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This Getting the Gist: Steve Jobs Commencement Address (Focus on Paragraphs 6-8, and connecting to Chapter 6) lesson plan also includes:
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As part of a unit study of Bud, Not Buddy, readers compare Buddy's list of rules to live by with those that Steve Jobs enumerates in his commencement address to Stanford's 2005 graduating class.
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- Provide class members with calligraphy magic markers and font models; have them practice several letter forms
Classroom Considerations
- The sixth session in a 12-lesson unit that uses Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy as a core text
- Readers continue to use the Odell Education model to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in text.
Pros
- The 18-page packet includes a detailed plan, the full text of Jobs' speech, discussion questions, Odell Education reading guide questions, and a link to the Odell site
Cons
- Some students may need additional scaffolding the shift in focus from the earlier lessons in the unit