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Critical Analysis: Interview Article

• Interviewing Guide (pdf)
  This student reproducible provides a five-step process for students to follow when interviewing someone and writing a story. A sample interview and passage are included.
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g68/interviewingguidestudent.pdf
• The Feature Story-Fifteen Minutes (and 500 Words) of Fame!
  Students practice interviewing techniques, they develop voice, and they learn to write for an audience.
  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=987
• Interviewing Strategies
  Try some of these hints to ensure that your interviewing is as spectacular as your writing.
  http://www.explorewriting.co.uk/InterviewingStrategies.html
• Tell a Migration Story...With Interviews
  Students become reporters for the local newspaper and conduct interviews with someone who has migrated to their community.
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/09/interviewing.html
• What a Pair! A Cross-Grade Writing Activity
  Older students interview younger students, then use what they learn to write a short storybook that features the youngster as the main character.
  http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp255-02.shtml
• Interview Article Scoring Key (pdf)
  This rubric helps teachers evaluate biographical articles students have written about one another, including their focus, organization, content, style and conventions.
  http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson17/RWTa27-4.PDF

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