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Entry-Level Job Interviewing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are able to discover specific information to remember when preparing for an interview and identify the most important factors to keep in mind during an interview. They are able to critique a video of a person being interviewed...
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Interview

For Teachers K
Students think of questions to ask the student being interviewed. The students will raise their hands when they have a question. The interviewee will answer questions appropriately.
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Language Arts: Conversing with an Object

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students sharpen their creative writing skills by writing dialogues with unfamiliar objects while visiting local museums. They select an object in the museum, such as a painting, and create conversations between the people or animals...
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Striving for Success

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore their own talents and create interview questions for a peer involved in a particular extracurricular activity. They write newspaper articles based on the interviews.
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Coming to America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers interview a person who has immigrated to America and, based on that interview, to write an article about the person.
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Interviewing for beginners: Getting over the scary part

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Are you beginning a unit on interviews/ conducting interviews? This lesson doesn't contain many details, but you might want to check it out if you're hoping to lead your class in interviewing outside sources. 
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ESL: Classmates Survey

For Students 6th - 9th
Get your beginning English Learners moving with this class survey. They ask each other the 8 questions provided to find out "How many of your classmates..." Good practice for asking questions that start with"Do you..." including "make...
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Career Interview Project

For Students 8th - 10th
In this career interview project instructional activity, students compile information from interviews of a person in a career of interest to them. Students relate pros and cons of the career and characteristics that will help in making a...
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Getting To Know You - Interview questions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this getting to know you instructional activity, students interview a partner by asking them 11 questions and filling in their answers in the blank.
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Personal Interview Planning

For Students 4th - 8th
In this interview activity, learners follow directions on how to write an interview and then fill out questions for a reflection on it. Students complete 11 steps in the checklist and 3 questions in the reflection.
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Interview Wildlife

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study wildlife. In this environment lesson, 5th graders choose a wild animal, write questions to interview the animal if they could, find the answers to these questions by doing research, and write a newspaper article using...
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Cloze Exercise: Interview with Jody, Hair Stylist and Makeup Artist

For Students 4th - 6th
In this cloze exercise interview learning exercise, students complete the interview by adding words to the blanks for each sentence.
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Introducing Each Other

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders interview each other and write about it. In this Journalism instructional activity, 7th graders develop questions to ask someone and take notes while the person is talking. They write a five paragraph paper on the...
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E-Mail Interviews

For Teachers K
Students dictate an e-mail interview. In this interview and early e-mail lesson plan, students brainstorm questions for a person they would like to interview. Then, they dictate their questions to the teacher for her/him to send as an...
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What information do we want to find out about a real-life millennium superhero?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders come up with interview questions for heroes. In this hero lesson, 4th graders discuss what information would be important to include in a report on a superhero. They write their questions in the database program on...
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Senior Historians

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders interview seniors to see what Boise, Idaho was like in the past. In this Idaho lesson, 3rd graders come up with interview questions and they meet with a senior "historian." They write about what they learned from this...
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Note-taking Skills to Increase Understanding

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice note-taking skills. In this note-taking lesson, 5th graders interview either a chef, medical worker, or a teacher and take notes on what the person says. They turn these notes into a paragraph that describes the...
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Living History Video Project

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders videotape an interview with a community member. In this service learning project, 5th graders are matched with a resident at a local retirement center. The students spend time corresponding with this person and ultimately...
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Nonprofit Organizations in Our Community: Interviewing Representatives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers interview representatives from nonprofit organizations. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students prepare questions for a representative from a nonprofit organization. After conducting the interview, they are...
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Learning to Give

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars interview senior citizens in their community, and explain how these senior citizens are heroes. In this heroes lesson, students interview these seniors, and then reflect on how they too can be heroes in their own community.
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Business Questions First Lesson

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars provide oral responses to interview questions. In this business lesson, students work with a partner to ask and answer typical business interview questions orally. Questions are provided on a worksheet.
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American Heroines

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the heroines of the Revolutionary War. In this Revolutionary War lesson, 3rd graders read a passage about famous heroines and discuss the trade practiced during Colonial times.
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Interview: "Going To"

For Students 8th - 9th
In this questioning worksheet, learners interview 2 Americans by asking them a list of 8 questions using the proper form of the verb, "going to." They write the answers in the section below the questions.
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Worksheet 1, page 1. Reading: Interview with Justine Henin

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Justine Henin interview worksheet, students read the passage titled Interview with Justine Henin. They then answer the 8 true/false questions about the interview.