Course Outline

7/8 Grade TEKS

1^st Nine Weeks:

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Each of the lessons below can take from one to several days to complete. All activities may not be used. It is according to how much time we have.

Lesson 1-

• Introduce and complete a pre-reading activity
• Introduce the vocabulary list for Section 1 (chapters 1-3)

Lesson 2-

• Read Chapters 1-3.
• Discuss racial segregation
• Discover something new as you come to school activity
• Section 1 quiz
• Introduce vocabulary for Section 2 (chapters 4-5)

Lesson 3-

• Read Chapters 4 and 5.
• Complete a vocabulary activity
• Learn how to tell a good story
• Classroom experiment on understanding prejudice
• Section 2 quiz
• Introduce vocabulary for section 3 (chapter 6-7)

Lesson 4-

• Read chapters 6 and 7.
• Complete a vocabulary activity
• Discover dialect
• History of Civil Rights Movement
• Research cost of food during the Great Depression
• Section 3 quiz

Lesson 5-

• Read chapters 8 and 9
• Vocabulary activity
• Discuss how a bully can affect your life
• Find out about cotton
• Explore gender and racial bias
• Section 4 quiz
• Vocabulary for section 5

Lesson 6-

• Read Chapters 10-13
• Vocabulary activity
• Create a coat of arms
• Practice punctuating dialogue
• Write for information about stopping various types of discrimination
• Section quiz

Lesson 7-

• Discuss any questions students have about the story
• Unit Tests 1,2 and 3
• AR test