Friday, September 4th

Today's Goals

• Brainstorm a list of voices that should be heard as part of our project
• Interview each other for Storycorps practice 

Starter 7: What makes a good interview?


REMINDER: Honors Application due Tuesday!

Agenda
Period 1
1. StoryCorps Founder TED Talk 

2. Pair Share: What new understanding did this TED Talk provide you about why we are doing storycorps interviews, how they should be conducted and what the benefits of them are? 

3. Review perspectives for our "Voices from the Animas" interview (see survey below)

4. “Vote” on which perspective you want to interview 

5. StoryCorpsInterview Guidelines and List of Great Questions

6. Jessica and Ashley to model mock interview!

BREAK

Period 2:
Jessica's Daily Affirmation to help us transition into awkward mock interviews!

1. Class criteria brainstorm for what makes a good StoryCorps Interview + 10 Conversation Tips for a Great Interview

• NEVER the phone in your hand
  
• ELEVATE THE PHONE so it is at mouth level 
• Optional: Download the StoryCorps Interview App (but don't use this to interview for our project...)

2. Get into partners (who has a smart phone?)  and Pick the questions you'd like your interviewer to ask you (highlight them on the list of great questions document)


3. Mock Interview Practice

4. Reflection in your starter digital compbook: 

• What was it like to be the interviewer? What worked well? What didn't work well? What did you learn that you can apply to the next interview you do?
• What was it like to be interviewed? What can you take from the experience of being interviewed to help you be a better INTERVIEWER? 

5. Ashley to share thoughts on y'all's feedback from yesterday's ticket out the door


6. End with appreciations