Steve Jobs Commencement
Speech
By: Ms. Boucher
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Steve Jobs Commencement
Speech
By: Ms. Boucher
Steve Jobs
Discuss these questions in pairs
- What does this introductory paragraph tell you?
- What do we learn about Steve Jobs?
- What is the structure of this speech going to be?
- Why would he structure it this way?
Reading Closely: Guiding Questions
handout
- Look at the “Questioning Texts” row of the chart.
- Which of these questions do you think will help our understanding to find the gist of Steve Jobs speech?
Read paragraphs 6-8 again
- What do you understand from this excerpt so far?
- Reread paragraph 6 and “what is the gist of this paragraph? What is this paragraph mostly about?”
- Record gist in margins of Steve Jobs speech. Circle unfamiliar words.
- Share with class what you wrote.
Learning Targets
- “I can read Paragraphs 6-8 of the Steve Jobs speech closely in order to answer text- dependent questions.”
- “I can choose details from Paragraphs 6-8 of the Steve Jobs speech to support a claim.”
- “I can connect the events described by Steve Jobs in Paragraphs 1-8 of his speech to those experienced by Bud in the novel Bud, Not buddy.”
Forming Evidence-Based Claims
Forming-Based Claims Graphic
Organizer
- Claim: “You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
- What do you think was the question that prompted this claim?
- Focusing Question: “How will having an idea of the question help you to find details to support the claim?”
Learning Targets
- “I can get the gist of paragraphs 12-14 of the Steve Jobs speech.”
- “I can identify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary from the context.”
Learning Targets
- “I can read paragraphs 12-14 of the Steve Jobs speech closely in order to answer text- dependent questions”
- “I can make a claim using details from paragraphs 9-14 of the Steve Jobs speech.”
Complete Text Dependent Questions
for paragraphs 12-14.
- Have teacher guide on screen to assist the students.