April Updates
April 12: Students should read Martin Luther King Jr.'s " I Have a Dream Speech" and answer the questions on their own paper. Each student should work individually. Today, just work on the "I Have a Dream" speech. Pay attention to how King crafts memorable concepts through imagery and figurative language. The questions will direct your attention to certain places, but make sure to read and understand the whole. Answers should be thoughtful rather than quick, just to get it done.
Please take really good care of Mr. Turlington. He is my dear friend, our guest, and a gift to you while I am away. I wish I could be with you as he shares his stories. He is a great storyteller, so be thinking of what questions you would like to ask someone who was alive and saw the civil rights movement up close. I have set time for him to talk to you, but how much and when will depend on how well, as a class, you focus. We have practiced all week how to ask thoughtful questions. Consider how these three texts, The Declaration of Independence, "The Gettysburg Address," and "I Have a Dream" are all born in a time of crisis, yet articulate our American Idealism.
Bring three questions tomorrow that you would like to ask someone who lived through the civil rights movement in the south.
Please take really good care of Mr. Turlington. He is my dear friend, our guest, and a gift to you while I am away. I wish I could be with you as he shares his stories. He is a great storyteller, so be thinking of what questions you would like to ask someone who was alive and saw the civil rights movement up close. I have set time for him to talk to you, but how much and when will depend on how well, as a class, you focus. We have practiced all week how to ask thoughtful questions. Consider how these three texts, The Declaration of Independence, "The Gettysburg Address," and "I Have a Dream" are all born in a time of crisis, yet articulate our American Idealism.
Bring three questions tomorrow that you would like to ask someone who lived through the civil rights movement in the south.
April 13: Prepare for your vocabulary quiz--ten words--on Monday. Your questions for the "I Have a Dream" speech are due today. If the class isn't focused, you can see that I have other questions for you. Do your best; I will be checking in.
April 19: Remember your quiz on literary terms tomorrow. Check quizlet. Also, practice your part of your speech. It should be delivered smoothly, but you may read it--or memorize it. Memorizing will enable you to earn up to ten extra points to add to the last notecard percentage. If the whole class memorizes it well, I will consider how to many extra points to award.