1. Steve Jobs
This unit was created by the Louisiana Department of Education in partnership with LearnZillion. It includes approximately 36 days of instructional materials including classroom-ready materials, assessments, graphic organizers, and texts.

2. Jaguar Jumpstart
Lets Review for Test #3 !

3. examine causes results Let’s Learn…..
We can understand important events by analyzing how they are introduced and explained in a text.
Analyze = _____________ carefully; identify __________, factors (related things), and ___________ .
examine
causes
results

4. Story #1 Story #2 Story #3 Introduction Conclusion
The Structure of Writing: ..
Steve Jobs’ speech has an …
Introduction
Story #1
Story #2
Story #3
Conclusion
Body

5. Point #1 Point #2 Point #3 Introduction Conclusion
The Structure of Writing: ..
Your writing should have an: …
Introduction
Point #1
Point #2
Point #3
Conclusion
Body

6. say words secondary think New Vocabulary..
Paraphrase = to _______ it in your own __________.
Connotation = ________________ meaning; what it makes you ________ about. .
say
words
secondary
think

7. attitude author changes feel New Vocabulary..
Tone = the _____________ of the ____________.
Shifts = major _____________ in how the poem makes you _______. .
attitude
author
changes
feel

8. social addressed New Vocabulary..
Theme = the main _____________ issue being _______________ .
social
addressed

9. Be familiar with this poem. You do not need to memorize it
Be familiar with this poem. You do not need to memorize it. You just need to have read over it several times.
Expenses met; nor as a draughty ghost That's seen, some mornings, running down a lawn.
It is these sunless afternoons, I find Install you at my elbow like a bore The chestnut trees are caked with silence. I'm Aware the days pass quicker than before, Smell staler too. And once they fall here some time.
TO FAILURE
You do not come dramatically, with dragons That rear up with my life between their paws And dash me butchered down beside the wagons, The horses panicking; nor as a clause Clearly set out to warn what can be lost, What out-of-pocket charges must be borne
- By Philip Larkin

10. understand theme teach Concepts..
The goal of reading a poem is usually to __________________ its meaning or ___________.
We ask: What is the author trying to __________ us? .
understand
theme
teach

11. Concepts ..
One of the best ways to figure this out is to __________________ the poem. .
paraphrase

12. Be familiar with this poem. You do not need to memorize it
Be familiar with this poem. You do not need to memorize it. You just need to have read over it several times.
And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now— For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. 
MOTHER TO SON
Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time  I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's,
- By Langston Hughes

13. Let’s Discuss: Who is the narrator of the poem?..
Who is the narrator of the poem?
To whom is the poem written?
What is a “crystal stair”?
Has the narrator had an easy life? What evidence supports your answer?
When life is challenging, does the narrator give up?

14. Let’s Discuss: How do you know? What words tell you that answer?.. .
How do you know? What words tell you that answer?
The narrator speaks of dark times. What is meant by ‘dark times’?
What advice is the narrator offering?

15. Some Answers: ..
This poem is written to the narrator’s son to explain that the narrator has had a difficult life, but she never gave up. The narrator is telling her son that he should always persevere through challenges and never give up. Crystal stair is a metaphor for life being easy and dark times refers to the mother’s struggles.

16. Let’s Discuss: ..
Some specific lines in poems are very important in showing us the theme.
What is the importance of this metaphor: ‘… life for me ain’t been no crystal stair’?

17. Review this PowerPoint many times.
The Finale: ..
Review this PowerPoint many times. .
You have the capability of doing well on Test #3.
But only you can turn that capability into effort!