The 25-page Kids' Wings Unit for Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata provides skill-building, collaboration, extension, and elaboration for this awesome historical fiction novel about a Japanese-American family which was sent to an internment camp during World War II.

Also included is a song, Faces of Injustice, with lyrics written by Suzy Red and song and melody recorded by Western performer Ted Newman.

Activities in the unit include:

• background building through an anticipation guide,
• discussion cards,
• mapping,
• a three-page readers' theater script,
• vocabulary list,
• chapter predict-read-confirm questions,
• "Faces of Injustice" summary writing (recorded music and song are included in the PowerPoint format),
• taking notes,
• crossword puzzle,
• multiple-choice comprehension check-ups,
• "Ripples of War" what-if discussion questions,
• "Bull's Words of Wisdom" fallen tile puzzle,
• "Weighing Truth and Justice,"
• sequence activity "Ripples in the Sumiko's Life,"
• comparing books,
• ripples, and
• writing prompts.