Throughout the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the students were highly engaged because of the gripping nature of the novel, the scaffolded activities and lessons planned. The students were also motivated to discuss the novel throughout the unit utilizing response journals. Within these journals, the kids were able to respond to one another using grace and courtesy, and discuss suspenseful moments in the novel and give their feedback and opinion to each other. The forum was on Google Classroom and the kids loved using the technology. They even started writing questions for me to answer each night. All in all, it was highly successful. In the future, I would incorporate a research project regarding segregation, integration of classes and the civil rights movement. I would utilize sites such as Animoto, iMovie, and PowToon. Standards for this lesson are listed in the paper above.