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BELLWORKTAKE IT FURTHER PAGE 13 OF YOUR REV IT UP! BOOK EVEN QUESTIONS ONLY

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ESSAY CONTEST

• Middle School Word limit (100-200 words)

• Essay topic: “Build Your Dream; Live Your Dream.”


• Expound on what Dr. King envisioned or hoped to see today and what YOU can do to promote or advance that dream.


• 1st prize – $500.00

• 2nd prize – $250.00

• 3rd prize – $100.00

• Due Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

AGENDA/TO BE COVERED

• Bellwork – Take It Further

• On this Date• Talk About It• Wrap Up

ON THIS DATE_________ author Mary Shelley was born in London in 1797.A) Crime and PunishmentB) 1984C) The Grapes of WrathD) Frankenstein

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY (CONT’D)

Vocabulary: Talking

About It

LESSON 1 VOCABULARYtalk about it directionswith your groups, use the prompts to discuss the vocabulary words for two minutes…be ready to discuss

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

Which people do things simultaneously, backup

singers or U.S. Presidents? Explain

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

What might pervade a garbage dump, a bad

smell or an old car? Explain

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

Who would be more merciless, a pirate or a

juggler? Explain

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

Who would people mutiny against, an

annoying little boy or an evil dictator? Why?

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

Who is more grotesque, a woman with a bad

haircut or a someone with an eyeball for a

head? Explain

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

What might cause a boat to capsize, a hole in the bottom or a huge wave?

Explain

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

On what kind of day might things look vague,

a sunny day or a foggy day? Explain

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

Which would you be more likely to trudge through, snow or ice?

Explain

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

What might a dog want to ravage, a bone or a

doghouse? Why?

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

Who is probably more stalwart, a security

guard or a thief? Explain

Q & A

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