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Subject Area and Grade Level: English III Honors; 11th Grade
Central Focus Students will assess Maya’s, the narrator of I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings, point of view and how it shapes her
narrative. Students will assess the discrepancies between
Maya’s older and younger perspectives, as well as the point
of view of other characters. Understanding of point of view
will be demonstrated through Maya’s Memory Book and
evaluated through written portions containing evidences of
how they constructed their narratives.
Learning Objective(s) Students will identify Maya’s dual point of view as a narrator
Based on Content Standard in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Academic Language Identify: Students will recognize that there is duality in Maya’s
Function Objective(s) narration and identify characteristics of younger Maya’s
recollection of events and older Maya’s interpretation of said
events.
Summative Assessment
Accommodations
Lesson Plan
Closure Exit Slip: (10 minutes) Reflect on our bell ringer about honesty
and its relationship to age. Write on a piece of loose leaf
paper and hand to teacher on the way out of the door. How do
you predict this will play out in I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings?