ONLINE TASK 4

1. Think of at least 3 benefits of using speeches by famous figures, in the classroom.

a. As a good aunthentic material in developing moral values among students.

b. Can develop in students awareness of human issues.

c. Can upsurge patriotisme among the students

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.

Audio - visual plays an important tool to inform, educate or persuade a person or audience. Audio visual can help learners to understand the speech better because it provides opportunity for them to pick up on speech nuances such as tone and pitch. In this way they are able to process and retain information better compare to just reading the text. Using audio-visual can increase the level of understanding of the speech as well as enjoyment during the learning process.

3. Who is Martin Luther King?

Martin Luther King Jr. is a clergy, activist and was the most important voice of the American Civil Rights movement that fight for equal rights for all. He was well-known for using nonviolent method to overcome injustice, and he never give up on trying to end segregation.

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 this speech is to call for racial equality that demand for a fair treatment between

races and to end the discrimination.

b. What is the tone of the speech?

The tone of the speech is urgency that shows dramatic shifts that indicate enraged from cautionary to hopeful.

c. What interesting major feature(s) can you see from the speech? (i.e.Repetition of phrases, emphasis on certain things said etc)

The major features that can be seen from the speech are

ci ) Emphasizes on phrases by repeating at the beginning of sentences. 

 

Examples :  " One hundred years later............................"

                  " Now is the time.................."

cii ) Key "Theme" words are repeated throughout the speech

Examples :   freedom

                   dream

ciii ) Utilize suitable quotation or allusions

Examples :  " Five score years ago........................" refer to Lincoln's famous Gettysburg

                    Address speech.

                  " Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.............. " refer to United States

                    Declaration of Independence

civ ) Usage of specific examples to support arguments

Martin Luther King Jr uses geographic references to illustrate logical arguments

Examples :  Mississippi, New York

                  Georgia

cv ) Metaphors are used to highlight contrasting concepts

Examples : " joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity"

                " sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of

                   freedom and justice".

d. Any interesting facts that you can gather based on the background of the speech?

Some of the interesting facts are based on the background of the speech are :

i. It is only 17 minutes 

 

ii. The speech highlighted of the March on Washingt that begin at the Washington Monument

   and ended at the Lincoln Memorial.

 

iii. The speech was consider as the 20th century top speech and hasn't budged from the spot

    since August 28, 1963.

iv. Martin remixed the speech on the spot.

v. The speech has a lot of inspiration such as from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Declaration  of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, even Shakespeare.

e. Suggest a while-reading activity that can be derived from this particular speech.

Teacher gives each students a printed copy of the " I Have a Dream " speech . Teachers explains to the students that they need to look for  literary terms such as 

 

i. alliteration

ii. allusion

iii. metaphor

iv. parallelism

v. hyperbole

vi. assonance

 from the speech text. Teacher plays the video of the speech. The students will be watching, underline and label the literary terms. Teacher the instruct students to form small groups an review the examples they found and ask them to include as many nas them can.Teacher reviews the findings as a class.