Caged Bird

Who wrote the poem Caged Bird?

• Maya Rudolph

• Maya Jama

• Maya Angelou

• Maya Hawke

Maya Angelou was famous for...

• Fighting Injustice

• Writing about her own life (autobiographical)

• Writing about other people's lives (biographical)

• Writing news articles

"The free bird leaps on the..."

• "back of the breeze"

• "flow of the wind"

• "back of the wind"

• "the bus to Bathgate"

The free bird "dares to claim the sky" which shows that he is

• Shy

• Empowered

• Confident

• Powerless

"The caged bird stalks down his ______ cage"

"his wings are clipped and   
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing."

What does this tell you about the caged bird?

"The caged bird sings with a _______ _____ of things unknown but longed for still"

Draw YOUR version of "fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn".

The most appetising meal you can imagine! (hopefully it's not worms)

1. What does the writer communicate about the free bird's life when she says that he "floats downstream"?

• He is carefree

• He is irresponsible

• He is careless

• He is joyful

Is this a metaphor or a simile?

"Life is like a box of chocolates..."

• Metaphor

• Simile