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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 5, 6, 7 Lesson PlanI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 5, 6, 7 Lesson Plan
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 5, 6, 7

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Students read chapters from Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and complete literary response activities. For this chapter analysis lesson, students read chapters 5, 6, and 7 and discuss the highlights. Students practice writing think and search questions and vocabulary sentences for the lesson.

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9th - 11th
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