Maya Angelou wrote the poem "Continue" for Oprah Winfrey on her 50th birthday. It's a powerful poem on many levels, celebrating doing the right thing, being proud and being kind.

Read and discuss with students and get them writing their own "Continue" chant style poem with the template.

Use the two beautiful presentations to read the poem out loud, together. They are beautiful and engaging. Also, see the video version. Click the icons on the last page to download and access seperately.

A great idea for class is to have each student read out one slide, one stanza. Take a video of it. Then put the videos together for your own video poem of the same kind!

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