Fall Forward!

Fall Forward!

Read through each slide and follow directions.

Open Ended

What does it mean to fall?

Open Ended

What does it mean to move forward?

Multiple Choice

Making an inference: What does it mean to fall forward?

• for time to move up a hour

• to get to a specific part in a movie or song

• to fall flat on your face

• even though you make a mistake, still keep moving ahead and not backwards

WATCH THE 'Fall Forward' commencement speech by Denzel Washington video that was located on the google classroom post

LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE VIDEO!

Read, "Mother to Son" by: Langston Hughes

Well, son, I’ll tell you:

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

It’s had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor—

Bare.

Mother to Son cont.d

But all the time

I’se been a-climbin’ on,

And reachin’ landin’s,

And turnin’ corners,

And sometimes goin’ in the dark

Where there ain’t been no light.

So boy, don’t you turn back.

Don’t you set down on the steps

’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.

Mother to Son cont.d

Don’t you fall now—

For I’se still goin’, honey,

I’se still climbin’,

And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

Multiple Select

How does the video compare to the poem?

• they share similar central ideas

• they share a similar theme

• they share similar details

• they share similar settings

Multiple Select

Which best represents a common theme for both the video and text:

• good things come to those who work hard

• no matter how many mistakes you make keep moving forward not backwards

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

Name your favorite person and explain in detail one way they "fell forward". Then describe how this impacted their life.

Open Ended

Describe one phrase you heard in the video or read in the text that resonates with you the most. Why?