Quotes
You’re not going to see your dreams come true if you don’t put wings, legs
and arms, hands and feet on ‘em
(Dolly Pardon)
You have to dream before your dreams can come true
(Abul Kalam)
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
(Walt Disney)
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have
imagined.
(Henry David Thoreau)
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough not to lose the dream in the
seeking of it.
(William Faulkner)
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.
(Marcia Wieder)
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and
belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication.
(Gail Devers)
Dream Unit
A dream will never be more than a dream unless you do
something to make it come true. (AVID Student)
Skill Lessons
two column notes, summarizing, synthesizing, cause and effect,
compare and contrast, Extended Response
Genres
Non-fiction, Poetry, Speeches
Read Alouds
The Frog Thing By Eric Drachman
Buzz Aldrin: Reaching For the Moon
The Picture Book of Harriet Tubman
Video Clips-DVDS
Usama Young (NFL)
Hank (Clydesdale)
Step Up (What Do You Want?-Why young people may not
dream)
Failing Forward (by CCC)
Eusebio's Dream (IZZIT)
Jane Goodall (Dream Big-T.A. Barron DVD)
Dream Big (Dream Big-Young Peoples Dreams-T.A. Barron DVD)
Martin Luther King Speech
Objectives: Students will identify cause and effect relationships
(to achieve dreams, actions are required) through various media
(dvd's, poems, quotes, speeches, read alouds, etc.)
To have a dream come true 1) you have to have a dream 2) take
advantage of opportunities 3) work hard 4) don't give up and 5)
enlist the help of others.