DHR Week 5 (4/20-4/24 ALL ASSIGNMENTS)-Legacy & MLK’s “I Have a Dream”

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English 3 & Honors

This week we continue our discussion of LEGACY.  What moments in our history have shaped where we are now and how will you create YOUR Legacy? This week we jump forward in time to the 1960s and Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech.

To Do List of the Week:

  1. TEXT: Read Dr. King’s Speech HERE: Dr King I have a Dream Speech or View ABOVE
  2. ASSESSMENT: Complete the “Speech Analysis POST-TEST” on FOCUS NO LATER THAN 4/24
    • Reminder Notes on Devices
      • Allusion-Reference to History, the Bible, or Mythology; requires prior knowledge to understand the statement
      • Metaphor-a comparison between to things to show similarities, they are similar but not exactly alike (makes the item bigger/more important)
      • Parallel Structure-repetitive language that has a similar structure (thing of the “He has… in the Declaration of Independence)
      • Symbolism-object that is sitting in the place of a different idea or object, could be something physical that makes the situation bigger
      • Alliteration- words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence
  3. WRITING: Complete your own “I Have a Dream” 5 Statements on the I have a Dream Assignment Template
  4. ACHIEVE 3000:  “The Dream Lives On”-In ACHIEVE Email (No Thought Question Required by may be used to raise score) You should see this picture on ACHIEVE or look in your e-mail on ACHIEVE.The Dream Lives on
  5. VOCABULARY: For the following List of Vocabulary Words you can either
    • Creative Story: Week 5 Vocabulary Creative Story (Change Week # in Title)
    • Vocabulary Chart: Vocabulary Log with 10 Slots
      • Words of the Week:
        • Affluent– wealthy
        • Circumference– distance around something
        • Recede– move back or away from a previous position
        • Valor– courage
        • Viaduct- a long bridge-like structure with arches that carries a road across a valley
        • Fatigue- extreme tiredness or exhaustion
        • Flourishes– gestures or actions intended to get attention
        • Prosperous-financially successful
        • Intercom– electrical device allowing two-way communication
        • Reluctantly– unwillingly

I believe in all of you and can’t wait to see the legacy you will create!

 

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