Current Event #6

Date: 1/21/12

Name: Adi Binyamin

Title:  “I have a Dream” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Author: Doesn’t say.

Source: The King Center.

The topic of the article is “I have a Dream.”

The main idea of the article is: “I have a Dream” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The main idea is stated.

The author’s purpose for writing this article is to inform everyone in the world how one man named Martin Luther King stood up for what he believed everyone surrounding one another should be treated equally and that there should be peace in the world we live at and everyone will learn to get along.

The author’s perspective in this article is subjective because he only includes what Martin Luther King Jr. said about having equal rights and how he wants everyone to get along, but he didn’t state the other side of how a lot of people objected that and how he got in a lot of trouble for making a lot of speeches about his own beliefs.

The pattern of organization of the article is argument and support because the author includes how Martin Luther King compared different states and how people with different racist don’t have equal rights and he basically argued with that and supported it by giving a huge “I have a dream speech” to the world and because of that, people have the rights and equality today that didn’t exist back then.

The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is to break down to the readers how one thing that was very wrong and cruel back then, broke a man’s heart and how he argued with that wrong thought and gave a speech that there should be equal rights between everyone and because of him, we’re getting closer and closer to peace.

Text features included in the article are: title(help us identify the main idea), and the quotes Martin Luther King said about how he wants love and peace in the world and how he wants everyone in the world to be treated equally and respectfully.

This article is about (a summary in your own words) how Martin Luther King believed that racism is wrong and rude among people that are different than those surrounding them and he rose up and did everything he can to prevent racism by using words and no violence.

The significance (importance) of this article is to make people realize that everyone around them are exactly alike doesn’t matter the skin color, culture, or tradition, we are all people with feelings and we should all be treated equally and nicely.

What I learned from this article is that when something is not right or something makes you so angry, violence is not the answer. Martin Luther King used wise words to explain his beliefs and not a single violence was involved and that’s why racism is not that cruel like it was back then thanks to that man.

What I liked about this article is that after every sentence, the author put in parenthesis, applause and the people’s reactions when Martin Luther King gave his speech about how racism is wrong and should be changed.

What I did not like about it is that there wasn’t any pictures to go along with the article to explain it. I think that little picture clues on the side is very helpful when reading the article and I believe every article should show pictures with their writing.

who should read this article and why: I think everyone around the world should read this article to clear their memory of how Martin Luther King changed our world and that now all people with different skin colors and cultures are treated equally and can do everything together because of this man’s intelligent speech to the world.

This article reminds me of (text-to-self) because I’m Jewish and back then a lot of people hated us and those people were the Nazis who caused the holocaust and killed 6 million of us because of our culture. That was the saddest say that will never be forget and will always remember the poor Jews who had to suffer badly at that time. After King’s speech, there’s more people who got his message and are getting along with us, but not all of them.

(text-to-text) I read a bunch of books about Martin Luther King and I learned so much about him that I figured out at the end that he gave equal rights and peace among others and to the world.

(text-to-world) A lot of people today are making peace with one another, especially countries, but also a lot of people are still being racist towards the people surrounding them, which needs to change.

New vocabulary I learned

Word	Context Clues	Meaning
1.      Momentous	This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves.	Memorable moment.
2.      Promissory	They were signing a promissory note to which every American was fall heir.	Promising/committing to something.
3.      Fatal	It would be a fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of that moment.	An honor of something.