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ACTIVITY: After the Interview Fact Extraction (Interview Process)
Project: The Immigrant's Song
SUMMARY
Goals
Listen to interview, upload to Audacity, extract essetial information
Details
Duration: 60 minutes
Assessments: Student writing
Materials: Audacity computer program
Description
1. We used this graphic organizer to make sure that students were listening carefully and extracting essential facts/experiences that they would use in their writing. Students listened to their interview and answeredd the questions.
The handout includes the following information:
-Background Information:
Name
Country of Origin
Age
Where did the interview take place?
-Physical Description:
What does this person look like?
What unique features stand out?
-Mannerisms:
How did the person talk?
What gestures did the person use?
-Overall Experience:
What is the most compelling and unique thing about the person you interviewed?
What is the most compelling and unique thing about the person's experience?
ACTIVITY RESOURCES
(e.g. rubrics, examplars, websites, etc.)
After the interview - fact extraction
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REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS
Author Reflections
Although this process was a bit tedious, it is necessary that students actually listen to what they taped.
ALL PROJECT ACTIVITIES
- "The Immigrant's Song" Project Launch
- Models of "good" and "bad" monologues (Monologue Writing Process)
- Reading an Oral HIstory/Interview (Monologue Writing Process)
- Interview Skills (Interview Process)
- After the Interview Fact Extraction (Interview Process)
- Literary/Narrative Elements Mini-Lessons (Monologue Writing Process)
- Peer Review (Monologue Writing Process)
- The Rubric (Monologue Writing Process)
- Performance Requirements (The Exhibition)
- Performance Checklist (The Exhibition)
- Digital Design Overview (The Exhibition)
- Final Reflection