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This Martin Luther King Day reading passage and comprehension activity for elementary students challenges students to apply their reading comprehension skills to an excerpt of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech and is perfect for learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in your classroom!

Students will:

  • Identify literary devices, including repetition and imagery
  • Find key vocabulary words in the text
  • Complete a reflection worksheet to describe the feelings they experience after reading the excerpted speech.

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