Interview Narrative Assessment Interview Q & A due in class on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd Tuesday, Oct. 2nd – Friday, Oct. 5th: transforming your interview into a narrative Narrative due in class on Friday, Oct. 5th.
Do Now: Tues. 9/25/18 Get your SpringBoard book and open it to page 61 Take out your notebook and review your notes from English class yesterday Brainstorm at least 6 open-ended questions and at least 6 close-ended questions to ask during your interview Fill out an index card with this information: Your name The name and relation of the person you will interview Your interview appointment (when will it happen?)
Interview Narrative Assessment Write an interview narrative Prompt: your assignment is to interview a person who has attended a postsecondary institution (i.e., a two- or four-year college, a training or vocational school, the military) and to write an interview narrative that effectively portrays the voice of the interviewee while revealing how the experience contributed to his or her coming of age. In actual English: interview someone who did some sort of school or training after high school. Ask them questions and write a narrative about how their school or training influenced their coming of age.
Necessary Close-Ended Questions: (remember – you’re learning about how someone’s school-after-school impacted their coming of age experience!) What is your name? When and where were you born? Where did you live when you went to school/after school? What did you do? (college, major, branch of the military, tech school, etc.) How many years did you do your postsecondary schooling/Military? What is your current job? What steps did you take to get there? How long have you been there at your job? What year did you…? Graduate, retire, get your position… Did you have any conflicts? (ask them to explain).
Open-ended questions to ask: Why did you pick that (school/major/armed forces/etc…)? What influenced you as a kid to want to pick that (school/major/armed forces/etc…) after high school? How would you describe your experience? Do you have any regrets about your choices? What are they? Would you change anything about your experience? Why? What was the best part of your experience and why was is the best? Did your life turn out the way you thought it would? Why or why not? Did you ever consider quitting or leaving? What caused you to stay? Did you face any conflicts during your experience? What were they? What new things did you learn about life/the world/yourself as a result of these conflicts? Do you think you grew in maturity through your experiences? How? What advice do you have for me or for someone going in to the same school/military/career as you?
Summative Assessment What will this look like? An interview narrative contains common narrative elements: It has a plot – a sequence of events with a beginning, a middle, and an end It features characters who are developed throughout the story It has a setting – time and place and significance of that There is a central conflict, or more than one conflict, that may or may not be resolved It is told from a particular point of view, which affects the audience’s understanding of the story It has a theme – a central message about the universal idea of coming of age
Interview Narrative Resources Interview Narrative Rubric Plot Diagram