Download and read the article "Coping with Conflict" and then answer the following questions on your blog or in your class notebook: Reader's Reponse #3, #5 and #6 and Writer's response #1-#5.
Then make a list of possible experts on the topic of conflict in schools that the author of the article interviewed for his information or could have interviewed.
Then, using one of the research topics you have chosen, make a list of possible experts to interview for your article or research paper. For instance, if your topic is Ancient Rome, perhaps you could interview one of the Latin teachers at our school or a professor of Roman history at one of the many universities in New York.
If your topic is African American culture and history, you could interview someone at the Schomburg Library.
But no matter who you would like to interview, you have to write questions first.
When you have completed the questions for the reading, ask Mr. Enders for a copy of the "Interview Questions" worksheet or download it here. Read over the questions on the worksheet and then think of five more questions you could ask. Write them on the back of the worksheet.
Good interviewers always complete the following four steps:
1. come to the interview prepared with questions
2. listen patiently for the interviewee to answer
3. take notes during the interview
4. plan follow-up questions
Expository writing lesson #4: How do you conduct an interview?
