Middle School Martin Luther King Day PowerPoint Presentations

Martin Luther King Jr. Editable Color By Code Black History Month All Subjects, Grammar, Reading, Phonics, writing**, math & more (Editable)**: You will love this editable color-by-code resource. With this product, you will create differentiated pages for your student's needs throughout the year. Create your math, reading, phonics, and more worksheets. I am sure you will enjoy creating a content area resource for your grade level, and most importantly, you will have a lot of choices with the skills and subjects you want to focus on. Celebrate MLK Jr. and Black History Month and reinforce the skills each student needs.

Here are a few ideas to help you begin:

➪ Phonics: Short/Long vowels, CVC, Sight words, Trick Words, Blends, Word families, Suffixes /prefixes, and more. Choose your subject, lesson, and skill, edit, print, and let students review and drill the skill they need to focus on.

➪ Math: Addition/Subtraction, Place Value, Measurements, Multiplication /Division, and more. Feel free to use it with your school or any program that will support your students in achieving their goals.

Use with any subject:

Science and Social Studies Vocabulary Words

Ideas to when to use these Color By Code Thanksgiving Worksheets:

✎ Include them in your centers to enjoy this time of the year!

✎ Send them home for practice.

✎ Use them during your morning homeroom period to keep them engaged while you take attendance and get ready for the day.

✎ Use them with early finishers to keep them engaged and drilling the skills.

It includes:

⭐ 4 different editable pages for your own words or numbers

⭐ 4 Color pages to help teachers edit and create their Color-By-Code worksheets

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Introducing Martin Luther King Day / MLK Day essay writing 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 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 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 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 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 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 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 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 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)

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4 Writing Quizzes

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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The lessons in the Middle School Holiday Writing Prompts Unit include:

• 9/11 - September 11th
• April Fools'
• Arbor Day
• Christmas
• Cinco de Mayo
• Columbus Day
• Daylight Savings
• Earth Day
• Easter
• Election Day
• Father's Day
• Grandparent's Day
• Groundhog Day
• Halloween
• Hanukkah
• July 4th
• Kwanzaa
• Labor Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• New Year's
• Passover
• Presidents Day
• St Patrick's Day
• Take Your Child to Work
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine's Day
• Veterans Day

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

PDF LINK TO SPEECH INCLUDED

PowerPoint 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 Google Slides.

Enjoy!

-From Kiwious About Vocab!

This PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for this NONFICTION TEXT: LETTER FROM A 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 PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT:
• 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

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• Differentiated Worksheet-**used as a pretest, posttest, or practice
• Quizlet link
• Part of speech sort
• Word connotation sort

*Vocabulary sort

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 Google Slides.

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!