Confront themes of injustice and resilience with the Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry! Student Directed Literature Unit by Epiphany Curriculum, targeted at grades 5-7. This student-directed worktext follows Mildred D. Taylor's powerful novel about a Black farming family's struggles against discrimination in 1930s Mississippi, emphasizing the need for civil rights and equality. Students enhance vocabulary, grammar, composition (sentence expansion, voice, and word choice via book reports), spelling, story elements, and figurative language in a multi-sensory, secular setting with low teacher involvement. Structured lessons offer variety and multiple options, supporting rigorous studies and thematic comparisons—perfect for homeschool families exploring American history and strong writing development.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry! Student Directed Literature Unit
Description
Who knew that just walking to school could be a terrible experience? The Wallace children are tormented and disrespected by many in the community just because they are black Americans. Follow the struggles of this farming family in Mississippi during the 1930s. No matter how hard the family works or how independent they try to be, they are constantly facing discriminatory practices and having to make tough choices about how to respond to injustice. Examine the need for a Civil Rights Movement in order to make America a land of opportunity for all people. Explore a variety of strategies for expanding sentences to make them more informative and engaging. Improve writing through a book report focused on sentence structure, voice, and word choice.
A set of Literature Units (LU) is a complete language arts curriculum teaching vocabulary, grammar, composition, spelling, story elements, and figurative language in the context of popular children's books. LUs each explore one facet of a concept that ties three units together. Each unit has a primary book that is studied for 2-3 weeks and may include additional titles. these concept-based studies allow your child to compare/contrast themes and characters across novels.
Lessons are structured and easy to use but extremely varied, often with several options for an assignment. In lower grades each Literature Package contains the LU and the corresponding novel and possibly other components. Student Activity Page Sets are not included in the packages. The LU includes these pages (single-sided and usable but not reproducible).
Beginning with Gr 4-6, the Student Directed Literature Units (SDLU) are Worktexts with instruction written directly to the student. Each package contains the SDLU, the corresponding novel, and sometimes other books. Upper levels provide rigorous and challenging studies with occasional tests (answer keys included).
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 5-7 |
| Brand: | Epiphany Curriculum |
| ISBN: | 9781638510857 |
| Length in Inches: | 12 |
| Width in Inches: | 9 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.125 |