I began by describing what Ted conferences are, and how many of those talks have been filmed and uploaded to the website www.ted.com
As a class we watched an example of the kinds of talks that are on ted.com . We watched Jill Bolte's Ted-talk entitled 'Stroke of Insight'.
I then revealed the work that English 12 students need to complete by give examples of that work.
1. Students need to complete THREE sets of notes on three, different Ted-talks.
2. Finally, you need to complete an expository composition on a Ted-talk that you found particularly interesting, insightful, and/or thought-provoking.
Here is an example of the types of notes that should be taken.
Here is one example of the type of composition you can write (the beginning, at least). Here is a second example of the type of composition you can write.
Here is a blank form to use to take notes.
