1. Maya Angelou Listening Comprehension Exercise Tense and Word Order Practice

2. Vocabulary  Sustenance  Molested  Supported  Although  Activist  Devastated  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

3. Vocabulary  Racially segregated  Strong Bond  Dead  Refused  Joined  Scholarship  quitting

4. Instructions  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHqafC740Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHqafC740Q  The video will be played twice.  After watching the video, the professor will ask you questions which you will answer in complete sentences.

6. Answer in complete sentences using the correct tense.  Where was Maya Angelou born?  What did her grandmother teach her?  What terrible event happened in her childhood?  Why did Maya stop talking for 5 years?  What were some of her professions?  In what places did she live?  How does the video describe her political views?

7.  Why did she return to the United States in 1964?  How did she help Malcolm X?  What political events devastated Maya Angelou?  How did she support her son?  How was her biography titled?  What did President Clinton ask her to do at his Presidential Inuaguration ?

8. Writing Exercise  Based on the video and the questions answered, write a ten sentence paragraph about Maya Angelou.

9. And Still I Rise Maya Angelou (For Further Study)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MLEVVUkj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MLEVVUkj0