Lesson Objective  Students will be able to use adjectives to describe characteristics of their assigned Civil Rights activists (circa ).

Idiomatic Expression- Turn over a new leaf.  Your predictions of this idiom’s meaning:  To change the way you think about something.  To change your mind.  A new year’s resolution.  To start over.

Turn over a new leaf means:  Changing for the better; making a fresh start

Remember our Objective  …use adjectives to describe characteristics of their assigned Civil Rights activists.  On the next slide is a brief biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Think about some adjectives that could describe the type of person he was.

Example Analysis- Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. Young Martin was an excellent student in school; he skipped grades in both elementary school and high school. He enjoyed reading books, singing, riding a bicycle, and playing football and baseball. Martin entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was only 15 years old. Martin experienced racism early in life. He decided to do to something to make the world a better and fairer place. After graduating from college and getting married, Dr. King became a minister and moved to Alabama. During the 1950's, Dr. King became active in the movement for civil rights and racial equality. He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in January, the month in which he was born. August 28, the anniversary of Dr. King's 1963 I Have a Dream speech, is called "Dream Day."

Grammatical Forms-Adjectives braveheroicactiveunorthodox courageouscreativearticulategallant undauntedadventurousresolutehumble daringenterprisingpioneeringvaliant

Now it’s your turn to analyze the actions of a Civil Rights activist.  Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong- amazing; helpful  Harriet Jacobs- caring; sneaky; enslaved  Sheyann Webb- valiant; brave  Ralph Abernathy- awesome; talented  Raylawni Branch- educated; active  Jonathan Myrick Daniels- intelligent; faithful; religious

Pattern for Prompt  Which historical figure from the Civil Rights Movement were you assigned?

Pattern for Response  I was assigned to read about ____________________(Civil Rights Activist’s name). He/She was ______________(adjective), ______________(adjective), and ____________(adjective). Example~ I was assigned to read about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was brave, peaceful, and hopeful.