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Interview For Reflection
Lesson 3:
From Unit Remember...Reflection
Purpose:
Students will increase their understanding of the interview process as a tool for reflection. They will share their understanding of reflection about philanthropic acts.
Duration:
Three Forty-Five Minute Class Periods
Objectives:
The learner will:
- conduct an interview using the key elements of questioning.
- write and illustrate a past experience story on philanthropy.
Service Experience:
Although this lesson contains a service project example, decisions about service plans and implementation should be made by students, as age appropriate.
Students will write a book containing family stories of philanthropy and share the book with another class or the school library.
Materials:
- Newspaper, magazine, newsletter, pad and pencil (props)
- Reporters' Notebooks (Journals) or lined paper and folders
- Markers, crayons, pencils
- Computer, graphic software and/or clip art (optional)
- Book binder (optional)
- KWL Chart: Interviewing (Attachment One)
- Sample Interview Questions (Attachment Two)
- Learner Reflection Sheet (Attachment Three)
Instructional Procedure(s):
- Anticipatory Set:
Lead the class in the "Philanthropy Affirmation" (Lesson One: Tell Me A Story—Feelings, Attachment One).
- Day One: Let learners role-play being a reporter or interviewer using props. Ask students questions using the key words: who, why, what, where and when. Write the Five Ws on the board. Ask them to write responses in their Reporter Journal.
- Discuss what a newspaper, magazine and newsletter have in common.
- Fill in KWL Chart: Interviewing (Attachment One) concerning what students know and want to know about being an interviewer/reporter. Lead learners to understand that the articles in print media are written by a reporter or an interviewer.
- Explain that learners will interview parents or family members regarding a story from their childhood that relates to an act of kindness they did or they received. These interviews will be used to create picture books and/or illustrated storybooks that will be shared with other classes and donated to the school library.
- Discuss how this project is related to philanthropy and is a service-learning project. Show samples of recognition certificates and explain how the learners will make certificates for their family members who are interviewed.
- Brainstorm questions for the interview topic "Tell Me A Story." Suggestions can be seen on Sample Interview Questions (Attachment Two). Reproduce the questions for the students to take home and use during the interview.
- Day Two: Have students write and illustrate a story about the experience of kindness learned from the family member they interviewed.
- Using a teacher-created template or an entirely student-crafted design, students should make a Certificate of Appreciation for the family member who was interviewed.
- Day Three: Have students share their stories with the class. Ask if there are things that all families share or do for each other. Bind the stories together and present them to another classroom and/or the school library. Ask the learners what will be "gained" by sharing their book of stories with others in the school.
- Return to the KWL Chart: Interviewing (Attachment One) and have students complete the final column, "What I Learned." Distribute Learner Reflection Sheet (Attachment Three) and allow students to reflect on their learning from this unit.
Assessment:
- Learner Reflection Sheet (Attachment Three)
- KWL Chart: Interviewing, "What I Learned" (Attachment One)
- Student completion of picture book or story book
- Student completion of recognition certificate
- Rubric for Interview (Scoring Rubric follows)
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All questions answered in complete sentences. Correct punctuation used in sentences. Interview story is illustrated. |
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All questions answered in complete sentences. There are errors in punctuation. Interview story illustrated. |
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Interviewer answers at least four of the prepared questions. There are errors in punctuation. |
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At least one interview question is answered. The interview story is illustrated. |
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Interview and illustration not submitted to teacher. |
School/Home Connection:
Interview parent and or relative regarding past childhood experience.
Cross-Curriculum Extensions:
- Use a computer with the students to type and illustrate the interview of the parent and student's personal past experience story.
- Make a class Reflection Book using personal and adult interview childhood stories.
Lesson Developed By:
Fatima PlaterDetroit Public Schools
Hampton Elementary School
Detroit, MI 48221
Handouts:
Handout 1Print Handout 1
KWL Chart: Interviewing
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Handout 2Print Handout 2
Sample Interview Questions
1. Who are you related to?
2. What past childhood story do you what to tell me?
3. Where did the story take place?
4. When did the story happen?
5. Why is this an important story to you?
6. How did you feel then?
7. How do you feel about the things that happened to you now?
8. What did you learn from this experience?
Handout 3Print Handout 3
Learner Reflection Sheet
Student Name: ____________________________ Date: _________
What I Have Learned:
What I Want To Do:
What I Liked Most:
What I Didn't Like:
What I Want To Do Next:
Unit Contents:
Overview:Remember...Reflection Summary
Lessons:
- 1.
- Tell Me A Story—Feelings
- 2.
- Tell Me A Story—Consequences
- 3.
- Interview For Reflection
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