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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Interviewing Meg Lowman: What Does it Mean to be a Responsible Scientist? (Pages 37–39)

For Teachers 5th Standards
Can I ask you something? Scholars read about the night walk on pages 37-39 of The Most Beautiful Roof in the World. After discussing the text with their group, they work together to create interview questions they would ask Meg Lowman....
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Activity
Michigan State University

Interviewing

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Do you have pests at your school? Find out through a series of interviews with school personnel. Scholars visit a variety of knowledgable individuals to ask them questions, record their answers, and present their findings to their peers. 
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Museum of Tolerance

Oral History Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Oral history has brought a multitude of lessons, stories, and factoids to our current knowledge of the past. Let us continue to use oral history traditions through a lesson that encourages pupils to discover and appreciate where they...
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PPT
Pearson

WH-Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Why can't you answer a wh- question with yes or no? Learn about the ways you can use the five W's to form questions that will give you the most information in an answer.
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Do2Learn

Responding to Questions

For Teachers K - 12th
Why is it important to answer a question? Assist learners with their growing communication skills with an information sheet that explains how questions are meant to gather information.
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Berkshire Museum

Meet a Naturalist: Researching, Writing, Interviewing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Young scholars reach out into the community and learn about different environmental science careers in this inquiry-based instructional activity. Beginning with a short research assignment, children gain background knowledge about...
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Scholastic

Smart Quotes Mini-Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Prepare for an interview project with a set of worksheets about asking questions and quoting people. After completing a grammar exercise about quotation marks, kids write out the questions they want to ask their interviewee, and record...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interviewing Famous Leaders in History

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore historical figures. In this history/research lesson, students use a variety of research materials to learn about the historical figure of their choice. Students write questions and responses as if they were interviewing...
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Writing
Curated OER

Interview a Friend

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this interview question, students first read a set of 10 interview questions to ask a friend, then interview and write a page about the person, then write a creative story about that person based on the interview.
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Printables
Teacher Printables

Biography Question Page

For Teachers K - 6th
Break the ice on the first day of school with a fun interview activity. Kids ask each other 12 questions (sample questions are included in the margin), and finish the activity by writing a final biography about their partner.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Newspaper Article

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Have your class participate in an interview activity using an informational text about the Amazon. After reading a Cultural Connections story about a person from the Amazon, middle schoolers write interview questions based on the text....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing Questions

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
While this activity involving formulating questions was designed for older ESL learners, it could be modified for use in upper elementary. Using this 15 questions learning exercise, students practice taking information and forming a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Past Tense Interview

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
This open-ended activity to review past tense verbs could be used with both younger and older students. Using an interview format, students ask their classmates questions and fill in the answers. For younger students, you would want to...
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Newseum

The Speed of News: Where Do We Get the News?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Times are changing. One change is the way people get and share the news. Class members pair up and interview one another to find out how their peers get news. After compiling their findings, young reporters interview an adult, compile...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Interview of a Lifetime

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the process of creating an interview by role playing as a reporter who has the opportunity to interview one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster. They ask only five questions in this interview of a lifetime therefore...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan 13: Character Interviews on NaNoTV

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Kids love to pretend. Use this imaginative energy to develop their understanding of characterization. Class members dress up as a character from their novel-writing project and sit for a filmed interview. In responding to questions about...
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Writing
Curated OER

Growing Seeds Indoors: Interview a Seed

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this creative writing worksheet, students apply knowledge about seeds to write an interview using the who, what, where, when, and how questions to ask a seed questions and to answer them. Students write one complete interview.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Reading an Interview: “Sloth Canopy Researcher: Bryson Voirin”

For Teachers 5th Standards
It's time to slow down and learn about sloths! Scholars read the first few questions of an interview with a sloth canopy researcher, looking for the gist. Next, they create a glossary in the back of their journals to add new scientific...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Asking and Answering Questions- Interviewing One Another

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
In this language arts worksheet, students develop oral language skills by collaborating in pairs to ask and answer 6 questions provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kids Making News

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders correspond with one another regarding interesting global topics. They swap interview questions and collaborate in the publishing of an online newspaper. This should be a highly motivating lesson which get kids writing!
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Lesson Plan
Learning Seed

The Art of Listening

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Conversation isn't just about talking. Help you class work on the important conversational skills with a instructional activity about listening. As youngsters practice making statements and asking attentive questions, they reflect on the...
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Worksheet
Everything Homeschooling

Biography Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 8th
Gathering information about a person is the easy part. Crafting an interesting biography is another thing altogether. The value in this information-collecting activity is that writers are asked to move beyond the usual basic questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Grandparent/Elder Project

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students interview a grandparent/elder to as part of a history and writing project. In this grandparent/elder project lesson, students record an interview of an older person who is willing to share their past. They look at pictures and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Interviews 1--Cars, Teenagers, Pets

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
In this language arts worksheet, students improve oral language skills be collaborating with a partner to interview each other. There are 3 cards with the topics cars, teenagers and pets. Each card has 6 questions. Students take turns...

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