2. • Does you why we had Monday off?
• That is right it was Martin Luther
King Jr. Day!
• Does you know who Martin Luther
King Jr. is?
• Well today we are going to learn
about him!
3. Who is Martin Luther
King Jr.?
• I want you to get out a piece of
paper and go to the following
websites and take some notes on
Martin Luther King, include in
your notes important information
such as when he was born, when
he died, what he is famous for
• Easy Read:
http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people/on
• Easy Read:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.c
om/articles/ushistory/martinluth
erking1.htm
• Hard Read:
http://www.biography.com/people
/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086
4. I have a Dream…
• Watch and read Martin Luther King’s
most famous speech on the following
website:
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/speech.
htm
5. Your Task!
• Pretend you are a journalist that just
watched Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his
“I have a Dream” speech, you now have to
interview him, come up with 5 questions
you would ask him and then answer the
question how you think he would answer
them from what you have learned about
him. Use 5 of your spelling words from this
week in your answers!
6. How you will be graded!
1 2 3 4 5
Spelling/Gram Very Poor Poor Good Very Excellent
mar Grammar/Spell Grammar/Spell spelling/gramm good/spelling Spelling/Gram
ing ing ar Grammar mar
Questions Less than Less than Good Very good Excellent
4/very poor 5/poor questions/ has questions/has questions/ has
questions questions all 5 questions all five all five
questions questions
Answers Very poorly out Less than 5 5 spelling 5 spelling Excellent
answers/ less spelling words/ words/good words/ has Answers/5
than 4 spelling poorly thought answers very good spelling words
words out answers answers used
7. How you will be graded!
1 2 3 4 5
Spelling/Gram Very Poor Poor Good Very Excellent
mar Grammar/Spell Grammar/Spell spelling/gramm good/spelling Spelling/Gram
ing ing ar Grammar mar
Questions Less than Less than Good Very good Excellent
4/very poor 5/poor questions/ has questions/has questions/ has
questions questions all 5 questions all five all five
questions questions
Answers Very poorly out Less than 5 5 spelling 5 spelling Excellent
answers/ less spelling words/ words/good words/ has Answers/5
than 4 spelling poorly thought answers very good spelling words
words out answers answers used
