Great Graphic Novels for Teens (2015-2016)
Hartland, J. (2015) .
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great .Schwartz
& Wade Books. New York.
Steve Jobs an American inventor of the revolutionize Apple
computer and IPhone. The book starts with him being born from college students
and being given away for adoption. His new family lives in Silicon Valley and
his parents are very good in showing Steve how to overcome life challenges. He
was always so inquisitive and mischievous boy that his fourth grade teacher
made him read math books by which it will help in his understanding of
computers later on in life. Later he gets to meet Stephen Wozniak, who has a
great idea of people owning a small personal computer at a home. Steve loves the idea and they get together to
make it reality. He gets people to invest on the product and calls it Apple
computer. He is a difficult person to get along with but his capabilities to
see new ideas were great. Someone asked him if he should do some research about
an idea he said “if Hendry Ford asked his people of what they needed the people
would have told him they need a faster horse.” His idiosyncrasies got him to resign
in his company of Apple. Which he left for 12 years but he came back because they
were loosening money and going under. He came with his quirks and started
cutting a lot of departments and products and just concentrating on a few Apple
products. These help the company and even though he had his peculiarities of
the way the products should be design his company started to make millions.
Then came his diagnose of cancer which he kept private until he died on October
5, 2011 at the age of 56.
On teachers pay teachers website I found several resources on the subject and life of Steve Jobs.
Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Worksheet - Steve Jobs
This reading comprehension and vocabulary worksheet is based on an article about Steve Jobs the CEO of Apple Inc. It includes reading, writing and speaking activities.
Expository Text: Steve Job's Speech and Rhetoric Worksheets
Steve Job's Commencement Speech transcript and analysis. I use this as an Article of the Week (AoW). After watching the the speech on YouTube (which is a MUST!), students analyze Jobs' use of rhetoric in a series of challenging multiple choice, short answer, and extended response questions.
Steve Jobs Biography Unit
Steve Jobs is the creator of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod...all of which are staples for today's technology. This product contains biography study trifolds for the book Who was Steve Jobs? and a mini book research report on Steve Jobs and is sure to engage today's tech-saavy students.
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