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Getting the Gist and Determining Word Meaning: Paragraphs 12–14 of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address (and connecting to Chapter 8) Lesson PlanGetting the Gist and Determining Word Meaning: Paragraphs 12–14 of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address (and connecting to Chapter 8) Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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6th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
1 hr
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2014
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Getting the Gist and Determining Word Meaning: Paragraphs 12–14 of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address (and connecting to Chapter 8)

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Groups use a Venn diagram to compare the theme of love and loss in Steve Jobs' 2005 commencement address to Stanford University students and Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

informational texts, book analysis, word meanings, summarizing, reading paragraphs, venn diagrams, compare and contrast, compare and contrast texts

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask readers to continue to add to their own life lessons list

Classroom Considerations

  • The eighth session in a 12-lesson unit using Bud, Not Buddy as the core text
  • The lessons are designed to be used in order

Pros

  • The packet includes a richly detailed plan, worksheets that ask for specific references to the texts, and graphic organizers

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.6.4 RI.6.1

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