OER practice

1. OER practice • Copy the following in your response journal, then answer: • In his "I Have a Dream" speech, what does Dr. King want his audience to do as a result of listening? Support your answer with evidence from the text. (Answer, Support, Halt strategy)

2. Instructions • Click on the links to see the score and commentary.

3. Student Responses(click response to see scores & commentary) • Dr. King wanted his audience to be united. “…we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.” • Dr. King, in his “I Have a Dream” speech, wanted to inspire the audience to come together and make a difference. “Go back to Mississippi… go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.” • As a result of listening, MLK wants his audience to react without hatred but with dignity. “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plain of dignity and discipline.” • Martin Luther King wants his audience to “be able to join hands and sing” with “all of God’s children.”

4. Student Responses with Scores of 2 • In Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, he wants his audience to unite without segregation. “One day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” • Dr. King wanted his audience to fight for the equality of man with civil protest without turning to the aid of violence. “We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.” “This note was a promise that all men, yes black men as well was white men would be guaranteed the ‘unalienable rights’ of Live, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” • Martin Luther King wanted the people to forgive instead of dealing with violence. He wanted them to “rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.”

5. Scores & Commentary • Dr. King wanted his audience to be united. “…we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.” • Score: 2 – Good job following the ASH strategy. Answer is correct and supported. Nice use of a synonym with “united” and “brotherhood” Go Back

6. Scores & Commentary • Dr. King, in his “I Have a Dream” speech, wanted to inspire the audience to come together and make a difference. “Go back to Mississippi… go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.” • Score: 1 – Good answer, but textual evidence doesn’t support answer. Also, BEWARE of the little word “and.” In the first sentence, the “and” implies that there will be two pieces of evidence. Go Back

7. Scores & Commentary As a result of listening, MLK wants his audience to react without hatred but with dignity. “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plain of dignity and discipline.” Score: 1 – Good answer with good evidence. The problem is that the words “hatred” and “dignity” are repeated in the answer AND in the support. USE SYNONYMS! Go Back

8. Scores & Commentary • Martin Luther King wants his audience to “be able to join hands and sing” with “all of God’s children.” • Score: 1 – There is no student answer. The response is only evidence from the text using the author’s words. Go Back