week 16, Dec 16-20 and week 17, Jan 6-10

Students will understand how vision relates to leadership.  Students will create a group presentation.  Students will emulate the writing style of Martin Luther King, Jr's "March on Washington" speech.

1. watch Nelson Mandela presentations
• 6th Grade Presentation
• 7th Grade Presentation
• 8th Grade Presentation
2. Martin Luther King, Jr "March on Washington" speech - what is he saying?
3. What do I want to say?

week 15, Dec 9-13

Students will understand how vision relates to leadership.  Students will create a group presentation.  Students will emulate the writing style of Martin Luther King, Jr's "March on Washington" speech.

1. Who is Nelson Mandela?
• You will need:
• Your name
• Answer the question: If we are learning about vision, why are we looking at Nelson Mandela's legacy?
• 1 visual (a picture or a video clip)
• 1 fact or quote  
• 6th Grade Presentation
• 7th Grade Presentation
• 8th Grade Presentation
• Voice to Text tools
• http://vozme.com
• http://www.readthewords.com
2. Free Rice!
3. Martin Luther King, Jr "March on Washington" speech - what is he saying?
4. What do I want to say?

week 14, Dec. 2 - 6

Students will understand how vision relates to leadership.

1. Nelson Mandela
2. Emulation Writing activity
• Choose a problem if you have not already.
• Draw a picture of what the world would look like if the problem was solved.
• If time - Start analyzing what Martin Luther King, Jr. speech.
3. I'm done!  - Cards for Children Hospital :)
• Stories about kids in the hospital (a.k.a - Why we are doing this!)

week 12, November 18-22

1. FREE RICE.COM
2. review last week's class 
3. Martin Luther King, Jr. "March on Washington" speech reading activity
• In your groups from last week, review the key words that you decided on.
• In your groups, create a summary sentence (or two) using all the key words that you chose.
• By yourself, create a summary (a sentence or two) in your own words.  What is this passage about?  What is Martin Luther King, Jr. trying to say?
4. Choose a problem.
5. As a class we will work on the analyze portion of the worksheet.

Students will

• make connections to the reading through their written responses.
• summarize the reading.

week 11, November 11-15

1. review last week's class 
2. Class meeting - "I want to know someone who..."
3. Martin Luther King, Jr. "March on Washington" speech reading activity
• In your groups from last week, review the key words that you decided on.
• In your groups, create a summary sentence (or two) using all the key words that you chose.
• By yourself, create a summary (a sentence or two) in your own words.  What is this passage about?  What is Martin Luther King, Jr. trying to say?
4. Choose a problem.
5. As a class we will work on the analyze portion of the worksheet.

Students will

• make connections to the reading through their written responses.
• summarize the reading.
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week 10 - November 4 - 8

1. review Sneetches (6th) or FOR club (7th, 8th)
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. "March on Washington" speech reading activity
• worksheet
• Listen to Mrs. Rose read the passage while you underline words that you think are important.
• Get into small groups, work through words you don't understand.  Look up words that you cannot figure out together.  (Dictionary.com)
• Read quietly to yourself and see if your key words have changed.
• Listen to Martin Luther King Jr. read the speech.  Do your key words change?
• Choose 9-11 key words. (number 1)
• In your groups, write a summary sentence using all your key words. (number 2)
3. CLASS MEETING - "I want to know someone who..."

week 9 - 7th & 8th

1. Video on Rachel's Challenge
2. What does a FOR club mean?
3. Thank-you letters