Week+of+Feb.+2,+2009

=Monday, February 2, 2009=

//Please Note:// This is a 2-day lesson. On the second day teachers will help students to craft their script for actually asking Ms. Walker these questions. Please look at the bottom of this plan for a detailed description of the scripting part of the question.


 * //Learning Target://** //I can do research for an interview and write questions from my research.//


 * Key Vocabulary:**

1. Review the following words with students //open-ended questions, closed questions, interview, journalist/reporter/interviewer __Please Note that open-ended questions are questions where the interviewee gives you lots of information and closed questions are when the interviewee gives you a one or two word answer.__//

2. Teach the following words: **interviewee, research**

__Interviewee__: the person being interviewed or being asked questions.
 * __Research__: to study or investigate a subject

Opening:** "Today we are going to do some research in order to come up with some good questions. Reporters and journalists don't go into an interview without studying a person or a topic first. They also know what questions they are going to ask someone before an interview. They don't make questions up as they go along." //Define the words interviewee and research for students//

"Ms. Walker, Ms Ford, and Ms. Milord all went to Washington D.C. to see Barack Obama's inauguration. Next week we are going to interview Ms. Walker about her experience at the Inauguration, but before we do we must do some research. We cannot just go into our interview unprepared. So we are going to be working in small groups to come up with interview questions."
 * Teacher Directed Instruction:**

"Some of you all will be looking at video to come up with questions. Some of you all will be looking at pictures from the event. Some of you will be reading news articles. Some of you will be reading a weather forecast from the day. The research that you do will help you think of more questions. If you are the group who is studying the weather forecast, then what do you think your questions might be about?"

//Students should understand that the kind of research they do will drive their questioning...//

"Before we begin we are going to break you up into small groups. In your group you must chose the person who is going to be the recorder. The recorder is the person who will do the writing in your group. You must also chose the person who is the organizer. The organizer keeps you on task and doing the right thing. If someone is not working or not focused, it is the organizer's job to make sure that they are doing the right thing. The third person's job is the includer. The includer's job is to make sure that everyone gets a turn to talk and that everyone's voice is heard. So when you get broken up into groups the first thing you need to do is assign jobs."

"The second thing you will do is look at the information we give you. You will study and research that information. From your research you can start writing down any questions you have for Ms. Walker about inauguration day."

Groups:
 * There are 4 groups but there will be 7 groups in each class. Some groups of students will have the same groups.**

__Group 1: Pictures (lower reading group)__ Students will sit with an adult and scroll through the slide show of pictures form the inauguration and come up with questions: http://www.bet.com/Specials/yeswewill/photos/yeswewill_photos_ObamaInauguration.htm?i=8

__Group 2: Video of Obama being sworn in (lower reading group)__ Students will sit and watch the address with an adult and come up with questions: [|Video]

__Group 3: Read //Time for Kids// article and come up with questions (very high reading group)__ [|Article]

__Group 4: Read about weather tips for Inauguration Day and come up with questions (high reading group)__ http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090115_inauguration.html

Bears Class Groups: Students will record their questions on this sheet: [|ResearchforWalkerInterview.doc]
 * **Group 1** || **Group 2** || **Group 2** || **Group 3** || **Group 3** || **Group 4** || **Group 4** ||  ||
 * Fitzroy || Blake || Seth || DeSean || Anthony || Nia || Kamal ||
 * Calia || Jaydon || Alyssa || Kiarra || Millynnia || Christopher || Mateo ||
 * DJ || Mykka || Abriana || Christian || Roland || Matthew || Dainkia ||

a question together. This way Shakera will answer 14 questions in all between the two classrooms (or we'll have to do 2 different sessions). We will have to check between classes to make sure there is no overlap. The format will look like this for example:
 * After students draft questions, we will choose the best one. Each group of three will get a chance to ask Ms. Walker

//Group 1 will come to the web cam. Fitzroy will say: "Hi Miss. Walker. I'm Fitzroy and this is Calia and DJ."// Calia will ask the question. After the question is asked DJ will say thank you.**