I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings no-prep teaching guide with over 170 pages of student coursework, activities, quizzes, tests, and more for Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. You can be confident you're addressing the skills your students need to learn, and you'll love having more time on your hands not having to create lessons and materials yourself.
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This Literature Guide for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings includes:
- Pre-Reading Ideas and Activities List
- Pre-Reading Activity: Poetry Analysis
- Article on Buildungsroman with corresponding questions
- Informational Text on the Civil Rights Movement with corresponding questions
- Informational Text on Jim Crow Laws with corresponding questions
- Informational Text on Racial Violence and Crime with corresponding questions
- Informational Text on Cultural/Social Context in Literature with questions
- Author Biography on Maya Angelou with corresponding questions
- Pre-Reading and Interpretation lesson
- Website Exploration: The Jim Crow Laws
- Vocabulary List with and without Definitions
- Diction, Allusions, Slang, and Other Unique Terminology List
- Anticipation/Reaction Guide: Pre-Reading Response and Post-Reading Response
- Active Reading Guide for Note-Taking
- Comprehension and Analysis Questions for deeper understanding of the novel
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Specific CCSS Reading: Literature Lessons on:
- Diction
- Summarizing
- Characterization
- Word Choice and Tone
- Analyzing Event Order and Manipulation of Time
- Using Textual Evidence to Support an Inference
- Theme
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Specific CCSS Writing Lessons on:
- Descriptive Writing
- Narrative Writing
- Point of View
- Using Arguments to Support Claims
- Objective Tone
- Transition Words and Phrases
- Writing Introductions and Conclusions
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Specific CCSS Language Lessons on:
- Parallel Structure
- Connotation and Denotation
- Nuance
- Using Context Clues to Identify Unknown Words
- Colons and Semicolons
- Phrases
- Clauses
- Reading Quizzes for each section
- Vocabulary Quizzes for each section
- Two Final Exams: one all-multiple choice
- Post-Reading and Extension Ideas
- Essay and Writing Ideas
- Teacher's Agenda/Notes
- Sample Agenda
- Summary of the Novel
- Answer Key
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