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Section 1 Pages 1 & 2

· The following version of this story was used to create this lesson plan: Hughes, Langston. "Thank You, Ma’am." https://www.chino.k12.ca.us/cms/lib/CA01902308/Centricity/Domain/1689/Thank%20You%20%20Ma%20am.pdf

· The story opens with a description of a woman walking alone at night.

· The woman carries “a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails” (1).

· It is 11 p.m. and a young boy tries to sneak from behind and steal the purse from the woman.

· The purse strap breaks sending the boy flat on his back on the sidewalk.

· The woman kicks the boy on his butt, picks him up and shakes him “until his teeth rattled” (1).

· The woman demands that the young boy pick up her purse and then she asks him, “Ain’t you ashamed of yourself?” (1).

· The boy says he is ashamed of himself.

· The...

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