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The Last Lecture and Persuasive Writing Unit

Essential Question: What are the key elements to achieving one’s goals?

Guiding questions: 1. How can self-reflection help one recognize why an outcome occurs? 2. What life lessons does Dr. Pausch share through his story? 3. How does Dr. Pausch organize his delivery of advice? 4. What words would you use to describe Dr.Pausch? 5. How can mentors help shape individuals? 6. How do essay writers and journalists present and defend arguments? 7. What patterns can writers use to develop thorough essays? 8. What life lessons do you believe are worth sharing with other teens? 9. How do successful communicators (writers and speakers) achieve their goals?

//The Last Lecture// Responses https://docs.google.com/a/hcrhs.org/document/d/1U51GBGtpxKTsE5_S2YaxTqqs2jjWu633YikGfoTS4zY/edit?usp=sharing

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Candy Chang TED Talk Script https://docs.google.com/a/hcrhs.org/document/d/1v_mJrpmAfiG4IRag_kfjGCbGA8EToz05b4ukn6tN8fQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Randy Pausch Script Randy Pausch's Last Lecture (abridged - 10 minutes long) media type="youtube" key="cyuZWDX55mI" width="420" height="315"

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