Steve Jobs: How to Live Before You Die

A Word Cloud of Steve Job's Commencement Speech

Today's Goal: A first look at a speech by Steve Jobs, and SOAPSTone with a partner.

The Plan:

1. Read!
   
2. In your English Journal: Using the Word Cloud above, make a prediction about Steve Jobs' speech, and the message he is going to give his audience. Write a few sentences that includes your prediction, and WHY you are making that prediction.
   
3. Watch his speech. You can find it on TED.com if you're absent. CLICK HERE for the Steve Jobs Commencement Speech TEXT. Make a copy for yourself so you can annotate it. I'm not giving you the paper copy of this one.
   
4. Fill out this Google Form with a partner (you only need to submit one between the two of you.)
   
5. Possibly talk about a rhetorical precis.

If you play your cards right, you do not have homework, BUT I have some news about your essays that will involve some work if you choose to take the offer I present to you.