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Create Your Own Famous Speech

After reading a speech, students write their own 250-word speech conveying the same ideas, purpose and style as the original famous speech.

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Standards: RI.6.10, W.6.10, W.6.4, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.6

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90 mins.

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Ask Not What You Can Do For Our Discussion

Using the multimedia available on 100 Speeches (video, audio, depending on availability of resources), students are immersed in JFK’s Inaugural Address of 1961, listening to the speech with a specific focus on responding to discussion questions. The ensuing discussion gives them a chance to speak from their prepared responses and respond to each other, while the completed, written discussion question answers provides insight into students’ ability to cite evidence from a text.

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Standards: SL.6.1, SL.6.2

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45 mins.

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