2 nd Grade-Unit 4 Lesson Title: Martin s Big Words Short Term Goal: Analyze key words in Martin Luther King s teachings on non-violence. SLE s: H.6.2.1 Explain the purpose in celebrating national holidays: H.6.2.3 Discuss historical people (e.g., Bill Clinton, Daisy Bates, Sequoia) H.6.2.4 Define conflict H.6.2.6 Determine how photos and documents are used to gather information about the past. C.5.2.2 Examine rights and responsibilities that citizens have in a community. Common Core Standards: CC.2.RL.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. CC.2.RL.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. CC.2.RL.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CC.2.RI.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events in a text. CC.2.RI.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. CC.2.RI.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. CC.2.RI.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. CC.2.RI.9 Compare/contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. Materials: Bookflix cals.lib.us.ar Martin s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport Martin Luther King Jr. by Wil Mara www.archive.org/details/mlkdream Trade Books about Martin Luther King Chart tablet Direct Explanation/Model: Whole Group/ Two Sessions What: We will analyze key words in Martin L. King s teachings on non-violence and create a list of our own big words either originally or as a found poem.
Why: Students will learn to think reflectively about their own personal dreams and ideas by looking at those of a hero such as Martin Luther King, Jr. How: The students will read Martin s Big Words, listen to his I ve Got a Dream speech, and read trade books on Martin Luther King. We ll analyze the big words through a vocabulary study and choose words that have meaning for us. First Session: Guided Practice: Ask the children what the word big means. The children will probably define it as something that is large in size. Lead them to discover that the word can also mean something that is meaningful, special, or important. Show the list of words that they will find in the book. Everyone, great, love, hate, together, separate, peace, war, courage, rights, wait, protests, segregation, dreams, care, prayed. Have the children attempt to define them. Notice with the children that most of the words have only four letters, but they are truly BIG words. Read or watch Martin s Big Words on Cals. After the reading, ask the students if they would like to add anything to the word meanings making them big. Apply: The students will choose a word from the text that is meaningful to them. They will fold it in half and then half again to create four boxes. They will write the word in one box, define it in another box, write a sentence with the word in another, and illustrate it in the last. Second Session: Guided Activity: The students will read the book Martin Luther King Jr. on the CALS site. They will Stop to record any new information in their learning logs. Any new big words will be recorded on the class list. The class will listen to the I Have a Dream speech, stopping periodically to write big words on the class list. Apply: The students will think about their own dreams for the future. Using the words from the book, speech, and notes taken from their own reading they will write found poems. (Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry by making changes in spacing and/or lines, consequently meaning.)
Found Poems from "I Have a Dream" Speech Example One: Today...tomorrow a dream freedom Example Two: Friends I have together brotherhood Alternative Application: The students will write a book comparing their lives to Martin L. King s. In this book they will compare their families, birthdays, and dreams to Martin s. The template follows. Literacy Lesson 16 CLLG pp 70-71 MINILESSON Story Structure---Use the Story Map in the lesson to complete a story map on one of the two stories read on Martin L. King. Central Arkansas Library www.cals.lib.us.ar (Bookflix) Shared Books Martin s Big Words and Martin Luther King, Jr. (People and Places). Use the Paired Text Activities in the Lesson Plan provided for these books to discuss how both books are nonfiction but one reads like a story. Use a Venn Diagram or other graphic to record information that was common in both book and information that was only in one or the other.
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Who We Are Name: Martin Luther King, Jr. and called M. L. Born: January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia Parents: Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. Alberta Williams King Sister: Christine King Brother: Alfred Daniel King and called A.D. ****************************************************************** Name: Born in: Parents: Sisters: Brothers:
Our Families Martin Luther King, Jr. (called M. L.) was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents were the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He had one sister named Christine and one brother named Alfred Daniel (called A.D.). His father was a minister and his mother was a musician. Here is my family.
Books and Stories Martin Luther King, Jr. loved to have his Aunt Ida and his grandmother read books to him about adventures and "wonderful places in the world" and to tell him stories about when they were children. I like books and stories too! These are my favorites:.
What We are Good At Martin Luther King, Jr. loved singing, music, reading, learning new things, and sharing his ideas with others. He was good at those things. I'm good at
Hurt Feeling and Sadness Martin Luther King, Jr. and A.D. were hurt when their white friends couldn't play with them anymore. At that time in the United States, there were places where black children and white children couldn't go to school together and were not even allowed to play together or be friends. That made Martin very sad. I was sad when
Birthdays Martin Luther King, Jr. has been honored as a great American hero. He worked to change laws that were unfair. He won the Nobel Peace Prize. His birthday is now a national holiday and people all over the United States celebrate his birthday to honor him. Here is how I like to celebrate my birthday.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. had "a dream that one day...little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls as sisters and brothers." (Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963) Dr. King spent his life preaching, giving speeches, leading marches, and helping change laws so that all people would be treated fairly. I can help Dr. King's dream come true!
My Dream for Our World I have a dream too!