Transcript *I Have a Dream* Diamante Poem

“I Have a Dream”
• Label the top left-hand corner:
– POWERFUL POSITIVE WORDS
• Write a bulleted list of powerful positive
words that you found in Dr. King’s speech.
“I Have a Dream”
• Label the top right-hand corner:
– POWERFUL NEGATIVE WORDS
• Write a list of powerful negative words that
you found in Dr. King’s speech.
“I Have a Dream”
• Label the bottom left-hand corner:
– The “Dream” is realized
• Your job is to quote Dr. King’s words and then
explain how that part of the “Dream” has
come true in 2013.
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Insert Quote.”
Follow the quote with your words explaining
it.
“I Have a Dream”
• Label the bottom right-hand corner:
– The “Dream” is not realized
• Your job is to quote Dr. King’s words and then
explain how that part of the “Dream” has not
come true in 2013.
– Pick a different quote to explain.
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Insert Quote.”
Follow the quote with your words explaining
it.
“I Have a Dream” Diamante Poem
Line 1: Noun
Opposite of line 7
Line 2: Adjective, Adjective
Description of line 1
Line 3: Participle, Participle, Participle
-ing or –ed words describing line 1
Line 4: Four words
First two about line 1; second two
OR a four word phrase describing poem about line 7
Line 5: Participle, Participle, Participle
-ing or –ed words describing line 7
Line 6: Adjective, Adjective
Description of line 7
Line 7: Noun
Opposite of line 1
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Freedom
Precious, Exclusive
Appreciated, Loved, Protected
Jewel, Right, Restraint, Hate
Confined, Controlled, Condemned
Expensive, Heartless
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