11th Grade Martin Luther King Day Google Apps

Introducing Martin Luther King Day / MLK Day writing activities has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 4 complete essay lessons - argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.

All aspects of argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and persuasive writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting evidence, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. The resource also focuses on how to structure the rising action, climax, and falling action in the plot of the personal narrative essay.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their essay writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing essay writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Writing Prompt Unit for Martin Luther King Day / MLK Day includes:

4 Entertaining Instructional Videos with:

• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Thesis statement development
• Plot and character development
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

4 Detailed Lesson Plans with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on Lesson Plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

4 Worksheets with:

• Prompts
• Brainstorming sections
• Thesis statement development sections
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial

4 Slide Shows with:

• Introduction slide with prompts for expository, argumentative, persuasive, and narrative Prompts
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list and develop ideas)
• Standard and implied thesis development slides
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• Checklist Slide

4 Essay Rubrics

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

4 Graphic Organizers

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

Google Slides™

4 Writing Quizzes

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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These 2 Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for THE NONFICTION TEXTS BY Martin Luther King Jr; I HAVE A DREAM AND LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL

PDF links to text included

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms

EACH Google Slide:

• Opening slide

-genre, author photo and short bio.

• 2 setting slides

-Location photos with map

-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!

• Vibrant Vocab slides(Look at individual lessons for vocabulary)

-photo appearing without word for inference making

-vocab word which 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word

-part of speech

-concise definition

**•Differentiated Worksheet-**used as a pretest, posttest, or practice

• Quizlet link

• Part of speech sort

*Word connotation discussion slide

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion/prediction

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource ·

* Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

This lesson is also available in PowerPoint.

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement_?_ The resource comes with plenty of activities to work on developing and expanding on skills. Students will learn about the 1950s and what that looked like in the United States.

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Complete research
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 68 Google/Pear Deck Slides about the Civil Rights Movement, MLK, and the 1950's time period
• 10 Google slides for students with additional vocabulary work (great for pairs, independent work, or with a sub!)
• Engaging visuals and themes for secondary students
• Tons of language supports like frames, sentence starters, and vocabulary to support multilingual learners
• Lots of writing and interactive slides to support literacy
• Topics like: Selma to Montgomery March, Greensboro sit in, Little Rock 9, roles for men, women, and children in the 1950's, Brown vs. Board of Education + more!
• Printable Civil Rights timeline for students to complete with a guided video
• Printable timeline of MLKs speeches
• Printable vocabulary cards for small group and Entering/Emerging students
• Engaging videos that showcase the time period and events
• Printable group poster
• Two virtual field trips: MLK Memorial in DC & Civil Rights Museum

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Steve A. wrote, “Very engaging resource for my high school students. They loved the slides and I was impressed how much quality writing the students did with this Pear Deck activity. Thanks!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Toby W. wrote, “Great resource and came in handy. I plan on using this as a base tool.”

This unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Newcomer Professional Development

I HAVE A DREAM BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. This Google Slide lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for this NONFICTION TEXT.

PDF LINK TO SPEECH INCLUDED

Google Slides:

1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for the short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

• Vibrant Vocab slides: manacles, emancipation, proclamation, momentous, decree, wither, languish, hallowed, discord, inalienable, degenerate, inextricably, discontent, invigorating

-photo appearing without word for inference making

-vocab word which 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word

-part of speech

-concise definition

5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

6. **Time-period Facts and Photos ** Helping students visualize and comprehend the historical context, deepening their understanding of the events and culture depicted in the story.

7. **Link to Time-period Music** Immersing students in the cultural atmosphere of the era, promoting an emotional connection.

8. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension

PDF FILE.

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!

**Grammar Sort**

Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

**Connotation Sort**

Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **

Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

**Vocabulary Organizer**

This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.

**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**

The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms.

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This lesson is also available in PowerPoint

Enjoy!

-From Kiwious About Vocab!

I Have a Dream & Letter from Birmingham Jail- PREREADING ACTIVITIES & VOCAB (TeachShare.com)

This lesson is also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to get them speaking, listening, and learning about Martin Luther King Jr Day and the Civil Rights Movement? This secondary ELL Listening and Speaking Activity has everything you need! 

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Complete research
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 6 Listening activities WITH QR codes to hear the stories aloud
• 6 Speaking frames for students to practice speaking
• Engaging topics on the 1950's, segregation in schools, women's rights, entertainment, and more
• Two speaking assessments (one for each set)
• Tons of vocabulary and visuals built in for Entering & Emerging students
• Directions (printable) for recording student speaking responses on Vocaroo 

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa G. wrote, “Great Listening and Speaking activities. The QR codes were fantastic as were the visuals and organization. My students loved doing this activity to learn more about the 1950's and MLK!”

This unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

➡️ Bundle & SAVE - ESL Newcomer MLK Jr Day Civil Rights Bundle

Newcomer Professional Development

This Google Slide lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the NONFICTION TEXT, A Letter From Birmingham Jail BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

PDF LINK INCLUDED

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the Google Slide lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

Google Slides:

• Opening slide

-genre, author photo and short bio.

• 2 setting slides

-Location photos with map

-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!

• Vibrant Vocab slides: clergyman, scintillate, relegate, sanctimonious, inevitability, existential, reiterate, nonconformist, complacency, cognizant, unfettered, incorrigible, moratorium, clarion, devious, degrade, affluent, ideology

-photo appearing without word for inference making

-vocab word which 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word

-part of speech

-concise definition

• Differentiated Worksheet-used as a pretest, posttest, or practice

• Quizlet link

• Part of speech sort

• Word connotation sort

*Vocabulary Organizer

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion/prediction

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

****Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This lesson is also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

Are you on the hunt for a MLK Jr. activity for your ESL Newcomer secondary students that encourages reading? This reading unit includes MLK Jr. themes and stories. Students will read about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day and his work.

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Complete research
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit has A LOT of ready to use activities for your students. You have the ability to teach on MLK in an engaging way.

What’s Included:

• 4 nonfiction reading passages about MLK Jr. (one is a timeline!)
• Vocabulary and language supports for each passage
• QR codes to read the passage aloud
• Comprehension questions for Speaking or Writing
• Two writing activities (one for ENTERING & one for EMERGING level multilingual students)
• Sentence frames and starters for writing supports
• Engaging secondary topics and visuals
• 20 printable vocabulary cards for additional small group activities

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Audrey G. wrote, “This was the perfect way to teach my high school Newcomers all about MLK Jr in a way that challenged them and had tons of supports. I loved the secondary images and that it wasn't "babyish". Thank you!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa G. wrote, “Great resource! Great reading passages and content and writing scaffolds were helpful for my Entering and Emerging students.”

You can cover MLK Jr Day in a fun and engaging way! You don’t want to miss out on this EXCITING resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

➡️ Bundle & SAVE - ESL Newcomer Year Long Reading Passages

Access Test Prep Mega Bundle

CIVIL RIGHTS NONFICTION Google Slide BUNDLE includes 3 texts :

"I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. ML King

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by Dr. ML King

"Delivering Justice: WW Law and the Fight for Civil Rights" by Jim Haskins

These 3 introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Historical facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the text details. Lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, graphic organizers and assessments.

*PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the Google Slide lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

EACH GOOGLE SLIDE CONTAINS:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** (look at individual lesson for vocabulary) Our Google Slide lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: Worksheets, word walls, interactive notebooks

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This bundle is also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

-from Kiwious About Vocab!