+ The Power of Language English I Second Semester

+ The Common Denominator Politicians Artists Writers Speakers Leaders Teachers Business world Science world LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. An American Civil Rights activist Followed the nonviolent methods of Mahatma Gandhi Became a national icon because of his power with words “I have a dream”

+ Margaret Thatcher The first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from Thatcher’s strict conservative policies, hard line against trade unions and tough rhetoric in opposition to the Soviet Union earned her the nickname the “Irony lady” “I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand "I have a problem, it is the Government's job to cope with it!" or "I have a problem, I will go and get a grant to cope with it!" "I am homeless, the Government must house me!" and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first.”

+ Winston Churchill A British Conservative politician known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during WWII Regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century Received the Nobel Piece Prize in Literature “Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, ’This was their finest hour.’”’

+ SEMESTER FOCUS Working with language to communicate ideas Harnessing the power of language to affect change Analyzing texts for the function of language Speeches Informative Persuasive Drama Shakespearean tragedy Poetry