.6.7Common Core RI.6.8Common Core RI.6.9Common Core RI.7.1Common Core RI.7.2Common Core RI.7.6Common Core RI.7.7Common Core RI.7.8
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