Martin Luther King and Amanda Gorman

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Tuesday, September 13th

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

Read your novel

Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream

Literature reader p. 25

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

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'?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.