1. “You’ve got to find what you love”
Steve Jobs
“You’ve got to find what you love”

2. Discussion & Quickwrite
Discuss: What do you know about Steve Jobs? Share with your team/class.
Quickwrite: Respond with your thoughts about this quote from Steve Jobs: “You’ve got to find what you love.” What does it mean to you?

3. 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 dropped into courses that interested him.
Q1: How did “dropping in” help him? (Cite textual evidence)
Reed College, Portland, OR

4. Focused reading: Apple
Started Apple with friend Steve Wozniak in his parents’ garage at age 20.
Fired from his own company at age 30.
Q2: How can being fired from his own company happen? (Cite textual evidence)

5. 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?

6. Live each day as if it were your last…one day it will be
Jobs died at age 56, on October 5, 2011

7. His message for us all…

8. Response paragraph
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.