The students brainstorm questions to ask during the interviews. The students pair up and conduct their interviews. They are encouraged to take notes during their interviews so they will be able to remember the information. Each student makes the decision about what and how much to write down. The notes taken during the interviewing can include pictures, words, and phrases.
Students use their notes to write or dictate an article about the person they interviewed.
Once the students produce rough drafts, they take them to Author's Circle to get suggestions for revision. It is better for the person who is the subject of the interview to not be a member of the Author's Circle. Implement a Class Expert strategy. Devote a class bulletin board to displaying class expert topics with student names. When children are working on projects, learning new content, or writing reports spotlight children with related topics who can help the other children learn the information and work on projects.