LESSON 15 INTERVIEWING TOGETHER Goals: Conduct an interview Summarize, paraphrase, and quote Synthesize answers and create a report of a Q&A interview

1.14: Interviewing Together Open books to page 56 Focus: find out about an incident that happened while the person was in high school so you can write about it You will start by filling in a KWL chart about the person you are interviewing

Periods 1, 2, 4: Me. Sorry guys  Ms. Aiken Graduated from Edgewood High School in Ellettsville, IN Member of Mustang Mentors Member of National Honor Society Member of Yearbook, editor Member of show choir, Sophisticated Ladies, president Member of Academic Super Bowl Secondary English Education Major at Indiana University 2 nd year teaching at Avon High School When I was 16, I drove up to Chicago with friends to see Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, and Plain White T’s in concert…I had only had my license for a couple of months.

Period 5: Ms. Amanda Shields Indiana University Attendee Informatics Major, Concentration in Music Sociology Minor Technical Service Analyst for The President’s Challenge Consultant Supervisor for UITS (IU’s IT) Graduated from Edgewood High School in Ellettsville, IN Member, Nation Honors Society Member, Student Council Member, Leadership Academy Member, Mustang Mentors (Like you AIM mentors) Member, Key Club Member, French Club Member, German Club Member of all show choirs; President and Dance Captain of two Member of marching band and pep band At one point was a Music Education major with intentions to teach and worked at an elementary school! Won a trophy for best female soloist her senior year.

Period 6: ENS Elizabeth Cooper Ensign with the United States Navy Second Year Osteopathic Medical Student Graduated from Indiana University; Majored in Microbiology and Political Science, Minored in Chemistry, Social Science, and Medicine Graduated from Edgewood High School in Ellettsville, IN Member of Marching Band Member of Show Choirs: Sophisticated Ladies, Music Warehouse Member of Science Academic Bowl Member of National Honor Society Was front row at a Panic! At the Disco Concert Lived in Tennessee before moving to Indiana

Period 7: Ms. Britt Liford Managing Editor for Associated Construction Publications Graduated from Indiana University Majored in Journalism, Minored in Creative Writing Graduated from Edgewood High School in Ellettsville, IN Member of the Newspaper staff Member of two show choirs: Sophisticated Ladies and Music Warehouse A Mustang Mentor (like your AIM mentors) Senior TA for Elementary schools Student Council Member Parents lived in Florida for a year while she stayed in Ellettsville with grandparents Her family used to have a pack of llamas

Step 2: Questions to Ask Based on the information provided to you, and knowing what the focus of your group interview is, create a list of three open ended questions to ask.

As a Class… Decide what the best starting question is! Rules during Interview: Raise hands to ask a question, and I will call on you. If you have a follow up question, write it down during the interview and raise your hand. I will mark you down. Take notes on a separate sheet during the interview

Step 3: Note Taking With your partner, you’ll work together to take notes One person is in charge of DIRECT QUOTES Other person in charge of summarizing, INDIRECT QUOTES Both of you in charge of marking down the questions asked, what the interviewee is doing, what he/she looks like, etc.

Step 4 Now that the interview is over, fill in the “Learned” section of the KWL chart

Step 5 Look back through your notes, and get out two highlighters. In one color, highlight the questions that begin a new topic or direction in the questioning In a second color, highlight the questions that follow up on a previous answer Below your notes, write any follow-up questions that you might have asked, but you didn’t have a chance or just thought of them

Step 6 Evaluate what you learned about the interviewee. Circle the number that corresponds. 1: I learned a lot about the person 2: I learned some things, but wanted more 3: I did not learn very much

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Honors: Last 20 Minutes of Class Lit Circles Get in your groups Go through discussion Assign page numbers and roles at end Two more meetings after this one! (If we didn’t get through this today, we’ll continue next lesson!)

LESSON 16 Continuing Activity 1.14 SSR: 10 minutes until Mr. Beimfohr arrives

Mr. Beimfohr (2 nd and 6 th ) Setting up Office 365 in lab

Page 57 You need your partner and notes from the interview! Writing Prompt: Using your notes, write a narrative of the interview on the computer! Try to capture the voice and personality of the interviewee as you retell his or her coming-of-age experience. Following the model of “Bethany Only Looking Ahead,” you can convey the personality of the interviewee by the following methods: Describing how the interviewee is speaking, acting, and looking Describing the setting of the interview Conveying the significance of the vents discussed Including both direct and indirect quotes Individual writing, but use both sets of notes!

Steps to Draft Start with an introduction on who your interviewee is Introduce the incident from high school he/she described Describe and tell the story of that incident in your interviewee’s voice, using direct and indirect quotations End the story with a quote from your interviewee that best shows the lesson learned, or main idea summarized Use “Bethany Only Looking Ahead” as a model for your interview narrative draft When finished, print off and hand in to me!