Maya Angelou obituary

The exercises were designed around The Guardian obituary (as cited) of 28 May 2014. Whilst focusing on comprehension and vocabulary development, the article enabled wider discussion of racism and changes in society during the latter half of the 20th century. I began by looking at images of the poet and her era on the web, and viewing a YouTube of her speaking. I concluded the lesson with reading extracts from Maya Angelou's work. Caution should be taken with some of the themes and explicit vocabulary.