"The Steve Jobs Way" by Jon Katzenback

Click here to access the audio version of the text. Then analyze the text for the central idea, audience, purpose, tone, and rhetorical techniques. Use the graphic organizer provided here.

Next week we will be writing an essay using ALL THREE JOBS TEXTS!!! Woop! Good times :)

You wish you would've come to our homework party...

Theme

Think about the themes in "Checkouts" and "The Girl Who Can". Which theme do you most relate to? Why? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

The Girl Who Can

Checkout this link for the audio version of the text on pgs. 87-92.

Answer CT questions 1a,b; 2 a,b; 3a for homework.

First Essay Due!!

Just a reminder that your first essay is due, submitted via Google Docs, by 5pm on Sunday, 9/13. On Monday you will turn in your essay packet, which should include:

• Annotated Text 1 (Tim Cook's Speech at Steve Job's Memorial & pulled apart prompt)
• TIDE outline
• Rough Draft (should be highlighted and messy!)
• Peer and Self Assessment Rubric

Next week we will take a break from Jobs and from the analytic summary. We will be reading "Checkouts" on pg. 82 and "The Girl Who Can" on pg. 87. I will be sending out a link to a recording this weekend, so keep a lookout!

DHS Title I Parent Meeting is on September 17, 2015 at 3pm. Conferences will be held at this time also. Extra credit is given to the students of parents in attendance.