ALEX Learning Activity

  

Comparing and Contrasting Mediums of Caged Bird by Maya Angelou

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Monique Chatman
System:Talladega County
School:Talladega County Board Of Education
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2359
Title:
Comparing and Contrasting Mediums of Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
Digital Tool/Resource:
YouTube: Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

Students will explore three mediums of the famous poem, "Caged Bird"  by Maya Angelou. Students will read, listen to audio, and a watch a video of the poem and compare and contrast the differences using a graphic organizer.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX  Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
11. Utilize written, visual, digital, and interactive texts to generate and answer literal, interpretive, and applied questions.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
11.
  • Written text
  • Visual text
  • Digital text
  • Interactive text
  • Literal questions
  • Interpretive questions
  • Applied questions
Knowledge:
11. Students know:
  • There are a variety of text sources, including written text, visual text, digital text, and interactive text.
  • Text sources can be used to create and answer questions.
  • Literal questions are those that can be answered using information directly from the text.
  • Interpretive questions are those that can be answered by inferring information from the text.
  • Applied questions are those that can be answered using information inferred from the text and a reader's background knowledge and experience.
Skills:
11. Students are able to:
  • Use written, visual, digital, and interactive texts to create and answer questions.
  • Create and answer literal, interpretive, and applied questions.
Understanding:
11. Students understand that:
  • There are three levels of questions that can be generated: literal, interpretive, and applied.
  • They can use written, visual, digital, and interactive texts to create and answer all three levels of questions.
Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to

  • compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text.

  • analyze how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words.
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
During/Explore/Explain
Activity:

  1. Give each student a graphic organizer.

  2. Provide a digital or printed copy of the poem "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou.

  3. Students will read the poem independently or with a partner.

  4. Students will take notes in the section labeled "Reading" on the graphic organizer.

  5. Next, students will listen to the audio of "Caged Bird." (The teacher can play this on their phones or an interactive panel. The teacher can read the poem for the class if the link isn't available.

  6. Students will record their notes in the section labeled "Audio."

  7. Students will then watch and listen to Maya Angelou recite "Caged Bird."

  8. Students will record notes in the "Video" section and complete the self-assessment.
Assessment Strategies:

A simple checklist should provide the teacher insight into whether or not students have met, exceeded, or needs extra help mastering the standards.

The teacher should also look at the graphic organizer for accuracy and completion.

Possible Checklist for assessment. 
Advanced Preparation:

  1. Print copies of the poem, "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou.

  2. Provide students with a digital or printed copy of the graphic organizer.

  3. You can share the different mediums whole class or individually via Google Classroom or email. If students have access to iPads, you can create QR codes to each of the mediums.

    1. How to create a QR code: Click this link to take you to QR Code Generator

    2. Open the link to the poem, video, or audio and copy (Ctrl +C) and paste (Ctrl + v) the link into the box on the QR code generator website

    3. Generate the static QR code, download, and print

  4. If you prefer doing the lesson whole group (I recommend this delivery method for the video and audio); don’t worry about creating QR codes.

  5. Explain to students that they will be exposed to a poem in three mediums. Explain to students that there are no wrong or right answers, but the skill is about comparing and contrasting text presented in different mediums.

  6. Students will:

    1. read the poem.

    2. listen to the audio.

    3. watch the video.

  7. Students will complete the graphic organizer after each medium.
Variation Tips (optional):

If students are having a difficult time comparing and contrasting each medium, students can use this list of adjectives.
Notes or Recommendations (optional):
 
  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: Caged Bird, compare, contrast, difference, Maya Angelou, poem, poetry, similar