Teachers, Please share with all of us.
Did you do something special for Martin Luther King Day before or after the holiday? If yes, what did you do? Please share with us and let us know if it was successful and why or why not.In Room 6 Beginning High at Sunrise Tech Center, I opened this link:
Martin Luther King video 9.37 min
and shared this kids' video about Martin Luther King's life. It is a cartoon, but there are a lot of words displayed large on the screen to help with understanding, plus it isn't too long (9.37 min). The students wanted me to play it twice. The second time, I handed out the transcript that I took from YouTube and added in all the proper punctuation (yes, that took awhile to do). I suggested that they read the transcript while watching and listening to the video. We went over the major new vocabulary words (i.e. boycott, demonstration). I also posted the video link on my class website so the students could watch and read again it over the long weekend. They seemed to like it, at least they said they did. I noticed one of the students got out her transcript again and was reading it while the other students were taking their CASAS tests. So I will deem the activity a success.
In room 7 we reread the flyers on MLK and Rosa Parks, that Helen Berger gave my class. We highlighted dates and events and wrote up a timeline. I will try to post this picture from my classroom whiteboard. Then we focused on the -ed past tense form and subject pronoun. It was good for note taking. Tonight we will turn the timelines into short summaries of events in MLK's life. We will then apply what we learned from summarizing to our own short bios or the bios of someone famous or someone admired. Students will work independently or with a partner.
ReplyDeleteNow I just need to figure out how to post the pictures I took of these activities from this access point. Ohhh the trials of technology - LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteUnkown on 1/29 was me (LOL) and I'm still trying to figure out how to post the pics. Help Linda!
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