Project Exchange
ACTIVITY: Reading an Oral HIstory/Interview (Monologue Writing Process)
Project: The Immigrant's Song
SUMMARY
Goals
Discuss "Voice", introduce genre of oral history, begin to develop interview questions
Details
Duration: 45 minutes
Assessments: Student discussions, Student writing
Materials: "I Might Get Somewhere" by Balboa HS and 826 Valencia
Description
1. This oral history is from the student publication "I Might Get Somewhere" by Balboa HS and 826 Valencia. We started out reading and discussing the introduction by Amy Tan (which was also relevant becuase we were reading "The Joy Luck Club."), which focuses on the concept of "voice."
2. Then the students read the selected oral history in groups. The PPT includes the task, which was to brainstorm a list of possible questions that the interviewer asked the interviewee. This process helped students figure out how they could get the information they were looking for.
ACTIVITY RESOURCES
(e.g. rubrics, examplars, websites, etc.)
Reading an oral history
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REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS
Author Reflections
This activity was helpful because it forced students to imagine the kinds of questions they would have to ask to elicit the responses they were looking for. They noticed that the oral history broke down into 3 distinct sections: "Life in Homeland" "Journey to America" "New Life in America."
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