“YOU’VE GOT TO FIND WHAT YOU LOVE” STEVE JOBS

OPENING DISCUSSION Discuss: What do you know about Steve Jobs ? What is a commencement ceremony? Discuss with team/share with class

QUICKWRITE 5 minutes: Respond to this quote from Steve Jobs: “You’ve got to find what you love.” What does it mean to you? Discuss the quote and then get specific: How can you live a life that fulfills this idea?

FOCUSED READING AND NOTE TAKING Create a Cornell Note in your packet In the left margin, jot down the 3 questions listed on the following pages. On the bottom of the page, write a summary. These are intended to give your reading a PURPOSE, which can help you to focus and avoid the dreaded “zone out” that happens at times. As you read, write your responses to the right of your questions. Include your own words AND textual evidence (quotations) for each response.

FOCUSED READING: COLLEGE DROP OUT…AND DROP IN Jobs’ family was not wealthy, and Jobs couldn’t justify the expense of school, so he dropped out…and then he “dropped in.” Q1: How did “dropping in” help Jobs? (Cite textual evidence) Reed College, Portland, OR

FOCUSED READING: APPLE Started Apple with friend Steve Wozniak in his parents’ garage at age 20. Q2: Jobs was fired from his own company at age 30. How can something like that happen? (Cite textual evidence)

FOCUSED READING: FACING HIS OWN DEATH In 2004, doctors told him he had pancreatic cancer and had only 3-6 months to live Was able to survive for nearly 7 more years Q3: How did Jobs deal with his sickness and inevitable death?

LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST…ONE DAY IT WILL BE Jobs died at age 56, on October 5, 2011

HIS MESSAGE FOR US ALL…

SECOND READING & RESPONSE PARAGRAPH (USING CHROMEBOOKS) In his commencement speech to the Stanford graduating class of 2005, Steve Jobs revealed three anecdotes that shaped his life. The first tale, about connecting the dots, concludes with Jobs’ advice to “trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever” (Para. 9). Jobs trusted his own gut when it came to college—he dropped out but then dropped in on other courses that ultimately shaped not only his future, but also the future of computing. His second story… (include blended quotation + CM) His third and final anecdote…(include blended quotation + CM). CS.