Course Outline
7/8 Grade
TEKS
1st 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