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Affirmation
Interview
In this activity, students interview and learn
about one another.
Introduction
Discuss the word "interviews":
- What
does it mean?
- Have
the students seen interviews on TV or in person?
- Who
does interviews?
- Who
tends to be interviewed?
- What
jobs or professions involve the art of interviewing?
Explain
that today we're going to do interviews of each other. We'll use
the same skills and go through the same process as professional
interviewers.
Generating Questions
1.
Have the class brainstorm a list of some of the questions they
would like to ask each other.
3.
Decide as a group on five to ten questions. You may want to
add a question or two of your own depending on what the group comes
up with.
Interviews
in Front of the Class
(10 minutes)
1. Explain to the class that you will be the host of a Talk
Show and interview several students one at a time using some of
the questions the group suggested.
2. Explain that the rest of the class will need to listen actively.
You will call on people after each interview to say what they learned
about the person.
3. Choose 2-4 volunteers and interview them in front of the
class.
4. After each interview, call on one or more students to say
what they remember from the interview.
Three-Way
Interviews (10 minutes)
1. Divide the class into groups of three.
2. Time it so that each person gets a chance to be guest,
host and observer. Allow three minutes per person.
3. After each person is finished, have the other two share
what they remember.
Discussion
(5 minutes)
- How
was this activity for you?
- What
skills are needed to be a good interviewer?
- Do
you think you'd like ajob that would require to do lots of interviewing?
Why or why not?
Follow-up
Suggestions
- Interview
a few people at a time throughout the year so that every student
gets a chance to be interviewed in front of the class.
- Have
students interview each other in front of the group.
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