1. Mr. Callis ELA 7
31 October 2017

2. Getting Started
Finish writing your paragraph that answers the following question:
Who is the narrator of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry?
Check your work. You should be able to answer the following questions “yes.”
Have you indented your paragraph?
Does your topic sentence respond to the prompt and make a point?
Does your paragraph include evidence (a quotation) from the reading?
Is your evidence followed by a correct M.L.A. in-text citation?
Does your paragraph have a concluding sentence?
Does your paragraph contain at least 4 sentences?

3. Paragraph model
The narrator of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is Cassie. In chapter one, the narrator says “I betcha Mama’s gonna ‘clean’ you, you keep it up…” (Taylor 2). We know the narrator makes this statement because she concludes the sentence with “I grumbled” (2). In the very next sentence, the narrator’s brother Stacey responds to her statement by saying “Ah, Cassie, leave him be…” (2). Stacey’s response following the narrator’s “I” allows us to identify the narrator as Cassie.

4. Because Amber wanted to do more, she started an organization.
Grammar: Clauses
Identify each underlined group of words as an independent (I) clause or a dependent (D) clause:
Because Amber wanted to do more, she started an organization.
(D)
Amber and 14 other student volunteers prepared 600 bag lunches each week.
(I)
They did this so that homeless people in their town of Glen Burnie, Maryland could have a good meal.

5. Sentence or Illustration
Vocabulary
New Word
What it Means
Sentence or Illustration
meticulous (adjective)
“Always meticulously (adverb) neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned” (3).
mortgage (noun)
“But there was a mortgage on the two hundred acres bought in 1918 and there were taxes on the full four hundred, and for the past three years there had not been enough money from the cotton to pay both and live on too” (6).

6. Sentence or Illustration
Vocabulary
New Word
What it Means
Sentence or Illustration
meticulous (adjective)
“Always meticulously (adverb) neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned” (3).
Being careful about doing things in an exact way; paying attention to little details.
Her appearance was always meticulous.
mortgage (noun)
“But there was a mortgage on the two hundred acres bought in 1918 and there were taxes on the full four hundred, and for the past three years there had not been enough money from the cotton to pay both and live on too” (6).
What a person has to pay back when they borrow money to buy property or a house.
They couldn’t buy the home because the mortgage would be too expensive.

7. Reading

8. What It Tells Me About The Setting
reading
Make a table like the one below to organize at least three pieces of information information you have learned so far about the setting:
Evidence From Book
What It Tells Me About The Setting
M.L.A. Citation
“…he continued to concentrate on the dusty road.”
This evidence leads me to believe the story takes place in a rural setting.
(Taylor 1).

9. What It Tells Me About The Setting
reading
Make a table like the one below to organize at least three pieces of information you have learned so far about the setting:
Evidence From Book
What It Tells Me About The Setting
M.L.A. Citation
“…he continued to concentrate on the dusty road.”
This evidence leads me to believe the story takes place in a rural setting.
(Taylor 1).
“…attempting to keep the rusty Mississippi dust from swelling with each step…”
This lets me know that the story takes place in Mississippi, a Southern state.
(1).
“It seemed to me that showing up at school at all on a bright August-like October morning made for running...”
This shows it is fall.
(4).

10. Journal
Read the “Author’s Note.” Write a paragraph that identifies your favorite quotation from the section. Be sure to explain why you chose the quotation. You should be able to answer the following questions “yes.” -Did you indent your paragraph? -Does your topic sentence contain a quotation? -Did you correctly use quotation marks? -Did you explain why you chose your quotation? -Does your paragraph contain at least 5 sentences? -Is your quotation followed by an M.L.A. in-text citation?