Susan Holzman
The Ends Justify the Means
ETAI, Summer 2003
Going Beyond
Exercise in WORD for writing projects.
In order to make changes in the text, you must always BLOCK the part of the text that
needs change. For example, if you want to change the whole text to a larger font, or
double space the whole text, press “Control + A” and then the changes will affect the
whole text. If you want to find a synonym for one word, block that one word. You can
do this with the curser (mouse) or with the shift key plus arrow keys.
1. Run spelling and grammar check. [tools]
Find 3 spelling errors
Find 3 spacing errors
2. Use the Tab to indent each paragraph
3. Change the font size to 12; change the font to Ariel.
4. Put the Reference for the article on a new page (insert-page break)
5. Change the text from full justification to left justification. (block whole text)
6. Put a header in the document that has your name and ID number. [view-header
and footer]
7. Put page numbers- bottom, center [insert-page numbers]
8. Double space the text [format-paragraph]
9. Find the name of the speech: I have a dream. It should be in “Title Format”. In
other words, some of the words should be capitalized and other should not.
Block the title, go to Format- Case Change and choose Title Case.
10. Put Time in italics. It is the name of a magazine and should be underlined or in
italics.
11. Go to “tools" and select Language-Thesaurus.
Find synonyms for assassinated, heretofore, preach, movement, nature and
concerned. Change these words for alternatives wherever you think possible.
Susan Holzman
The Ends Justify the Means
ETAI, Summer 2003
Going Beyond
Note to teacher:
Knowledge of WORD can be a tremendous aid in preparing academic writing for
presentation. However, the Language Function is of limited help. This exercise is
meant to demonstrate this. The Thesaurus of WORD offers replacements for “preach”
none of which collocate with “sermon” I put this in on purpose to raise awareness of
the fact that just because the suggestion is there, it does not mean that it is acceptable.
Writing accurately requires knowledge of collocations and these can be located easily
in Learners’ Dictionaries:
sermon noun [countable]
1 a talk given as part of a Christian church service, usually on a religious or moral
subject give/preach/deliver a sermon (on something)
- The vicar gave a sermon on charity.
I also added a word that does not exist in the WORD dictionary. It is a formal word as
the following entry demonstrates. On the other hand, this text was taken from a book
prepared for learners. Our students must be prepared for authentic texts in the real
world.
heretofore adverb formal before this time
In recent years we have seen greater emphasis than heretofore on the voice of the
consumer.
Susan Holzman
The Ends Justify the Means
ETAI, Summer 2003
Going Beyond
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., grew up in a loving, supportive, and religus family in Atlanta, Georgia, where his
father was the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. As a black child growing up in the South in the 1930s
and ‘40s , he daily had to face the problems of segregation and rashal injustice. He wanted to help change
things for the better.
He thought of becoming a lawyer or a docter. However, impressed by his father’s work for civil rights and his
own feeling of the importance of religion, he decided to become a minister. When he was 17 , his father let him
preach a trial sermon in his church. It was such a success that he was sure that he had found his calling, and
went on to study at the theological seminary in Pennsylvania.
While at the seminary, King learned about the life and work of Mohandas (Mahatma ) Gandhi in India. He
was particularly impressed with Gandhi’s use of non-violent protest to achieve freedom and civil rights.
Always a good student, King enrolled at Boston University for further study, and earned a Doctor of
Philosophy degree in 1955. During the ‘50s and ‘60s he was an untiring worker for the civil rights movement
in the United States, leading many peaceful protests, and insisting on non-violence even when he and his
family were attacked because of the work he was doing.
On August 28th ,1963, he helped lead a famous civil rights march on Washington D.C., that brought more
than a quarter of a million people to the nation’s capital. Thoudsands of blacks and whites marched behind the
black leaders. It was here that he made his famous “I have a dream” speech in which he told about the dream he
had for his four children and all children. This was one of the most important speeches in American history.
Heretofore new local and state laws were helping to abolish segregation and further freedom and civil rights in
certain places. King’s work led to the Congress passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which enabled many
blacks to vote for the first time. In many cities and states black leaders were elected to important offices.
King’s stature as a civil rights leader continued to grow. In 1963 Time magazine had named him, “Man of
the year;” but of the many awards he received, the most important was the Nobel Peace Prize that he won in
1964. Upon receiving the prize, he said, “I accept this award with faith in America and faith in mankind. I
still believe that we shall overcome.”
In spite of the non-violent nature of Dr. King’s work, civil rights protests sometimes brought violent actions
and reactions. Because of his prominence as a leader in the civil rights movement, Dr. King received threats to
his life. On April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, he said at the end of a speech: “I don’t know what will
happen now. We have got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the
mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. But I am not concerned about
that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He has allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And
I have seen the promised land.”
The next day Dr. King and his staff met to plan a peaceful march. As he stepped out of his motel room to go to
dinner, a rifle shot was heard. At the young age of 39, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been assassinated.
President Lyndon Johnson declared April 9, the day of King’s funeral in Atlanta, a national day of
mourning. Millions of Americans watched the funeral on television. After the memorial service, he was buried
in Atlanta, the city where he was born and had lived and worked for so many years. On his gravestone are
carved the words from his most famous speech: “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I’m free at
last!”
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