I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Lesson Plan

A Whole New View

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will consider other characters’ perspectives on Daddy Bailey and Mother’s decision to send Maya and Bailey to Stamps.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4

Structure:

The first few chapters of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is principally concerned with Maya and Bailey’s arrival in Stamps and their lives there. Because the book is solely from Maya’s point-of-view, we get only her perspective on the events of the book. The purpose of this activity is to allow students to speculate about what the other main characters of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings think about...