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KS3 · Year 7 - Foundations · Term 2 - Voices Across Time · Week 6
Pages: Caged Bird - Maya Angelou
Angelou contrasts a free bird and a caged bird as an extended metaphor for freedom and racial oppression in 20th-century America.
Lesson 1
What students do
Read poem; mark stanzas as "free bird" or "caged bird".
Task
Make a two-column table: three quotations for each bird.
Success criteria
Table has six accurate quotations.
Lesson 2
What students do
Define "extended metaphor"; discuss what each bird represents.
Task
Pair-talk: why does Angelou repeat the caged bird stanza?
Success criteria
Explains one reason for the repetition.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model contrastive connectives: "whereas", "in contrast", "however".
Task
Write three contrast sentences comparing the two birds.
Success criteria
Three sentences each use a different contrastive connective.
Lesson 4
What students do
Model a paragraph on the caged bird using "his wings are clipped and his feet are tied".
Task
Write a PEE paragraph on how Angelou presents the caged bird.
Success criteria
Paragraph zooms in on "clipped" or "tied".
Lesson 5
What students do
Plan a comparative paragraph: free bird vs caged bird.
Task
Write one comparative paragraph using "whereas" or "however".
Success criteria
Paragraph quotes both birds and uses a contrast connective.
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