I have a dream...

On Friday we read a beautiful story about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is called My Brother Martin and was written by Martin's big sister Christine King Ferris. The story told of Martin's childhood and his amazing dream to "turn the world upside down." The book was full of beautiful illustrations and rich examples of figurative language which we have been learning about.

For a writing connection we thought about our own dreams for ourselves or for the world that we would like to accomplish. We then wrote about that dream and about what challenges we might face and what steps we would take to make our dream become a reality. The students had very thoughtful responses and from their writing it is obvious that the young people in this class are full big ambitions for themselves and our world much like Dr. King.

I have a dream....

to help create world peace- Julia

to be an elephant tamer-Micheal

to be in the NBA- Nathan

to save animals and raise money for animal shelters-Sydney

to stop animal abuse-Nate

to become a piano teacher- Koben

to stop people from littering-Lauren

to get better at soccer and basketball- Macy

to be a teacher-Rachel

to become a plastic surgeon- Briana

to sleep in the White House-Jordan

to be a construction worker- Brennan

to help save endangered frogs-Graem

to go to college- Cameron

to become an Eagle Scout-Curtis

to help the homeless have shelter and food- Jacob

to become a great Go player-Ethan

to go to college-Andrew