Thank You, Ma’m: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for Thank You, Ma’m text by Langston Hughes. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Pair the story with a lesson on Marigolds and invite students to compare what the young characters learn about other people.

Included:

-Thank You, Ma’m Lesson Plan

-Thank You, Ma’m Worksheet

-Thank You, Ma’m Answer Key

Graphic Organizers:

1. Author’s Purpose

2. Characterization Chart

3. Figurative Language Chart

4. Historical Analysis Chart

5. Imagery Chart

6. Peer Evaluation Sheet

7. Plot Diagram

8. Read for Detail

9. Setting

10. Style Chart

11. Symbol Chart

12. Symbolism Chart

13. Theme Diagram

14. Tone and Mood Diagram

15. Universal Plot Diagram

16. Venn Diagram

PowerPoints:

1. Characterization

2. Imagery, Voice, and Persona

3. Irony and Ambiguity

4. Narrator and Voice

5. Plot Structure

6. Symbolism and Allegory

7. Theme - How to Interpret

8. Theme

Thank You Bonus Stuff!

1 zip file with:

-8 PowerPoints

-19 PDFs with ready to print pages

-18 Word documents with ready to print pages