1. Think of at least 3 benefits of using speeches by famous figures, in the classroom
a.The speeches by famous figures will make the students to create a
stimulating and supportive learning environment.
b.The speeches also will create an environment where diverse cultures,
abilities and needs are respected and where differences offer
productive opportunities for learning and personal fulfillment.
c.The speeches also will help the students’ gain greater knowledge and
skills in speech communication as a means to develop their own potential.
2. Go to www.youtube.com and find the audio-visual on the speech. In not less than 50 words, state would the audio-visual be of any use in helping understand the speech better? State your reasons.
Yes, of course it will help the students to understand the speech better because the students can feel the situations, and the hope of the Negro that they are not free. Moreover, the audience clapping their hands to show that they support the views and the dreams by all the Negros when Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the speech for all the great African American who had been slaves for hundred of years. He also keep on repeating the historical background and the situation on what to be corrected at the same time. So, the powerful stress and confidence along with pauses in between of the speech by him brings the feel when the students hear with their own ears.
3. Who is Martin Luther King?
Martin Luther King is a syumbolic leader of American blacks ans also a world figure. He is a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race. He spoke out for justice to African American, for an end to racial discrimination and against the laws that embodied it and the subtle and unconscious behaviours and assumptions that were supported by those laws. Racial discriminations in the USA had resulted in countless unnecessary and unjust deaths and the despair and hopelessness of generations. He also was a great person because what he had done made a huge difference in America.
4. Based on the questions below, analyse the features of the given written speech:
a. What is the purpose of the speech?
The purpose of the speech is hoping that the audiences to have an immediate effect on the gist of the speech and to get the responses from them and invites the audiences to react to the speech.
b. What is the tone of the speech?
The tone of the speech is repetitive where he shares his dream and the use of persuasive elements. Moreover the next tone is showing passionate, though the speech reads smoothly since the idea of the speech is to be spoken rather than written and it follows a natural rhythm where the readers gets caught up in.
c. What interesting major feature(s) can you see from the speech? (i.e.Repetition of phrases, emphasis on certain things said etc)
There are a few major features that I realized from the speech because there are various tones and the pitches of his voice in his speech. When his voice turns high and volume of his voice turns loud, it shows that he feels strongly about the point he has just made, and he wants the audience to notice on what he said. Another thing that he does after is he pauses. The pause is for the audience to really think hard about what he has just said. They aren't necessarilly long pauses but, they are highly effective.
d. Any interesting facts that you can gather based on the background of the speech?
There are many interesting facts that I gathered based on the background of the speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr's son. He was born on the 15th January, 1929 and demise on 4th April 1968 at the age of 39. On 1953, he married to Coretta Scott and lived in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a graduate from Brooker T. Washington High. On the 25th February, 1948, he attended Crozer Theological Seminary and was ordained to the Baptist ministry. He entered Boston University in 1951. Later, he joined the bus boycott after the arrest of Rosa Parks and then in 1057 he formed Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight against seggregation and for the Civil Rights.Later, when he was arrested in 1960 he wrote his famous letter in Birmingham Jail. Upon his release, he led 125,000 people on a freedom walk in Detroit followed by the other largest civil rights demonstration in history and made him famous when he made an inspiring speeh 'I Have A Dream'.
In 1964, Martin Luther King was awarded Nobel Peace Prize. On the 4th April, 1968 he was shot killed while he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee afterhe delivered 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech.
5. Suggest a while-reading activity that can be derived from this particular speech.
We can use multiple choice questions, true false sentences and comprehension questions in order to use as a while-reading activity based on the speech provided to the students.
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