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    Student Interview

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    Subject: World Languages

    Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins

    Topic: Interviews

    Grade Level: 10, 7, 8, 9

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will practice the skills being learned in class by creating I-statements in the target language.

    Know Before You Start: This lesson provides a great opportunity to practice communicating with a classmate. The sample comic is created in Spanish, but this lesson may be applied to any language.

    Hook:

    • Pretend that you are a talk show host. Call students “on stage” to be interviewed. Ask questions such as:

      • What is your name?

      • What do you like and dislike?

      • Who is your best friend? 

      • What is your greatest strength?

    • Read and discuss the sample comic (Spanish class only.)

    • Have students interview each other.

    Activity:

    • Have students create a comic based on the classmate they interviewed. The comic should:
      • Include their partner's name
      • Describe their partner's
        • Personality
        • Likes and Dislikes
        • Strengths

    Closure:

    • Have students show their finished comics and read them aloud.
    • Create a gallery walk to display students' comics.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
    • Provide a printout of the sample comic for student reference.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

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