Digital Dreams

Introduce the Unit

Lesson One:
1. Students define "Dreams" in their own words.
2. Students complete the following sentences:
Life without Dreams.........
Dreams make life............
3. Students make a list of their dreams
4. Students illustrate or create a collage that reflect their dreams.

Lesson Two:
Students read and discuss Langston Hughes’ work:
Mother to Son
Dream Deferred
Thank You, Ma'm
Madam and the Rent Man

For each selection, students take photos that reflect the work.

Lesson Three:
Students will read and discuss excerpts of speeches from:
John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech of 1961
Martin Luther King “I Have a Dream”

Lesson Four:
Students engage in the writing process (Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) for their own "I Have a Dream Speech."

Lesson Five:
Students create a PowerPoint presentation using the images taken throughout this “Dream” unit. While delivering their written speech, their PowerPoint presentation is shown.

Lesson Six:
Students create a pod cast of their speeches and an audio CD is made as a collection from the pod casts.

Final Project:
A collection of student writing and images are bound into a tenth grade Dream Book.