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Social Studies 6
6.1  Prehistory
6.2  Mesopotamia/Egypt
6.3  Ancient Israel/Hebrews
6.4  Ancient Greece
6.5  Ancient India
6.6  Ancient China
6.7  Ancient Rome



Resources for Holt Language ArtsReading

 
Standard  3.5 Identify the speaker and recognize the
difference between first-and third-person narration
(e.g., autobiography compared with biography).

Story:  Brother  from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Focus:  Standard 3.5


Look at the attributes of a biography

  • The writing is third person, speaking about someone else's own life.
  • It is non-fiction, meaning it is real.

Chapter 5   Text Book Link
  Standards (Hover cursor on bear for info)

1.4  |  2.3  |    3.5  |  1.0
 
 


Brother by Maya Angelou

  Vocabulary
grating
lauded
aghast
precision


YouTube video with Dr. Angelou reciting her poem, "And Still I Rise"

Read and listen to an interview with Maya Angelou.

 
Literature
❑ Brother pp. 262–268
❑ Before You Read p. 262
Focus On: questions and activities p. 267  (response scaffolded guide)
❑ Vocabulary: Antonyms and Finding
Synonyms p. 268
Question Preview:
    1. This selection is mainly about the writer’s love for her __________ 
  
2. In what way is Bailey different than the narrator? He is __________, while she is ________________.
3. Bailey insults Mrs. Coleman’s son because — Mrs. Coleman made unkind ______ about Bailey’s _______
4. After Bailey insults Mrs. Coleman’s son —Bailey and his sister __________________
5. As the writer explains, why could Bailey “count on few punishments”?
He was the _______ of his family no matter what he said or did.
6. Which of the following does the narrator mention as Bailey’s accomplishments? 
He could convincingly _____   _____ in church.
7. What incident in the story happens in the Store-- Bailey takes two ________ from a ______.
8. Summarize why Maya Angelou thinks that Bailey is the greatest
person in the world? He _______ her, _____________ her, and makes her _______.
9. At the end of the selection, the narrator calls Bailey her —__________ _____________
10. Which pronoun refers to the narrator of “Brother”?
11. The focus of this selection is Maya Angelou's brother Bailey. How would you
identify the kind of narration in “Brother”?  It is ______-person point of view