Teacher: Ms.

Toussaint Media: Maya Angelou -Still I Rise Materials: Still I Rise Worksheet (Attached)

Standard:
LAFS.6.RI.3.7:
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a
coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
LAFS.6.RL.1.2:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text
distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Learning Target:
- I will be able to connect Maya Angelous poem to my identity.
Objective
-Analyze and understand character traits of individuals and their social relationships that promote youth risks.
-Evaluate interpersonal relationships/ connections to appropriately address the situation.
- Reflect on resiliency in own lives, school and community

Essential Question:
-How do your experiences shape your identity?

Todays Agenda:
10 Bell Ringer
min
35 Community Circle
min
30 Independent Work
min
15 Exit Ticket/Clean Up
min

Bell ringer / Time In Box #1 of Your Do Now Sheet:

Housekeeping 5 min Students will answer 2 of the following (the questions have already been chosen for
them. Half of the class will receive a Do Now sheet on which there is an X and the
other half will receive a sheet on which there is an O).

Questions:
1. In what way(s) do you personally connect with this poem?
2. To what gifts that my ancestors gave is the author referring? What gifts
were you given from ancestors or people in your cultural group who came
before you?
3. Which groups, either in society or at your school, are shot with words,
cut with eyes or killed with hatefulness? How is this received? What
can be done to change it?
4. You are part of many different groups, such as your family, your cultural
group, your religious group and your gender group. Share an example of
how you have faced adversity as part of one of these groups and if/how
you have risen up against it.

Community Circle 40 min *Room is set up with two concentric circles of charsone large circle of chairs and a
(20 second, larger circle of chairs outside of it. One group will sit in the inner circle (X)
and and one group will sit in the outer circle (O). Each student will bring a copy of the
20) poem.*

Teacher asks the first two questions from the Do Now of those in the inner circle
only.
Those in the outer circle will observe the discussion and be prepared to summarize
what they have heard.

Each person in the circle will answer the question.

 After everyone has had a chance to answer, the people in the circle will have a
chance to respond to what has been said (if someone disagrees with someones
answer, this is their chance to explain, someone might want to connect to
something, or raise a related question.)

The inner circle group should answer the first two questions and then ask the outer
circle group to summarize what they heard.

Then the groups should switch and the outer circle group should become the inner
circle group and answer the third and fourth questions.

Exit Ticket On a sheet of paper:

Students should summarize what they heard and reflect on 1 interesting point
10 min somebody addressed.