A FLASH ON DR. KING'S CHILDHOOD (CHAPTER #1)

A FLASH ON DR. KING'S CHILDHOOD (CHAPTER #1)

IN: I AM MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos (2016).

POST # 9: CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE

CIVIL RIGHTS  TIMELINE

From Visually.

SONG ACTIVITY

SONG: "I HAVE A DREAM"
Common feat Will.I.Am

OBS: This song was part of the soundtrack of the movie "Freedom Writers".

(I am happy, I am, I am happy... I Have a Dream!) I got a Dream
(That One Day) We gonna work it out out out
(That One Day) We gonna work it out out out
(That One Day) We gonna work it out
(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream
(That One Day) We gonna work it out out out
(That One Day) We gonna work it out out out
(That One Day) We gonna work it out
(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream
(That One Day) That one day
(That One Day) I'mma look deep within myself
(I Have a Dream) I gotta find a way...
My Dream Is To Be Free
My Dream Is To Be
My Dream Is To Be
My Dream Is To Be Free 

[Verse 1 - Common] 

In search of brighter days, I ride through the maze of the madness
Struggle is my address, where pain and crack lives
Gunshots comin' from sounds of blackness
Given this game with no time to practice
Born on a black list, told I'm below average
A life with no cabbage
That's no money if you from where I'm from
Funny, I just want some of your sun
Dark clouds seem to follow me
Alcohol that my pops swallowed bottled me
No apology, I walk with a boulder on my shoulder
It's a cold war - I'm a colder soldier
Hold the same fight that made Martin Luther the king
I ain't usin' it for the right thing
In between lean and the fiends, hustle and the schemes
I put together pieces of a dream
I still have one 

[Chorus] 

[Verse 2 - Common] 
The world's seen me lookin' in the mirror
Images of me, gettin' much clearer
"Dear Self," I wrote a letter just to better my soul
If I don't express it then forever I'll hold, inside
I'm from a side where we out of control
Rap music in the hood played a fatherly role
My story like yours, yo it gotta be told
Tryna make it from a gangsta to a godlier role
Read scrolls and stow slaves
And Jewish people in cold cage
Hate has no color or age, flip the page
Now my race became freedom
Writin' dreams in the dark, they far but I can see'em
I believe in Heaven more than Hell
Blessings more than jail
In the ghetto let love prevail
With a story to tell, my eyes see the glory and well
The world waitin' for me to yell "I have a dream!"

[Chorus]

GLOSSARY

I'mma = I’m going to

Gonna = are going to

Gotta = have to

lean and the fiends = drugs and the addicts

cabbage = money

pops = parents

boulder = large rounded rock

hustle and the schemes = a dishonest plan for making money and the plans also

Tryna = trying to

see'em = see them (the dreams)

Do you think there is a relation of this song with Martin Luther King, Jr. and his dream? Why?

POST # 8: ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR

ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR

(SOME ACTIVITIES)

Click on the link below and you will find some activities which will let you check your knowledge on Dr. King's life and deeds.

Enjoy your time and study: take notes, write some ideas on Dr. King's life.

POST # 7: FIRST GLOSSARY

FIRST GLOSSARY

BEFORE STARTING THE READING OF "I AM MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.", SOLVE THE GLOSSARY EXERCISE BELOW.

POST #6 : CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT PIONEERS

 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT PIONEERS

           In order to read Martin Luther King, Jr. 's biography, you need to know some important people in his life, the ones who influenced him during his Civil Rights activism life.

They are Rosa Parks and Mahatma Gandhi.

POST # 5 : THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - BOB DYLAN

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

(BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - BOB DYLAN)

          The civil rights movement captured the nation's attention in 1963, and musicians proved no exception. The marches, protests and tragedies of 50 years ago influenced some of the greatest artists of the 20th century, including Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Harry Belafonte, among others. 

           Bob Dylan is a very famous American songwriter who has won many awards for his music. He is most famous for the songs he wrote in the 1960s, but he still writes songs now. Dylan is very much famous for writing songs of social commentary. In other words, his songs talk about things that are good and bad in the United States.

            His song "Blowin' in the Wind" was an anthem for the civil rights movement:  it poses a series of rethorical questions about peace, war (specially the Vietnam War) and freedom - it is an atemporal song, though.

        

SONG: "BLOWIN' IN THE WIND", BY BOB DYLAN

    

"The answer, my friend, is blowing' in the wind."

What do you think it means? Post a comment.

THIRD TERM - IDENTITY (PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE)

THIRD TERM

IDENTITY (PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE)

         

        Every one of us is put in this world to contribute and make a difference to the world in our own unique way. It need not be anything out of the world. It just needs to be something you do with the intention of ‘doing good’.

       During this term, we are going to read about Martin Luther King, Jr and his importance to the Civil Rights Movement in the USA.

          Join us in this adventure of many discoveries.

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😃😃 EXTRA PRACTICE ON "USED TO" 😃😃😃😃 EXTRA PRACTICE ON "USED TO" 😃😃😃😃 EXTRA PRACTICE ON "USED TO" 😃😃😃😃 😃😃

EXTRA EXERCISES ON "USED TO"

           Students, if you think you need to practice a little bit more of "USED TO", here are some more exercises.

       Feel free and comfortable to do them and to talk to your teacher if you have some trouble.

"The more you practice, the better you get!"

Exercise #1

Effective Phrasal Verbs      

 Exercise #2

Effective Phrasal Verbs    

Exercise #3

Effective Phrasal Verbs

POST # 4: FACT OR OPINION?

POST # 4: FACT OR OPINION?

Click on the online wall and watch the videos, read the article and study the three keywords (stereotype, common sense and prejudice).

Take  your questions  to the classroom.

Focus your notes on the following aspects: 

a) the difference between fact and opinion;

b) examples of facts and opinions;

c) the meanings (with your own words) of the keywords;
d) the retelling of the story of the two little friends;

e) your doubts.

OBS: Students, don't forget to organize your copybooks this term - you're gonna need them!!

POST # 3: WHAT'S YOUR DREAM?

What's your dream?

Everyone has wonderful hopes and dreams for their future. To marry, to be happy, to have children, to write a book, to be successful... It doesn't matter what is your dream: you have to fight for it!

Watch the videos below: what are people's dreams?

Think about it: what is your dream?

POST #2: PAST SITUATIONS, HABITS AND ACTIONS - USED TO

PAST SITUATIONS, HABITS AND ACTIONS - USED TO

Hi, Students!!

Last term we talked about some biographies and we built our own autobiographies!
Because of them, we had to work with past, present and future events.

When you were A1A students, you learned the Simple Present Tense and the Present Continuous  Tense (you  talked about things happening at the moment of speaking).

When you were A1B students, you reviewed the Present Continuous Tense and learned how to use it to talk about the future. You also learned the forms  GOING TO and WILL to talk about the future.

Last term, you recognized the verbs in the Simple Past Tense in the texts you read.
You learned that THE VERBS that come from THE LATIN take the regular form and you studied some slides with the irregular forms of the verbs in the Simple Past Tense.

Keep on studying and discovering some more verbs in the past: you are going to need them! 😃💪

Now, we are going to know how to write and talk about past situations, habits and actions in the past that no longer occur or exist. You are going to need it!💂💂

Watch the videos below and take notes. 

Take  your questions  to the classroom.

Focus your notes on the following aspects: 

a) meaning of "used to";

b) forms in the sentences (aff., neg., interrogative);

c) the way to use it (examples);

d) your doubts.

OBS: Students, don't forget to organize your copybooks this term - you're gonna need them!!

VIDEO #1

VIDEO #2

VIDEO #3

POST # 1: FOR STARTERS...

FOR STARTERS: Who are we? Who says whom we might be? What can we be? 

Men and women have different roles to play in modern society. Is it true or false?

In the past, men and women generally had their own roles to fulfill and it is somehow still observed today. Men were seen as the breadwinners* of the family and women were in charge of the households* and that meant household expenses, a child's upbringing* and housekeeping were left entirely to them.

Nowadays, these gender roles are increasingly being challenged...

This whole situation also affects your choices for future: you can be whatever you want, you are no longer limited to gender roles, jobs, etc.

Listen to the song "American Dream", by MKTO, on the video below. Study the lyrics, right after the video. 

(Do something with your life)
Ooh
(With your life)

We broke down trying to leave town
Flying down the road to change
We were born to run, Cali here we come
Escape from nowhere USA

Say goodbye to white picket fences
Say hello to palm trees and Benzes*
They say you gotta fall to have it all

Yeah

We don't want two kids and a wife
I don't want a job I just want a life
Sometimes the underdogs* rise
And the mighty fall

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know
'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago*
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream*

I know a girl I met her last night
She was fresh off* the plane
She whispered in my ear
'Baby, come here. I'll do anything to make a name

Honey, take my hand follow me 'cause
I don't wanna hurt you but he does
I just wanna give you some real advice

(Listen baby, mm)

Look, never take candy from a stranger
And keep your eyes open for danger
'Cause this right here is the twisted paradise*

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know
'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know
So baby, let's live and die before we're getting old
You know that nothing is the way it used to be
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream

Na na na...

We we were born to run, Cali here we come
Gettin' out of here, baby
Let's get out of here

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know
'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream

This ain't the same summer song that you used to know
So baby, let's live and die before we're getting old
You know that nothing is the way it used to be
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream

Na na na...

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GLOSSARY:

SOME REFERENCES:

- Presentation - copy of the American Dream: https://prezi.com/j05pdo5u4gzz/copy-of-the-american-dream/ .

- Cambridge Dictionary online:  http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/ .

- Merriam-Webster Dictionary online: https://www.merriam-webster.com .

- The American Dream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream .

SECOND TERM

SECOND TERM
(2º trimestre)

IDENTITIES 

(IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCES)

A Fresh New Start

LET´S MAKE A FRESH NEW START!!!

Hi, Students!

We sincerely hope you can  now understand what we have in mind with this blog.
We expect you to be autonomous human beings, engaged people.
We are working to grant you a spectacular future, if you do help us on it.

We would like you to answer these two questions below. Just fill in with your e-mail and answer them.

See ya!
The A2A Team

THE AMERICAN DREAM - DESCRIPTION AND PRINCIPLES

THE AMERICAN DREAM

Some people think the country they live in the worst country in the whole world.
That's not true! We have good and bad things and we should invest in people's education and in the development of empathy if we want to build a better country.

Watch the video below, build your own glossary, take notes and take your impressions to class in order to build our knowledge on the theme.

Watch it in an openhearted and open-minded manner!

SOME REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES ON THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE 

(THE AMERICAN DREAM - IS IT REALLY A DREAM?)

HOW TO WRITE ABOUT YOURSELF

Read the information below and take notes in your notebooks.
It is supposed to guide you in the writing of your autobiography.

How to Write an Autobiographical Essay

An autobiographical essay is just an essay about something you experienced. Even so, writing an autobiographical essay can be challenging. You might write an autobiographical essay for a class, an application, or just for your own personal...

MALALA - MORE PIECES OF INFORMATION ****** MALALA - MORE PIECES OF INFORMATION ****** MALALA - MORE PIECES OF INFORMATION****** MALALA - MORE PIECES OF INFORMATION

Hello, Students!!!!

Malala is a brave girl. It's exciting to know that a girl, a teenager, can change the world, can make her life for real.

If you want to know more about her, to learn more vocabulary, to study more, this post is for you!!!

Discuss about the ideas presented here with your parents, your friends, your teachers!!!!

See ya!!!!

Watch  and listen to the ebook trailer.

After reading Malala's biography, you may be very interested  in her life story.


The e-book trailer below contains an excerpt of the book Malala Yousafzai: warrior with words, by Karen Legett Abouraya.


eBook Trailer: MALALA YOUSAFZAI: WARRIOR WITH WORDS by Karen Leggett Abouraya from Fable Learning on Vimeo.

HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST

Hi, Students!!!!! Welcome back!!!

Let's exercise the brain because it is a muscle!!!

Click on the book cover below and do the practicing exercises.

EXTRA EXERCISES ON THE PAST TENSE OF IRREGULAR VERBS

Hi, Students!!!!

Here is an interactive quiz to practice the past tense of the irregular verbs (the ones that do not come from the Latin).

Irregular Past Tense ESL Grammar Jeopardy Quiz Game

Practice Irregular Past Tense using this ESL Jeopardy game.This game is also excellent for classroom teaching. Teachers can engage students in a classroom vocabulary review for elementary ESL, EFL Learners. It can be used to energize a dull class, to review work that was done or simply as a reward for good classroom work.

HOW TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY - SOME EXTRA PRACTICE

EXTRA EXERCISES (optional activities)

Hello, students!!!

If you are still having problems to understand how to write about your personality, study and do the activities below.

INSTRUCTIONS:

 * Click on the picture below.You will be guided to another window.
 * Click on the book cover and it will open.
 * Then, click on the colored tags, on the right side of the book, and you will be guided to each activity page.
* Click first on the CLEAR BLUE TAG. You will find an audio activity. Follow the order of the colored tags.

ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING PERSONALITY

Match these adjectives describing personality with the pictures. Then press "Check"..

Personality Types Game in English

This English vocabulary game is to help you learn vocabulary about Personality Types.

Warning: You are not obliged to do the exercises. They are one more way to fix the structures you need to work with. If you have any doubt, talk to your teacher at the beginning or at the end of your class.

WHO AM I?

Watch the video on Plato's Allegory of the Cave and answer:

- What is real in what you see and feel?

- Who are you really?

- Are you what people see, what you think people see or who you see?

-Describe yourself.

Take all the answers to the questions to the classroom, in your notebooks.

Think about the previous questions while watching the video below.

(WEEK: 13-17/20-24 FEBRUARY)

Watch the video below. Is it related to the videos above, on the Plato's Allegory of the Cave?

Take notes.

 

Now, read the text below. 

Who is Malala? What does she represent to you? What does she represent to the world?

Malala Yousafzai - Biographical

PERSONAL INFORMATION - INTRODUCTION

  Students, watch these videos before going to the classes.

(WEEK: 13-17 FEBRUARY)

Below, you will find five videos.

Two of them are related to meeting people and introducing yourself, in an oral conversation.
The third one is related to the contexts where you need to provide personal information.
The two last ones  are related to the use of personal information for the production of biographies.

Watch the videos and take notes in your notebook. Practice the expressions, words, sentences you are not used to.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE THINK OUT OF THE BOX

Watch this motivational video.




Answer:

1. How do you imagine your English classes?

2. What activities do you like to find in English classes?

3. How do English classes affect you?

Think outside the box (A2A_2017) from Ângela Rodrigues de Castro

Click below to leave your answer on the interactive wall!

A2A TEAM ANNOUNCES 2017 INAUGURAL CLASS FOR STUDENTS WHO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

Am I Wrong?

                             Nico &Vinz

Being different: is it wrong? Is it right?

Being a dreamer: is it good? Is it bad?