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Lesson 13 - Chapters 20, 21, 22, 23

Objectives

  • To demonstrate understanding of chapters
  • To identify tone

Materials

Procedure

  1. Assign reading check question from chapter 20. Collect “author and you” questions for review.

  2. Discuss highlights of chapters 20, 21, 22.

  3. Read chapter 23. Discuss highlights. The final two paragraphs of this chapter lend themselves well to a discussion of how people overcome adversity.

  4. Have students listen to and then read the “Negro National Anthem”. Discuss the poem’s message. Have students work with partners to identify the tone and to list words and phrases that create the tone.

Homework

Chapter 24

 



Urban Dreams
OUSD Curriculum Unit
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
Subject: English
Grade Level: 9th

Lesson Plan Author:
Juanita McCrary-Holmes
School: Skyline High School
Organization: OUSD