My Name is Margaret,” excerpted from her novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, addresses themes of identity erasure, resistance, and the journey towards reclaiming identity. Jim Crow Topic sentence (underline, use an appropriate transition)

Create a unique engaging title
 Write a 4-5 sentence introduction that presents the thesis idea of identity, its importance,
and why claiming and reclaiming it is often essential.
 , Maya Angelou’s story “My Name is Margaret,” excerpted from her novel I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, addresses themes of identity erasure, resistance, and the
journey towards reclaiming identity.
Jim Crow
Topic sentence (underline, use an appropriate transition): Write the rough draft Jim Crow
topic sentence that uses a focus point (or at most 2 related points).
 Write 1 – 2 sentences that lead the reader smoothly to the first quote/paraphrase.
 Add your first quote/paraphrase that supports your Jim Crow topic sentence.
 Write 1 – 2 sentences that lead the reader smoothly from the first quote to the second
quote or paraphrase. There must be some discussion of the first quote/paraphrase as it
relates to the topic sentence.
 Then, add your next quote/paraphrase that supports your next Jim Crow topic sentence.
 Write a 2-sentence lead-out where you discuss the impacts of Jim Crow in our lives
currently.
Erasure of identity
Topic sentence (underline, use an appropriate transition): Write the rough draft topic
sentence that addresses when Mrs. Cullinan takes away Margaret’s identity.
 Attribution and quote: Frame the quote in one-half to 1 sentence by mentioning that
Miss Glory questions Mrs. Cullinan for calling Margaret by the wrong name. Then, write
the name of the person, Mrs. Cullinan, who states this quote and next write the full quote.