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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 10, 7, 8, 9 |
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| Subject: | World Languages |
| Topic: | Interviews |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will practice the skills being learned in class by creating I-statements in the target language.
What should students know before this activity?
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.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
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Pretend that you are a talk show host. Call students “on stage” to be interviewed. Ask questions such as:
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What is your name?
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What do you like and dislike?
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Who is your best friend?
- What is your greatest strength?
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Read and discuss the sample comic (Spanish class only.)
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Have students interview each other.
What will students do?
- 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
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students show their finished comics and read them aloud.
- Create a gallery walk to display students' comics.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Provide a printout of the sample comic for student reference.
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