1、Unit 3 Fairness for all Part One: Teaching DesignPeriod 3: A sample lesson plan for Using Language(“I HAVE A DREAM”)AimsTo help students read the passage “I HAVE A DREAM” To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writingProceduresI. Warming up by learning about The I H
2、ave a Dream SpeechIn 1950s America, the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of Independence was far from a reality. People of color, blacks, Hispanics, Orientals, were discriminated against in many ways, both overt and covert. The 1950s were a turbulent time in America, when racial barrier
3、s began to come down due to Supreme Court decisions, like Brown v. Board of Education; and due to an increase in the activism of blacks, fighting for equal rights.Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister, was a driving force in the push for racial equality in the 1950s and the 1960s. In 1963, Kin
4、g and his staff focused on Birmingham, Alabama. They marched and protested non-violently, raising the ire of local officials who sliced water cannon and police dogs on the marchers, whose ranks included teenagers and children. The bad publicity and break-down of business forced the white leaders of
5、Birmingham to concede to some anti-segregation demands.Thrust into the national spotlight in Birmingham, where he was arrested and jailed, King organized a massive march on Washington, DC, on August 28, 1963. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he evoked the name of Lincoln in his “I Have a Dream“
6、 speech, which is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The next year, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.The following is the exact text of the spoken speech, transcribed from recordings.II. Reading for forms and for contentsRead the text “
7、I have a dream” on page 28 to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions. “I HAVE A DREAM” I have a dream /that one day /this nation will rise up /and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths/
8、to be self-evident, that all men are created /equal.”I have a dream /that one day /on the red hills of Georgia/ the sons of former slaves/ and the sons of former slave owners /will be able to sit down together/ at the table of brotherhood.I have a dream/ that one day/ even the state of Mississippi,
9、(a state/ where justice is difficult to find /if you are black,) will be transformed/ into an oasis of freedom and justice.I have a dream/ that my four little children/ will one day/ live in a nation/ where they will not be judged/ by the color of their skin/ but by the content of their character.I
10、have a dream /today.I have a dream/ that one day /that even in Alabama /where white people speak so fiercely/ against blacks right there in Alabama/ black boys and girls/ will be able to join /hands with white boys and girls /as sisters and brothers.This is our hope. This is the faith /that I go bac
11、k/ to the South /with. With this faith/ we will be able to cut a stone of hope/ from the mountain of despair. With this faith/ we will be able to transform the unpleasant sounds of our nation /into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith/ we will be able to work together, to pray togeth
12、er, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that /we will be free /one day. This will be the day, this will be the day/ when all of Gods children /will be able to sing with new meaning “My country, sweet land of liberty - to you/ I sing. Land /where my
13、 father died, from every mountain, let freedom ring!”And/ if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom to ring - when we let it ring/ from every village /and every hamlet, from every state/ and every
14、 city, we will be able to speed up that day/ when all of Gods children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free/ at last!”III. Copy
15、ing expressions and making sentenceshave a dream, rise up, live out sth., hold truths to be self-evident, be created equal, on the hills of , the sons of former slaves, sit down together at the table of brotherhood,the state of Mississippi, difficult to find, be transformed into, an oasis of freedom
16、 and justice, be judged by the content of ones character, speak fiercely against , join hands with sb., with the faith, cut a stone of hope from the mountain of despair, transform the unpleasant sounds of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood, go to jail, stand up for freedom, all of G
17、ods children, sing with new meaning, sweet land of liberty, a great nation, let freedom ring, speed up, in the words of IV. Closing down by learning to make a successful speech Follow the next three steps to make a successful speech. Step One: Planning Our guide will make public speaking a whole lot
18、 easier for you. Build solid foundations for a successful speech by using your knowledge of the occasion, the audience, and their expectations. Step Two: Writing Learn the fundamentals of successful speechwriting. Discover how to correctly structure your speech with a strong opening, a purposeful body, and a memorable conclusion. Step Three: Delivery Should you use a script, use notes or rely on your memory during the delivery of your speech? Finally, read our Delivery Tips for some ideas of what you should and should not do during a public speaking engagement
