Jeanjoubert Jeanpierre
Lynn
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Graffic Parckeging Internarional
Sprint
Ohio, IL
01.2023 - Current
Education
High School Diploma -
Spp
Hayti, SDPre-Reading
- A. Warm-Up Questions
- 1. Who is the person in the picture?
- 2. What are some different ways to say and write this person’s name?
- 3. Why is this person famous?
- B. Vocabulary Preview
- Match up as many words and meanings as you can.
- Check this exercise again after seeing the words in context on page 2.
- 1. equality (noun) a) a religious leader
- 2. minister (noun) b) to damage with an explosion
- 3. civil (adjective) c) behavior that causes harm
- 4. protest (noun) d) a presentation, spoken words in front of an audience
- 5. bomb (verb) e) having the same rights as everyone
- 6. violence (noun) f) to fire a gun
- 7. speech (noun) g) a show of disapproval in public
- 8. shoot (verb) h) of the people in a nation
Reading
- ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
- 1. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) cared about equality.
- He wanted Black people to have equal rights in America.
- 2. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929.
- He studied religion at university and became a minister.
- In 1953, he married Coretta Scott. They had four children.
- 3. MLK didn’t like how Black people were treated in the South.
- He decided to become a civil rights leader. In the ‘50s and ‘60s, he led many civil rights marches and protests. People bombed his church and home, but he continued to fight for equal rights.
- He did not believe in violence.
- 4. King became famous for his books and speeches.
- People of all races liked his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech.
- In 1964, Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 5. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed at a hotel in Tennessee. Over 300,000 people attended his memorial service.
Writing
- ABOUT MLK
- Finish the About MLK sentences.
- 1. Martin Luther King Jr. was from
- 2. Martin Luther King Jr. cared about
- 3. MLK did not believe in
- 4. In 1968, MLK was
Comprehension
- A. True or False?
- Read the statements below.
- If the statement is true, write T beside the sentence.
- If it is false, write F.
- 1. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Africa.
- 2. MLK had four children with Coretta Scott.
- 3. MLK’s supported violence at protests and marches.
- 4. MLK led the civil rights movement in the 1970s.
- 5. More than 300,000 people attended MLK’s memorial service.
- B. Forming Questions
- Work with a partner. Here are the answers. What are the questions?
- 1. Martin Luther King Jr. studied religion at university.
- 2. MLK’s wife was Coretta Scott.
- 3. MLK was famous for his books and speeches about civil rights.
- 4. MLK died on April 4, 1968.
Vocabulary Review
- Circle the word that means the opposite as the word from the reading.
- 1. equal
- A) civil
- B) unfair
- C) right
- 2. protest
- A) accept
- B) fight
- 3. violence
- A) bomb
- B) peace
- C) equal
- 4. won
- A) lost
- B) fought
- C) shot
- 5. fight
- A) protest
- B) bomb
- C) give up
- 6. leader
- A) follower
- B) minister
- C) speaker
- Pair Work
- “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.
- Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
- —MLK
- Circle the opposites in the quote above.
- Discuss the quote with your class.
- I agree with this MLK quote.
- I disagree with this MLK quote.
Listening
- A. Gap Fill
- Listen to a recording of this reading.
- Fill in the gaps. Listen again and check your answers.
- 1. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) cared about _________.
- He wanted Black people to have equal rights in America.
- 2. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929.
- He studied ________ at university and became a _________. In 1953, he married Coretta Scott. They had four children.
- 3. MLK didn’t like how Black people were treated in the South. He decided to become a ________ rights leader. In the ‘50s and ‘60s, he led many civil rights marches and _________. People bombed his church and home, but he continued to fight for equal rights. He did not believe in _________.
- 4. King became famous for his books and _________. People of all races liked his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech. In 1964, Dr. King won the Nobel ________ Prize.
- 5. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was ________ and killed at a hotel in Tennessee. Over ________ people attended his memorial service.
- B. Extra Practice
- Do you want more listening practice?
- After you fill in the gaps in Part A, listen to the recording a few more times.
- Circle all of the words that have a long e sound.
- Notice the different spellings of words with the /ee/ sound.
- Pronunciation
- The IPA symbol (in dictionaries) for long e is /i/.
Answer Key
- LESSON DESCRIPTION:
- In this lesson, students read a short biography about Martin Luther King Jr. They learn and practice new vocabulary and practice recognizing opposites. They also discuss a famous MLK quote.
- LEVEL: Low Int
- TIME: 1.5–2 hours
- TAGS: Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King, MLK, civil rights, civil rights movement, equality, race
- Pre-Reading
- A. WARM-UP QUESTIONS
- Discuss these questions as a class to find out what your students already know about this famous person.
- 1. This is Martin Luther King Jr.
- 2. He is referred to as Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, and Dr. King. In the reading, he is also referred to by only his last name (King).
- 3. He is famous because he was a leader of the civil rights movement in the US. He died fighting for the cause.
- B. VOCABULARY PREVIEW
- 1. e
- 2. a
- 3. h
- 4. g
- 5. b
- 6. c
- 7. d
- 8. f
- Comprehension
- A. TRUE OR FALSE?
- 1. F – Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 2. T
- 3. F – MLK’s led non-violent protests and marches.
- 4. F – MLK led the civil rights movement in the ‘50s and ‘60s.
- 5. T
- B. FORMING QUESTIONS
- Answers will vary.
- 1. What did Martin Luther King Jr. study at university?
- 2. Who was MLK’s wife?
- 3. What was MLK famous for?
- 4. When did MLK die?
- Vocabulary Review
- 1. b
- 3. b
- 4. a
- 5. c
- 6. a
- (continued on the next page...)
Answer Key cont.
- Pair Work
- Have students complete the first step of this exercise individually (darkness/light, hate/love). Then place students in pairs to compare and discuss their sentences. Discuss the quote as a class.
- Listening
- Have students listen to the recording and fill in the gaps.
- You can download the recording on the website or stream it in class. It is also available on our podcast.
- A. GAP FILL
- 1. equality
- 2. religion, minister
- 3. civil, protests, violence
- 4. speeches, Peace
- 5. shot, 300,000
- B. EXTRA PRACTICE
- 1. equality, He, people, equal
- 2. Georgia, nineteen twenty-nine, He, studied, university, became, nineteen fifty-three, married
- 3. people, treated, He, become, leader, fifties, sixties, he, People, he, equal, He, believe
- 4. became, speeches, People, nineteen sixty-three, Dream, speech, nineteen sixty-four, Peace
- 5. nineteen sixty-eight, Tennessee, three hundred thousand, people, memorial
- The following letters and combinations make the long e sound in this reading:
- E
- Eo
- Y (at the end of a word)
- Ea
- I (when y becomes i before ed or es)
- I (before al)
- Ie
- Ee
- Spelling Note:
- This lesson shows the American spelling of the word Behavior.
- Most other English-speaking countries spell it this way: Behaviour.
- Make it a challenge for your students to find this word in the lesson and see if they know the alternate spelling.
Languages
Francais and cruole
Elementary
Timeline
Graffic Parckeging Internarional
Sprint
01.2023 - Current
High School Diploma -
Spp