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Book List

//Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry// ||  Learning process of literature circles; Memorable language  ||
 * //**Month**// ||  //**Books: Topic/Theme/Genre**//  ||  //**Teaching/Learning Focus**//  ||
 * //September/October// ||  Whole class:
 * // November - January // || Five books on homelessness

Theme: //Finding a Place to Belong//

|| Refining literature circles; Understanding theme; Fact vs. opinion; Stereotypes || Reading non-fiction; Text features: charts, graphs, glossary || //Good Night, Mr. Tom// ||  Refining literature circles;
 * // February // || Egypt (non-fiction unit)  ||  Refining literature circles;
 * // March // || Whole class novel:

Vocabulary;

Using context clues || Theme: Swallowed by Injustice || Refining literature circles; Understanding theme; Point of view; Author's craft || || Refining literature circles; Author study; Voice ||
 * // April // || Five books on the internement of Japanese Americans during WWII
 * May ||  Five books by Walter Dean Myers

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