M3B L8

M3 L8

"I HAVE A DREAM"

Lesson Questions

• Essential Question What is the power of language?

• Focusing Question How and why does language inspire? 

• Content Framing Question Reveal: What does a deeper exploration of King’s language in “I Have a Dream” reveal? 

Learning Goals

Analyze King’s use of language in “I Have a Dream.” (RI.7.4)

✓ Complete Handout 9A.

Emancipation

The word emancipation means the state or act of being freed, and the Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order signed by Abraham Lincoln that freed more than three million slaves in 1863.

Welcome Paragraph:

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

Welcome:

The paragraph from the Welcome activity came from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered in 1963. The speech includes several allusions, many of which are set off by quotation marks. The authors allude to other well-known sources to develop a deeper meaning and create a shared understanding with their audience.

A reference like the one to Abraham Lincoln is called an allusion. It is common for authors to include allusions to things like famous people, songs, and biblical passages.

Allusions: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. (hint)

What do you know about Martin Luther King Jr. and his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech?

King was a leader in the African American civil rights movement, and that he gave the speech at a march for civil rights. Segregation was legal at the time.

I will read "I have a dream" speech while I read it please jot down anything you Notice and Wonder about the words and structure (similes/metaphors/alliteration)

What did King aim to inspire people to do or think? How do you know?

Listen to the speech from Martin Luther King Jr. take notes on any differences or something new.

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Note performance techniques that he uses.​

In your own words please write what MLK Jr. inspired people to do and how?

Small Group goals:

Read with teacher- Handout 9A Language Scavenger Hunt

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Engage- Video Analysis Handout 8A

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At your seat work- Comparison Chart...Discuss the difference between watching the video and reading the transcript.

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Daily Writing- What is MLKJ's goal in life? How did he try to achieve this goal? Would you have done the same thing? Why or why not?