Passion Speech Pre-Work

Blog #5

In preparing for passion speeches, task #3 is followed by another jam board. Students observed passion icons Kid President and Kid Black for a second time. For two minutes, they wrote all visual, verbal/nonverbal cues to be a good speaker. Please click on the link below for the results:

https://jamboard.google.com/d/1vW-DubYq-1mHy5EwvRCKSzpbBYtk63Hmk80m9DZDIs0/edit?usp=sharing

Aloha Kakou, This project entailed not just finding passions in the life of our students, we discovered it built trust, camaraderie, and collaboration, after physically being away from school for seven months. Happy Blogging! Rae Tang

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Passion Icons

To begin our Passion journey, we brought two infamous icons to share their stories with our students. https://youtu.be/l-gQLqv9f4o

Passion Mind Map

Blog #4: Task #2 - Elimination Zone In task #1 students brainstormed passion topics. In task #2, students will select three passion topics and create mind maps on their passions . Here's the clincher: topics of goals, future plans, daily tasks, that included chores, homework, sleeping, and watching television were eliminated and must return to jam board to reassess topics. Please click below for example of task #2: students finding their passion project. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NZA0v403h4M1w35weUAri0hPSIi-JcQssEr0GVShqTI/edit?usp=sharing Aloha everyone, We learned how extremely challenging, (not to mention) time-consuming this project started out. It also was a great way to start a new year, (after seven months of COVID) to help students focus on something really important, themselves. They just didn't know it yet! A hui hou, Rae Tang

Unwrapping Your Passion

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...

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