Blog #9 Aloha Kakou! On this Passion journey, what were some highlights or lessons that were observed: Students who shared their passions spoke with confidence, know who they are and what they want. They have goals, dreams, and plans. They articulated their passions to others. Students who attended years of language classes/music lessons unwrapped their passions that resulted from years of discipline and routine not recognizing it as a livelihood. Students learned to have an open mind, and to have a willingness to try a variety of things, because passion can come from being curious and it can expand from that. Most importantly, students learned passion is high energy, and contagious. Passionate people will go above and beyond for something they believe in. Passionate people are resilient, and are driven by purpose, passion and enthusiasm. They have grit. Please click on the final link to view students' exemplary Fin...
Blog #8 Aloha Kakou! Final steps for passion speech: Students prepare conclusion Students will combine all tasks/steps for Final draft Students discover the conclusion of a speech is just as important as the attention grabber. Once again, students viewed Kid President's and Kid Black's videos for 30 seconds and only at the end of their speeches. Students were able to observe verbal and non verbal cues and apply to their script or not. For some, this was not an easy task. Last step, students combine approved slides of attention grabber, 3-details script, and conclusion. Please click below to view student conclusion and final draft samples: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12v4oIOEy_MMU0jyYHV0tPSERv8af-iAX962ypA1qZYE/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aC777n-GgTh8ZQGDbkWBO8YTCKYr9FOUwkblXnwTOFA/edit?usp=sharing Ahui hou!