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✨ #5 JFK's Speech Excerpt

Last updated over 4 years ago
5 questions

Directions:


1. Watch the YouTube of JFK's Speech to Congress (start at 1:02)
2. Please listen to the recording of the speech excerpt
3. Annotate the text, please do in the "show your work" (it's great practice especially with difficult material!)
4. Answer the questions about the text below


Unknown/Difficult words:
affirmative👍 (adjective): agreeing with a statement

aggravate 😡(verb): to make something worse, more serious, or more severe

enterprise 🏞 (noun): a project or activity that involves many people and that is often difficult

exploit 🐍 (verb): to take advantage of something
manpower 💪 (noun): the number of people who are available to work
pledge 🤝 (noun): a serious promise or agreement
tyranny 🚫 (noun): cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others
Please listen to the recording of the speech excerpt. Follow along with the recording.
Aannotate the text by clicking the "show your work" button (it's great practice especially with difficult material!)
4

Annotate (take notes on) the speech
CIRCLE important information
Put a TRIANGLE next to hard words (then search up the definitions in Google!)
UNDERLINE things you think you should remember

Answer the questions about the text below.
3

What is the text talking about?

Sentence Starter:
I think that the text is talking about...

0
3

How does President JFK feel about space travel?
Choose ONE

1

Choose the words with a STRONG feeling attached to them.
Choose ONE