Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 11-12.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1
   Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5
   Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.4
   Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the...