H4 Short Story When I Lay My Burden Down - Maya Angelou

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Table of Contents

* Lesson Aims

* Setting

* Information author

* Exercises 

Lesson Aims:

* You can analyze a short story;

* You understand and know how to use the correct terminology for the analysis.

Information Author:

- Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri

- Grew up in Stamps, Arkansas. 

- Was a writer, poet, actress, Civil Rights activist

- Her most notable work is "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"

- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. 

- Died on May 28, 2014. 

Exercises 

Multiple choice questions and open questions. 

"Thou shall not be dirty” and “Thou shall not be impudent” were the two commandments of Grandmother
Henderson upon which hung our total salvation.

What is your visual imagery of the word "impudent"?

1. Someone who is unclean
2. Someone who is like an alien
3. Someone who is disrespectful
4. Someone who is racist

Why did Momma insist that the children were so clean before bedtime?

1. Cleanliness was next to God
2. To eliminate white folks' stereotypes
3. For health reasons
4. That dirtiness was the inventor of misery

Name some behaviors that the main character detested from poor white children in their Store, which they were themselves not allowed to do themselves.

What was Momma's way of dealing with the confrontation from the poor white children?

Writing assignment:

* After you have read the story, continue to work on the assignment in the handelingsdeel. 

* Write down difficult words in a learning journal.