Hello 7 grade English students,
To listen to the speeches for 4th quarter's RL assignment try this site: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
Listed here are the top 100 speeches, you can click on the mp3 button and it will open and play the speech.
You may also try: http://click.nativeamericans.com/www.halcyon.com/arborhts/chiefsea.html a link to Chief Seattle's speech to congress. You will have to read this speech but it is well worth the time.
http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html- Martin Luther King- I Have A Dream
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1512410- Lincoln’s Gettysburg address
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkichbineinberliner.html- Kennedy’s Berlin Wall Speech
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres56.html- Kennedy Inaugural Speech
http://www.algonet.se/~jviklund/gandhi/ENG.MKG.salt.html- Ghandi Salt Speeches
http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/Mahatma_Gandhi/index.htm
http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/Winston_Churchill/2.htm Winston Churchill
http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/Franklin_D_Roosevelt/index.htm FDR
http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/Nelson_Mandela/1.htm- Nelson Mandela
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/speeches/nobelnrm.html
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-lecture.html
http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/Golda_Meir/index.htm Golda Meir
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/SADAT/lecture/essays/wang.htm Anwar Sadat
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/faulkner/faulkner.html- Willaim faulkner
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-lecture.html- Desmond tutu
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-lecture.html- Elie Weisel
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1983/walesa-lecture.html Lech Walesa
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-acceptance.html- Aung San Suu Kyi
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1989/lama-lecture.html- Dalai Lama
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5180053 May Angleou Listen to her “ A Study of Serenity”
After reading/listening to the speech fill out the speakers worksheet and insert into your reading log- this will count as your entry for the week. Tell me what you thought of the speech, what the main points of the speech were and why you think the author wrote it. Be sure to include a comment about whether or not this relates to courage based on the Hemingway definition of courage or how this fits into the theme of resilience.
Have a great day!
Mrs. R
HINTS: FYI…for the response part of the speaker worksheet on the back of the sheet… think about the speaker’s mood, the way the speaker spoke and the words they chose. Some questions to consider are: Was he/she easy to hear? Were the words pronounced well? Was the voice monotone or varied? Was the attitude of the speaker obvious? What do you think the speaker’s goal was in giving the speech? What are your feelings after hearing the speech? Would this be a person you would like to hear in person? Why/why not? Explain why you chose to listen to this particular person's speech.
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