Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Complete Literature and Grammar Unit

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This is a combined literature and grammar unit that contains everything you need to teach the novel and more! Included in the unit are pre-reading, active-reading and post-reading activities with grammar lessons, literary activities, a literary terms and elements matching quiz, a final essay test with grading rubric, and other activities just for fun!

Student Hand-out on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story...............5-6
Active Reading: Chapter Notes ..........................7-8
Pre-reading Activity................................9

Chapters 1 and 2
Setting and Point of View..............................10

Chapter 3
Nouns.....................................11
Thought Question
Inference..........................................12

Chapter 4
Literary Elements: Antagonist and Protagonist.....................13
Thought Question
 Chapter Summary and Illustration.........................14

Chapter 5
Nouns: Singular and Plural.................................15
Mood
Summary..........................................16

Chapter 6
Spelling and Vocabulary...................................17
Thought Questions
"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Wordsâ€.......................18

Chapter 7
Comparing/Contrasting Character Traits....................19

Chapter 8
Context Clues...................................20
Verbs
Main Idea....................................21

Chapter 9
Thought Question
Using the Thesaurus................................22

Chapter 10
Adjectives
A Day with a Character..............................23

Chapter 11
Synonyms..........................................24
Happy Birthday..............................,..25

Chapter 12
Thought Question
Adjectives Review..................................26

Chapter 13
Personal Pronouns
Character Thoughts.....................................27
Chapter 14
Create Your Own Vocabulary List............................28
Chapter 15
Prepositional Phrases...................................29
Plagiarism
Foreshadowing and Prediction..............................30
Chapter 16
Main Idea.....................................31
Chapter 17
Synopsis or Summary?.....................................................................................32
Chapter 18
An Interview with a Character................................33
Chapter 19
Thought Question
Just for Fun...................................................................34
Chapter 20
Recommendations...............................35
Chapter 21
Internal and External Conflict..............................36
Chapter 22
Subjects and Predicates............... .................37
Chapter 23
Thought Question
Noun Review...........................................38
Chapter 24
Narrative and Dialogue..................................39
Chapter 25
Antonyms.......................................40
Chapters 26
Now, You Be the Teacher!..................................................................................41
Chapters 27-29
Creative Activity: Create Your Own Seek-a-Word Puzzle................42

Post Reading Activities..........................43
Advice for the Author:...................................44
Chronological Order.....................................45

Advertisement........................................46

Climax and Rising and Falling Action...........................47

Author Study........................................48

Reader Response to the Novel................................49
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Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story...........................................50

Answers to Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and
Elements of a Story..................................51

Final Essay Test....................................52-53

Rubric for Final Essay Test...............................54

Attention Teachers!....................................................................................... .55

Quiz Creating Activity.....................................56

Test Creating Activity..................................57-58

Answers to Grammar Activities....................59-60

Middle School Novel Units is committed to providing you with quality resources for your classroom, specializing in quality literature, grammar, spelling, and punctuation lessons for grades 4 to 8.

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Great effort has been made to be sure that my units are free of error. However, if you do happen to find any inaccuracies, please email me so I can correct the error and give you an opportunity to re-download the product.This is a combined literature and grammar unit that contains everything you need to teach the novel and more! Included in the unit are pre-reading, active-reading and post-reading activities with grammar lessons, literary activities, a literary terms and elements matching quiz, a final essay test with grading rubric, and other activities just for fun!

Table of Contents
Student Hand-out on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 4
Active Reading Chapter Notes 6
Pre-reading Activity: 8
Part I 9
Setting 9
Nouns 10
Summary 10
Thought Question 11
Chapter Summary and Illustration 11
Simple and Compound Sentences 12
Part II 13
Nouns: Singular and Plural 13
Important Details: 13
Grammar Activity: Using a Dictionary or Thesaurus to Find Synonyms 14
Thought Question 15
Inference 15
Part III 16
Adjectives 16
Comparing and Contrasting Character Traits 16
Narrative and Dialogue: 17
Thought Question 18
Adjectives 18
Part IV 19
Verbs 19
Main Idea 19
Part V 20
Thought Question 20
Part VI 22
Personal Pronouns 22
Entry in a Diary 22
Paragraph Writing: Character Analysis 23
Part VII 24
Thought Question 24
Noun Review: 24
Grammar Activity: Prepositional Phrases 25
Part VIII 25
Part IX 26
SYNOPSIS OR SUMMARY? 26
Part X 27
Grammar Activity: Subjects and Predicates 27
Interview a Classmate 28
Post Reading Activities 29
A Letter to a Friend 29
Letter to the Author 30
Author Interview 30
Creative Activity: Create Your Own Seek-a-Word Puzzle 31
Climax and Rising and Falling Action 33
Author Study: 34
Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 35
Answers to Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 36
Final Essay Test 37
Rubric for Final Essay Test 39
ATTENTION TEACHERS! 40
Reader Response to the Novel 44
Advertisement 45
Advice for the Author 46
Picture This 47
Newspaper Page 48
Ending..Good or Bad? 49




Middle School Novel Units is committed to providing you with quality resources for your classroom, specializing in quality literature, grammar, spelling, and punctuation lessons for grades 4 to 8.

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Great effort has been made to be sure that my units are free of error. However, if you do happen to find any inaccuracies, please This is a combined literature and grammar unit that contains everything you need to teach the novel and more! Included in the unit are pre-reading, active-reading and post-reading activities with grammar lessons, literary activities, a literary terms and elements matching quiz, a final essay test with grading rubric, and other activities just for fun!
Table of Contents
Student Hand-out on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 2
Active Reading Chapter Notes for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 4
Pre-reading Activity: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 6
Chapter 1 7
Setting 7
Chapter 3 8
Thought Question 8
Chapter Summary and Illustration 8
Chapter 4 9
Grammar Activity: Nouns 9
Chapter 5 10
Thought Question 10
Inference 10
Chapter 6 11
Grammar Activity: Adjectives 11
Important Details: 11
A Letter to Cassie 12
Chapter 7 13
Spelling and Vocabulary Activity 13
Activity for Thought: 14
Thought Question: 14
Adjectives 14
Chapter 8 15
Grammar Activity: Verbs 15
To Be or Not To Be? 16
Chapter 9 17
Grammar Activity: Prepositional Phrases: 17
Thought Question: 18
An Interview with a Character 19
Chapter 10 20
Grammar Activity: Personal Pronouns 20
Using the Thesaurus 20
After Reading Activities 21
A Letter to a Friend 21
Letter to the Author 22
Pretend that your teacher is has asked you to do a book report on this book and wants you to include interesting information about the author. Furthermore, you have heard that the author of the book is in town and may have some time to visit some, but not all, of the neighborhood schools. 22
Author Interview 22
Creative Activity: Create Your Own Seek-a-Word Puzzle 23
Climax and Rising and Falling Action 25
Author Study: Mildred D. Taylor 26
Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 27
Answers to Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 28
Final Essay Test for 29
Rubric for Final Essay Test 31
ATTENTION TEACHERS! 32
Your Chance: Opinions and Feelings for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 36
Book Review: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 37
Book Events: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 38
Answers to Grammar Activities 39


Middle School Novel Units is committed to providing you with quality resources for your classroom, specializing in quality literature, grammar, spelling, and punctuation lessons for grades 4 to 8.

Do not see the novel unit, grammar unit, or punctuation unit you need? Email me at perki_teacher4ever@msn.com . I am constantly looking for new ideas for what to create next and would be pleased to hear from you.

Great effort has been made to be sure that my units are free of error. However, if you do happen to find any inaccuracies, please email me so I can correct the error and give you an opportunity to re-download the product.