SMN Picasso Project: Language Arts Lesson 4

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Objective:
Students will generate questions for an interview and then compile the answers into a written biography.

Time frame:
4 - 40 minute classes

Procedure:
A group of students worked in a group with the resource teacher. They began by asking the principal for some pictures from his younger years to aid them in generating some questions for the interview.

They looked at the photographs, talked about his job, and brainstormed for questions. An interview time was scheduled and they spent time with him asking questions and recording his responses on tape.

They then organized their questions into paragraphs, edited them, and wrote the biography on the computer.

Evaluation
Were they able to generate questions that would elicite informative responses? Were they able to organize the responses into paragraphs? Is the biography complete and is it well written?

A Biography of Mr. Dale Scott

Mr. Scott was born in Winnipeg. His parents' names were Edward and Eleanor. He has two sisters and no brothers. When he was a little boy he liked to play sports, especially baseball and soccer. Mr. Scott's favorite subject in school was Language Arts. He liked reading books and writing stories. Mr. Scott's favorite school was St. James School. When he was young his best friends were the kids he played hockey with. He still sees some of them.

Mr. Scott is married. His wife's name is Carol and she is a nurse. They have four children and two grandchildren. Three children were born in Winnipeg and one in Toronto. Mr. Scott has lots of aunts, uncles and cousins. His grandmother is ninety-four or ninety-five years old. Mr. Scott's hobbies are reading and camping with his family.

Mr. Scott enjoys being a principal. He says it is lots of fun but it takes lots of time. He thinks that he does a good job. Before he was a principal, he was a teacher. He taught every grade. He decided to be a principal because he enjoys helping teachers do their job. Mr. Scott likes working at Sister MacNamara School.