Brother Scaffolded Responses
Brother from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou




Selection: pages 263-265
Questions: page 266

  1. Point of view:  This story is told from the _____ -person point of view (first or third).  I know this because the narrator uses the pronoun __ and tells us that Baily is her __________.
  2. The narrator/writer, who is Maya Angelou, describes her physical appearance as being _________  while her other family members were attractive.
  3. Bailey sticks up for his sister when people say unkind things about her by __________ them and __________ ____ of those who are mean to his sister.
  4. Bailey rarely was punished for his behavior because _________________________.
  5. Three things which Bailey is good at are ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________.
  6. According to the writer, the thing a lonely child needs most  is _____________________________________________ ________________________________________.
    7.
  1. Characteristic
    		Descriptions of Bailey
    (quote phrases
    from selection)
    		My response to the description
    Bailey's Voice
    		_______________
    _______________

    __________________
    		_______________ _______________

    __________________
    		_______________
    _______________
    8. I would describe Bailey's personality as ______________________ _______________________________________.

    9. In the last paragraph, the writer says that Bailey was her _____________.  I think that what she means by this is that ______________________________________________.