HW for 042215

Homework due Thursday:

1. Watch the Katie Couric interview suggestions video HERE
2. Take five summary notes on notebook paper

SUB PLAN for 042215

1. Sit in permanent assigned seats with new seating chart made on 042115.
2. Erase the center of the front board.

A. Journal (total time - 20 - 25 minutes):

1. Each table sends one person to get notebooks for each student at their table.
2. Write this prompt on the board:
3. Allow students to write for 12 - 15 minutes, 200 word minimum
4. Students may write about up to three different people
5. Allow 3 - 5 students to summarize and share what they wrote.

• Prompt: 
• What would it be like to be the person I want to interview. If I wanted to interview a politician, explain how a politician thinks, why he/she would want to do an interview, and what would he/she want to make sure you knew about the issue in his/her mind.
• What is needed to make this person feel comfortable enough to answer your questions?
• What things do you know about this person's daily life on the job - some of the positives and the negatives?

B. Article (15 - 20 minutes):

Read the handout, Interviewing tips HERE,  as a class out loud - one student per about 1/4 - 1/3 of a page. Pay special attention to BOLD and underlined italics passages.

1. After the class has finished reading the article, review the article for suggestions and good questions to use. Each students should NUMBER the different suggestions and questions highlighted in the article.

C. Interview activity (15 - 20 minutes):

1. Make sure students are in groups of 3 - 4 at each desk. You may need to move a couple of students. Students that worked on the same I-search project together should NOT sit at the same table.
2. Have students take out the homework due Tuesday - questions for their interview.
3. Pass out the worksheet.
4. Students should fill out the parts for their I-search topic.
5. Each students passes the sheet and their HW questions one person to their right, who will take notes when it is their turn to be interviewed about their topic.

Homework due Thursday:

1. Watch the Katie Couric interview suggestions video HERE
2. Take five summary notes on notebook paper