24 August 2017 Get out your agenda and interview notes Warm-up: How did you interview go last night? How many questions did you get answered? Do you think the answers you got were enough to write about? Why or why not?

Exemplar Interview Narrative Read/annotate for the following: Hearts: How is the DICTION? Indicate 3 examples. Diamonds: How is the SYNTAX? Complex sentences? Fragments? Give two examples. Spades: Is there IMAGERY? Where? Give 3 examples. Clubs: Is this in proper MLA FORMAT? How? Everyone: Does she use QUOTES from her mother? How are they punctuated? Copy down 3 quotes. Everyone: What COMING OF AGE MOMENTS does the writer’s mother have? List them. Everyone: What does the writer TAKE AWAY from the interview?

Drafting your Interview Narrative Draft due TOMORROW!! Introduction: include a description of the person you have interviewed (see sample). 1st body paragraph: tell about the person’s overall experience in high school 2nd /maybe 3rd body paragraph/s: describe their “coming of age” moment Be sure to describe in detail at least one incident from the person’s high school days Use vivid imagery, careful diction, and a mix of direct and indirect quotations to convey a sense of the interviewee’s voice in your narrative. • Conclusion: predict how you can use what you learned from the interview as you experience high school yourself.