"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes is a short story that your students will become interested in right from the beginning. Included in this 6-day mini-unit: daily detailed lesson plans, engaging activities, and a paragraph task to complete the story. Pages include: getting to know Langston Hughes, an agree/disagree activity, journals, conflict review and practice (with answer key), plot diagram practice (with answer key), a mini-lesson on theme, and a paragraph-writing task (with a graphic or