MARTIN LUTHER KNG, JR

"Martin's Big Words" by Doreen Rappaport, Illustrated by Bryan Collier

1. Watch this video of the reading of the book
2. Write 3-5 meaningful words from the text or your own prior knowledge on the subject of Dr. King and/or Civil Rights. Click here for the MLK DOC
3. As a class, we will enter all of the words into Tagxedo and make a word cloud blended with an image of MLK
 

A PICTURE OF FREEDOM By Clotee (unknown last name)

A slave girl named Clotee is fighting for freedom. Along with that, she makes some friends. Sadly, it involves death.

Clotee struggles with slavery in her childhood

The main problem for Clotee is that she wants FREEDOM not slavery!

Clotte changed from being shy to being brave. For example, she has stood up and helped her friends escape to freedom.

Clotee reminds me of Fredrick Douglass because he went through the same problems and got the same results

I would give this book a whopping * * * *!

                                          -Leo

ELLA FITZGERALD - Pedro

Ella was born in 1917
Ella was a child of William and Temple
Ella lived in Newport News, Virginia
Ella studied jazz music and dance
Ella overcame divorces
Ella worked as a jazz singer and a scat singer
Ella was challenged by her teacher
Ella's personality could be described as talented and hardworking
Ella was always confident; Ella loved being a scat musician and expressing herself in her music
Ella never gave up on her work
Ella was best known for her singing; Ella just makes up many words that she sings that sometimes make sense

Ella was confident in her work as a singer

Ella's music felt like to me that she was expressing herself in her music; it just felt like she was just calm in her music. 

Nikita - Ella

Ella was born on April 25,1917
Ella was born in Newport News,Virginia
and moved to Yonkers, New York
Ella liked scat singing
Ella was important because                                                                                                                       she sang as a vocalist and
joined Chick Webb                                                                                                                
Ella's music sounded like                                                                                                                               scat singing
Ella's music made me feel awesome

E - Early Life

L - Learned how to sing

L - Leader of the Chick Webb band

A - Apollo theater

ELLA - BUTTER - Jack

Ella was born on 4/25/17. 

Ella was born in Virginia and moved to New York

Ella was from Virginia.

Ella liked sing and dancing.

Ella was important because she was the first African American singer to overcome segregation
Ella lived around many famous singers and actors
Ella's music was jazzy
Ella's music made me feel happy!

E - Energetic
L - Leader
L - Liked jazz music
A - African American

F - Famous
I - Intelligent
T - Talented
Z - Zest
G - Grammy awards
E - Established the Ella Fitzgerald Children's Center in LA
R - Runaway
A - Albums
L - Lied in New York
D - Dies in 1996

ELLA FITZGERALD 12

Ella was born in Newport News, Virginia
Ell was a child of William and Tempie Fitzgerald
Ella lived in Yonkers and Harlem, New York, on the streets, and in reform school
Ella studied singing in the glee club at school
Ella overcame racial segregation because she sang in front of whites and they agreed to let her do it
Ella worked as a full-time singer
Ella was challenged by racial segregation
Ella's personality could be described as very daring, simply intelligent
Ella was always persevering and trying
Never giving up on herself
Ella was best known for her talent of scat singing
Ella was strong and had courage in herself

Ella Jane Fitzgerald - Stefon

Ella was  born in Newport News, Virginia.

She loved to perform and sing.

She was the daughter of Temple and William.

Ella was afraid of diabetes.

She liked to dance.

She lived on the street.

Best known for singing.

She studied music.

Challenged by a heart attack.

She was always a performer.

Ella was nice, determent, hard worker, a hope finder

THE LIFE OF ELLA FITZGERALD

Ella was born in Newport news Virginia in 1917

Ella was a child of her mother Tempie

Ella lived in Yonkers New york and Beverly hills

Ella studied music with the chick Webb orchestra

Ella overcame being sent to reform  school and had a difficult early life

Ella worked as a jazz singer

Ella was challenged by being on her own

Ella's personality could be described as inspiring person

Ella was always accomplishing things that she wanted to do

Never gave up

Ella was best known for her personality and how she sang

Ella was talented in singing  

QUEEN OF JAZZ by Lauren F.

Ella was born in Newport News Virgina on a lovely day.

Ella was a child of two great parents named Tempie but she never met her father William, she was to young.

Ella lived in a house with relatives but she wanted to start a career.

Ella studied jazz music and she found that she had a talent for it.

Ella slowly over came the tragic of her mothers death.

Ella worked as a scat singer she loved to just feel the music she also loved bebop music too.

Ella was challenged by rules they had. She wanted to be free!

Ella's personality could be described by a great role model who spreads joy around and never stops believing in her self.

Ella always stood up tall and knew she was a great singer. She never backed down on what she believed like freedom.

Ella was best known for her amazing scat singing she could sing anything.

Ella was a hero, she was a one of a kind, and she will always shine.

ELLA FIZGERALD BIO POEM - ASTRID

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 25 1917 in Newport News,VA.

Ella's parents were named William and Temple Fitzgerald

She moved to Yonkers, New York

Ella studied singing and dancing and Glee Club

Ella overcame poverty

She worked as running errands for illegal gamblers

She was challenged by racism

Ella's personality could be described as creative

She was always trying hard

Never gave up

Best known for singing and

Ella was a LEGEND!!!!!

Ella Fitzgerald Master of Jazz By Michael

Ella was born in Newport News Virginia
Ella was a child of William and Tempie Fitzgerald
Ella lived in Yonkers New York
Ella studied singing but not from a school, Chick Webb taught her
Ella's jobs were running errands for illegal gambling joints and professional jazz singing
Ella was challenged by segregation of races and by the death of many important people in her life    like her mother and Chick Webb
Ella's personality could be described as strong and persevering because she tried to pursue her career farther than she already had
Ella was always trying to reach her goals and never gave up even when the times were tough
Ella was best known for her Jazz singing
Ella was an American icon

ELLA'S EXEMPLAR LIFE AND MUSIC - MAX

Ella was born in Newport News virginia
she was a child of tempie
she lived in Harlem Newyork
she passionityly and courageously studied music and scat singing holding on to her hope of singing,and dancing
Ella painfully overcame black segregation at multiple night clubs and strived to save her music career
She worked as a singer in the big famous nightclubs and lesser known ones to sing for everyone,as she thought right.
She was challenged by other musicians who competitivly foght for awards,and by the black segregation at the time
Ellas personalitys could be described as a courageous and striving for her high goals
Never would she agree with the evil segregation of blacks
best  known for her awe stricking scat music
Ella was apppreciated all over america in her golden age for her music.

ELLA - Collen

Ella - born on April 25, 1917
Ella - born in Virginia, moved to Yonkers, New York
Ella - liked singing and dancing
Ella - important because she became the first African American jazz singer
Ella - her music sounded like jazz
Ella - her music made me feel calm

E - Energetic

L - Leader

L - Liked jazz music

A - African American


F - Famous

I - Influential

T - Talented

Z - Zest

G - Grammy Awards

E - Established the Ella Fitzgerald Children's Center in LA

R - Ran Away

A - Albums

L - Lived in New York

D - Dancer

Ella Jane Fitzgerald`s life from start to end

Ella was born in Newport News Virginia 1917 on April 25

Ella was a child of William and Tempie Ella was also a daughter of jazz

Ella studied singing and dancing

Ella worked as a singer and a dancer

Ella was challenged by diabetes and discrimination

Ella's personality  could be described as brave and musical

Ella was always a good singer and she never gave up

Ella was best known for here songs

Ella was a great singer and a talented dancer

ELLA FITZGERALD BIO POEM - JILLIAN

Ella was born on April 25 1917 in New Port News VA.
Her mother's name was Temple and her father's name was William.
When Ella was just 15 years old her mother died.
She lived in Virginia and NYC.
Chick Webb gave Ella the way to fame.
For a short time Ella was a street dancer.
Before Ella was popular she was in the glee club.
When Ella was a young girl she went to reform school.
She ran away and lived on the streets.
Fitzgerald worked for a illegal gambling joints.
  14Grammy awards.
Ella married Ray Brown and Benny Komegay.
In 1986 she had a heart attack and surgery.
1993 Ella's legs gave up on her.

ELLA FITZGERALD - Angela

Ella was born in Newport News, Virginia, 1917
Ella was a child of William
And Tempie
She moved to Yonkers, New York
And grew up there
She studied dance in her early life and
Sang in the glee club in grade school
Ella worked as a jazz singer
She worked with Chick Webb,
Louis Armstrong,
Duke Ellington,
And Dizzy Gillespie
Ella had two marriages
One with Benny Kornegay
And one with Ray Brown
Her child was Ray Brown Jr.
When she worked with Chick Webb,
another band challenged her
She overcame a stage fright accident
Ella was perseverance
She needed perseverance when she sang
Ella was always happy
And open to people
She was never afraid when she sang
Ella was best known
for her scat singing
She won 13 Grammy Awards,
1 Lifetime Achievement Award,
Kennedy Center Honors,
And an honorary doctorate degree
From Yale University
She died in 1996
Ella Fitzgerald is a great jazz singer

ELLA FITZGERALD BIO POEM -Audrey

Ella was born on April 25 1917 Newport News VA
Shortly after her birth her parents divorced
Ella and her mother moved to Yonkers NY
They were very poor
after a couple years Ella had taught herself to dance
When Ella was 15 her mother died
Sadly Ella started working for illegal gambling clubs
Then the police picked her up the streets and sent her to a reform school
After Ella ran away from school she sang at the Apollo theater
That was the night Ella's career bloomed Chick Webb asked Ella to join his band
Next Ella and Chick's band made scat singing popular
After Chick's  band Ella joined "Jazz at the Philharmonic"
She earned 13 Grammies
She sold more records than any other Jazz singer
And of course she sung at the Carnage hall
Ella's parents are William and Temple(Tempie)
She married twice and adopted Ella's half sister's son
Then she suffered diabetes and she had to remove her legs
Then she died June 15 1996 at 77

  

ELLA FITZGERALD IS AMAZING

Ella was born in Newport, Va

Ella was a child of William and Tempie Fitzgerald

Ella live in New York city

Ella learned singing jazz music and dance

Ella overcame reform school went on to dance, and eventuality sang

Ella worked as a singer in the Chick Webb Orchestra

Ella was challenged by dropping out of school

Ella's personality could be described as very happy,

Ella was always confident with herself, from never giving up on doing she wants to do

Ella never a bad roll model for other jazz singers

Ella was best known for her jazz singing

Ella was a amazing jazz singer

ELLA FITZGERALD - JULIA

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella was born in Newport News, Virginia,

Ella was the child Of Tempie her wonderful mother,

And William he fabulous father,

Ella lived in Yonkers, New York

Studied music in Harlem, New York

Ella over came brutal segregation,

Ella worked as a marvelous scat singer,

Ella was challenged by some serious medical problems

Throughout her great career,

Ella’s personality could be described as persevering,

Because even though she was black she kept at it,

Ella was always very bright,

Even if something horrifying happened,

Ella never wanted to stop what she was doing,

Ella was best known for her beautiful scat music,

Ella was the most persevering person I have ever learned about!

ELLA FITZGERALD; THE LEADER TO RACIAL HARMONY- KATHERINE

Ella

She was benevolent, elegant in all ways, proficient at singing and, last but not least, always confident

This vocal virtuoso was the daughter of Temperance (mother) and William (father) Fitzgerald

Ella best loved expressing herself through her music, making nonsense syllables and turning them them into songs and, lastly, she loved giving to those less fortunate than herself

When this soon-to-be singer ran away, it proved that she was unstable and not understood, but was reconciled when she found what was for her... singing

Ella seemingly feared her parents since she decided to live on the streets, and, later on, diabetes

The singer was desperate for companionship and got the leadership of Chick Webb, Norman Granz, and the musicians/conductors at The Jazz At The Philharmonic

She gave the money that she earned generously to the charity that she manufactured; The Ella Fitzgerald Child Care Center

Ella, from Newport News Virginia, all the way to Yonkers, New York and Los Angeles, California, was philanthropic and a leader to racial harmony

Fitzgerald