Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Homework for tonight

Interview a family member, friend or community member to gain more information for locations and stories in your map project. Use the questioning skills discussed in class today.

Remember there are 2 kinds of questions:
closed questions which don't offer the person being interviewed the opportunity to share information (i.e. yes/no questions, questions with definite answers like "how old are you?")
open-ended questions - questions which allow the person being interviewed to give lots of information... they are usually broad. You will then be able to ask follow up questions.

have fun.

Ms. S

2 comments:

mizz-spoiled said...

ms.S do i ask questions like... how well you know this nieborhood how long haved you lived here?

Ms. Sackstein said...

You may want to ask more specific questions... for instance if you are talking about a corner store or pizza place you go to often, you want to ask questions that will help tell the story of the place for your story... how is it running a store in our community? What do you notice about the people who come in here often? Are there any common factors you can share with me about them?

I hope this helps...

see you in class tomorrow