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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 11

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 11 short answer questions covering chapter 11 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 4

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 19 short answer questions covering chapter 4 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 12

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions covering chapter 11 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 3

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this comprehension check worksheet, pupils respond to 16 short answer questions covering chapter 3 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this comprehension check worksheet, middle schoolers respond to 10 short answer questions covering chapter 2 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 5

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 14 short answer questions covering chapter 5 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor.
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Novelinks

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Question Answer Response Strategy

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Readers of Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry are introduced to the Question Answer Response Strategy (QAR) as a way to increase their engagement in and comprehension of the novel.
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Learning to Give

What Are Your Thoughts?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The varying responses of the characters in Mildred Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry to the discrimination they experience or perpetrate provides readers with an opportunity to not only examine the feelings of the characters but to...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 10

For Teachers 5th - 10th
In this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 10 of the Mildred D. Taylor novel to better understand the novel and the author's craft.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers watch the video Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. They participate in daily lecture, and create vocabulary cards. Students participate in oral reading evaluation, and complete a writing assignment:Do things like those that...
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Mildred Taylor: Understanding the Author of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners complete various activities related to the analysis of the novel "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry." They create a collage of words and images of what it was like to live in the South in the 1930's, conduct Internet research, and...
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Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and participate in whole class discussions. They evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information in the text in order to explain character motivation and action. Students produce an essay...
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Worksheet
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 8

For Students 6th - 10th
For this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions covering chapter 8 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor in order to help them better understand the...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 7

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 19 short answer questions covering chapter 7 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor in order to help them better understand those...
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Curated OER

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Chapter 9

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check instructional activity, students respond to 16 short answer questions covering chapter 9 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor in order to help them better...
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Interactive
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online interactive Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry activity, learners respond to 14 multiple choice reading comprehension questions regarding the book.
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Activity
Novelinks

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Concept/Vocab Analysis

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Considering using Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry for book circles or whole-class study? First time teachers, and those who have used the text before, will find some interesting tidbits in this overview.
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Roll With the Punches: Oprah's On!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders prepare questions for an Oprah Winfrey talk show featuring the characters from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the amazing novel by Mildred D. Taylor. Selected students role-play the characters and answer questions Oprah...
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Breaking the Barrier

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners participate in a game based on bullying. In this social justice activity, students read Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and discuss the mistreatment of African-Americans in the book. Learners then relate the treatment of...
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Worksheet
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Chapter 1 Questions

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check instructional activity, students respond to 16 short answer questions pertaining to the characters and setting of the novel.
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Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read the novel "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry". Using the text, they gather information on how and why the Civil Rights Movement began. They use excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr's speeches to discuss the issue of equality....
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The Friendship Book Questions

For Students 5th - 12th
In this literature study worksheet, students answer eleven short answer questions based upon the book, The Friendship.
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Land, Liberty and the Struggle for the American Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate equality by reading a historical fiction book in class.  In this civil rights lesson, students read the story Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry with their classmates and define the Jim Crow Laws that kept blacks...
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Worksheet
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Using Your Senses

For Students 6th - 8th
In this senses instructional activity, students answer two questions about observations using the senses. Students then give reasons why each sense may not give them all the information they need when making observations.