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