Module 2A - Unit 1, Lesson 10:

Getting the Gist and Determining Word Meaning: Paragraphs 2022 of

Steve Jobs Commencement Address (and connecting to Chapter 10)

What are our learning

targets for Lesson 8?
I can get the gist of
paragraphs
2022 of the Steve Jobs
speech.
I can identify the meaning of
unfamiliar vocabulary from the
context.

Think-Pair-Share
How has reading the Steve
Jobs speech for gist and
learning new words in
context helped you become
a better reader of complex
informational texts?
Think

Pair

Share

Now when you approach a

new complex
informational text, you
should know to read each
paragraph, annotate the
gist to figure out what the
text is mostly about, and
read around new words to
figure out what they mean

Follow along with

your copy of
Stanford
Commencement
Address: Steve
Jobs as you listen
to paragraphs 15 -

We will read
paragraphs 20 - 22
for the gist, just as
we did in Lesson 6
and 8. Follow along
in your copy as I
read aloud.

This was the closest Ive been to

facing death, and I hope its the
closest I get for a few more
decades. Having lived through it, I
can now say this to you with a bit
more certainty than when death
was a useful but purely
intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who

want to go to heaven dont want to die to
get there. And yet death is the destination
we all share. No one has ever escaped it.
And that is as it should be, because Death
is very likely the single best invention of
Life. It is Lifes change agent. It clears out
the old to make way for the new. Right
now the new is you, but someday not too
long from now, you will gradually become
the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be
so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so dont waste it living

someone elses life. Dont be trapped by
dogma which is living with the results of
other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise
of others opinions drown out your own
inner voice. And most important, have the
courage to follow your heart and
intuition. They somehow already know
what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.

In your triad, reread

paragraph 12,
discuss the gist with
your partner,
annotate the text,
and circle any
unknown words in
the speech. You have

Think-Pair-Share

What did we
learn in
paragraph 20?
Think

Pair

Share

Steve Jobs is
glad he didnt
die, even
though he used
to think about

Think-Pair-Share

What did we
learn in
paragraph 21?
Think

Pair

Share

Death is
going to
happen.
Death

Think-Pair-Share

What did we
learn in
paragraph 22?
Think

Pair

Share

Follow your
gut to do
what you
want in life.

Take a look at your Exit

Ticket: Give One, Get One.
You will begin this activity
independently,
brainstorming character
traits of Bud and Steve
Jobs. You will then use
this brainstorming of each
person to make a list of
qualities they share.

Discuss your responses

with your triad. As a
group, answer the
question, What is the
most important
character trait shared
by Bud and Steve Jobs?
Why? This is due
before you leave class