Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Value of Life - Day #3 - Beginning to Chart Texts

"The Value of Life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred."
- Soichiro Honda
 
Please have out the following:
* Your Packet
* Your Notebook w/Q&A from Mon/Tues
* Song/Poem selection with annotations and paragraph reflection

Small Group Activities
With your classmates - share your song/poem annotations/reflections.
*List your classmate, song/poem, relation to life/death theme

With your classmates - answer the following regarding both the BM story and the SJ speech.
1. Text Info - Title/Rhetor
2. What is the text's big issue?
3. What claim does the text make?
4. Examples/quotes from the text?
5. What do you think about the text's claim?
6. Examples ?
7. How does this connect to SJ speech or other ideas regarding the Value of Life?

Homework:
* Complete annotations and notes for Steve Jobs - "You've Got to Find What You Love"
Use the questions and answer them for the SJ speech- use your work from today to guide you.
* Bring in a quote about the Value of Life.  Write a 4-6 sentence explanation for your choice.

Resources:
Brittany Maynard - Death With Dignity
* Video  0http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/03/brittany-maynard-death-dignity-dies-suicide/

Steve Jobs - "You've Got to Find What You Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

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