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Career Development: Interviewing

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Prepping pupils for the real world is a vital part of our job. This activity focuses on getting upper graders ready for their first post-collegiate job interview. They will prepare a resume, research a potential company to work for, and...
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The Interview of a Lifetime

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the process of creating an interview by role playing as a reporter who has the opportunity to interview one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster. They ask only five questions in this interview of a lifetime therefore...
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On the air! Interviews

For Teachers 4th - 7th
For this mock interview lesson, learners view pictures of famous personalities and determine which of these personalities they would like to interview. Students follow the three step interview process and conduct a mock interview...
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Oral Interviews on Traditions and Celebrations

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students practice speaking in a target language through the use of oral interview techniques. They engage in conversations with peers using a certain theme of celebration and tradition. Students plan questions that they use in the...
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Arson

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students watch a documentary film about arson and why children sometimes commit arson. They role play a scenario in which the school was deliberately set on fire. They develop a news report in which they interview three people regarding...
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Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students, at the advanced beginner to low intermediate ESL levels, demonstrate comprehension of the play or story, "Little Red Riding Hood." They construct interviews based on knowledge of the characters in the play Little Red Riding Hood.
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Smoke and Mirrors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars develop a persuasive peer-to-peer case against smoking. They read two scenarios, perform a skit, and prepare a factual presentation.
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Governor's Garden

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review types of polygons and list several examples of each. They assume the role of a landscape artist interviewing for a job. They create sketches of their plans for six polygonal gardens and write an expository paragraph...
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Positively Precise Organization

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders go online to critique the organization of student writing. They access the Yahooligans website to view the writing pieces. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides their scoring.
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Student News And Weather Channel

For Teachers 5th
Fabulous! Your 5th graders should love this project. As an ongoing lesson throughout the year students use temperature probes to record outside temperature and then document their data using spreadsheets. They use their weather data and...
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Information Fluency Unit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after defining the task and searching for some creative strategies, role play being a Park Ranger who tries to save Big Bend from being removed from the National Park system in Texas. They support the keeping of Big Bend...
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Conducting A Survey

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the types of information gathering styles and different surveying styles. They distribute a survey around your school to determine the different forms of transportation used to get to school.
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Common Good

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify assumptions they may have about government and research to determine whether they are accurate. They support or refute their assumptions in a presentation to the class.