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Maya AngelouA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
In this activity, students focus on a key line in the poem to make connections to the poem’s speaker and the theme of Identity.
Angelou’s speaker declares, “I am the dream and the hope of the slave” (Line 40). Whose dream or hope are you? Your family, your culture or ethnicity, your religion, your gender, your coach or teacher, or something or someone else?
Differentiation Suggestion: Students who might benefit from auditory strategies might consider creating a musical collage using free software.
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