Success Stories: On the Radio (view)

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Lesson Overview
Learning goals:
Students will be able to analyze speech writing., Students will be able to write an effective speech., Students will be able to participate in small and large group discussion.
Keywords:
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Success, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Podcast
Alignment:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5
Listening Activity
Seminar
Speech and Podcast

Summary

What does it mean to be "successful"? After analyzing TED Radio Hour episodes, students will discuss, reflect, draft, and create a speech/ podcast that synthesizes their ideas of success. "Success Stories: On the Radio" can be paired with core readings from Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and Gladwell's "Outliers."