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Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou

By Lauren Ayube

”Still I Rise” was published in 1978 in Maya Angelou’s book of poems And Still I Rise. It is an inspirational and empowering poem about overcoming injustice and prejudice. This poem can be studied on its own for Social Emotional Learning, or can be taught as part of a poetry unit.




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Still I Rise

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Have students illustrate vocabulary words from "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou

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  • BESET
  • What is she so happy about?
  • SOULFUL
  • SASSINESS
  • Beautiful day, isn't it?
  • (v.) To come at from all sides; completely engulfed. "Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells pumping in my living room."
  • (adj.) Full of or expressing deep feeling; profoundly emotional. "Shoulders falling down like teardrops, weakened by my soulful cries."
  • (n.) Lively spirit. "Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom?"
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