Fueling Your Passion Speech

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The next tasks for passion speech writing:

Students review their mind maps

Focus on three main details

Update information to first draft

After reviewing students' first drafts. . . we were reminded students were returning from seven months of distance learning and writing skills were at an all time low across campus.

This added task allowed students to apply more information to each detail on each slide. Students could focus on key points for a better flow of the script.
Please click to see student example:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18USikSRedpATnJVaibMxmSY6Ygvw1nNhWa5jGgKpfLw/edit?usp=sharing

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Brainstorming YOUR Passion

What did we learn in finding a passion among middle schoolers? Many students couldn't distinguish the difference between passion and goal. Some didn't have interests, collections, or talents to talk about. Others didn't include elementary music lessons, foreign language or sports activities. Below if you click on jam boards, you will get a glimpse of our 7th/8th grade passion topics for SY 2020-2021: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1EGHpIXfPb9N6a6NOAODnLakdQAKZFxRTEp5-vhjgyPQ/edit? usp=sharing https://jamboard.google.com/d/1kTct5r36QMqd3j5aqCiX6Z4ygQOkRcmLbeCx_1lxjVo/edit?usp=sharing https://jamboard.google.com/d/14eE57IQy_CsKBdo8l_r9OGZMbUKlYSNzFLDCkG0_FlM/edit?usp=sharing https://jamboard.google.com/d/1lEe9N7xad09dQInotoIIVM8_4hWRzT_xJYajPPBm28k/edit?usp=sharing

Finding YOUR Passion

We believed January 2021 was a year of New Beginnings . . . and things will change. President Bided would be a part of that change with unity, heart, and healing. Amanda Gorman stole the hearts of millions with her passionate poem of "The Hill We Climb". It was a no-brainer, when we assigned a passion speech project for our middle schoolers. What did we learn in finding a passion among middle schoolers? They didn't have any. Couldn't distinguish the difference between passion and goal. Many students did not have any interests or passion about anything in general. Students involved in extracurriculars outside of school didn't consider sports/activities/talents a passion even if they were active since elementary. "Follow your passion" is a cliche and problematic advice in the 21st century. We need to encourage our teens to develop a passion rather than follow the passions of others. My purpose for this blog is to: Reach out to others and share how th...

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