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Pre-Reading Warm Up Questions

1. Have you ever heard of Steve Jobs? If so, what do you know about him? Yes, I have heard of Steve Jobs, he was/did/created/owned/made.. 2. Do you own an Apple Computer? No, I do not own an Apple Computer because Yes, I do own an Apple Computer because.

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3. Can you name any other products made by Apple? Yes, I can name the Iphone, Ipad, MacBook etc 4. Have you seen any of the following movies: Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Monsters
Inc., Finding Nemo? Do you know what these movies have in common?

These movies are all computer-generated movies made by Steve Jobs company, Pixar.

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5. Do you know what it means to be the CEO of a company?
Yes, I think being a CEO of a company means... No, I dont know what it means to be the CEO of a company.

6. What is the difference between computer software and computer hardware?

The difference between computer software and computer hardware is that software is the program or series of instructions that tells a computer what to do; and hardware is all the physical parts of a computer.

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Comprehension Questions: T or F? 1. Steve Jobs invented the Apple I computer.
FALSE- Wozniak invented the Apple I computer.

2. Steve Jobs and his partner, Steve Wozniak, started Apple Computers.
TRUE- They started the company in 1976 in Jobs garage.

3. The Apple II computer was not very popular.

FALSE- The Apple II appealed to both business and the public.

4. The introduction of IBMs personal computer helped Apple Computers business.

FALSE- IBM took business away from Apple beginning in 1981.

5. Steve Jobs died in 2011. TRUE-

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1. What did Steve Jobs do after he finished high school?

After high school, Steve Jobs attended college in Portland, Oregon but left after his first semester to travel in India.

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2. Why did Steve Jobs and his friend, Steve Wozniak, start Apple Computers?

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computers because they believed it would be a big success.

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3. Why did Apple Computers have difficulty in the early 1980s? (Give 2 reasons.) Apple Computers had difficulty in the early 1980s because a competitor company called IBM introduced its first personal computer which proved to be very popular. When Apple introduced its own Macintosh computer, it was not very popular at first and, as a result, Steve Jobs left the company.

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4. What did Steve Jobs do when he left Apple Computers? After Jobs left Apple, he started his own company, called NeXT Software. Then, in 1986, he bought Pixar Animation Studios.

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5. What does Pixar Animation Studios do? Pixar Animation studios creates computer-generated movies.

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6. Why did Jobs return to Apple Computers? Steve Jobs returned to Apple Computers to help the company become a leader in the computer field once again.

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7. What happened to Steve Jobs in 2004? In 2004, Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Vocabulary Review- Answers

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Choose the right word- Answers

1. prosper 2. adopt 3. hit 4. invented 5. semester 6. public 7. a great deal 8. available 9. field 10. resigned

DISCUSS
1. How has computer technology changed our lives in the past twenty years?
I think/feel computer technology has not changed our lives because

I think/feel computer technology has changed our lives in many ways. For example, ________________________________________

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2. Apple Computers, the huge international company, grew out of Steve Wozniaks hobby of building computers. Do you know anyone else who has turned a hobby into a successful business?
No, I do not know anyone who has turned a hobby into a successful business. Yes, I know _______, she/he turned their hobby of _________ into a successful __________business.

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3. Many movies nowadays use a lot of computer technology to generate special effects or create animation. Describe some of these films. What did you like or dislike about them?
The movie(s) I wish to describe is(are) __________. I liked this(these) movie(s) because ____________. I didnt like this(these) movie(s) because _________.

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