Martin Luther King and Amanda Gorman

Tuesday, September 13th
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Tuesday, September 13th

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Programme
- Hand-out: The Hate U Give
- 10 minutes of silent reading
- Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream
- Amanda Gorman: The Hill We Climb
- Time to work on your assignments

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Read your novel
timer
10:00

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Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream
Literature reader p. 25

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Slide 5 - Video

Why do you think King quoted 'The Declaration of Independence' in his 'I Have a Dream'-speech?

Slide 6 - Open question

Slide 7 - Video

Martin Luther King begins his speech by emphasizing freedom. What does he mean by freedom and in what sense does he regard African Americans as 'still not free'?

Slide 8 - Open question

Which literary devices can you find in the 2nd paragraph?

Slide 9 - Open question

King speaks of brotherhood and sisterhood. What does King mean by brotherhood? How is brotherhood related to freedom and justice?

Slide 10 - Open question

Why may King have chosed the word 'dream' as leitmotiv or key word?

Slide 11 - Open question

Turn to page 30 and read the introduction to Amanda Gorman and her poem.

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Slide 13 - Video

What are some of the important words in this poem, do you think?

Slide 14 - Mind map

Get to work
In pairs or groups of 3, work on the assignments and reading journal entries that we've not yet discussed.

This is homework for next week, when we will go over the answers together.

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Next week
No class this Thursday, so I'll see you again next week.

- Finish the assignments on 'I Have a Dream' and 'The Hill We Climb'.
- Read the introduction to Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, answer the questions (p. 37).
- Read chapters 1-7 of the book.

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