In this lesson for high school ELLs, students will discuss the language used in Nelson Mandela's 1964 Court Speech "An Ideal for Which I am Prepared to Die."

Things to watch for:

• Introducing and reviewing the standard with the class
• Review of academic vocabulary 
• Word analysis including use of prefixes and suffixes
• The use of cognates
• Comprehension checks of vocabulary through discussion, examples, and student sentences
• A combination of pair work and whole class discussion