ELD 1 & 2 Fall 2016
CCS 2.0: Writing- Narrative: Biographical Essay
2.0: Listening & Speaking: Deliver Narrative Presentation
Name: ______Per.______
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Directions:
Your task is to interview one person from this class. Interview your partner using the following questions as a guideline. You may write down your partner’s answers on this paper. Please tell your partner if there are any answers you do not want shared, as you will be introducing each other to the class.
The purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect on yourself while also getting to know another person. The assignment will be graded as follows:
- Oral presentation: Include 5 most interesting facts you learned about your partner.
- Essay summarizing your partner (attach interview questions and prewrite).
Notes:/20 pts.
Essay:/15 pts.
Oral: /15 pts.
Total score: /50 pts.
Part I ( /10 pts)
Answer the following questions about you:
1. What is your full name? Do you have an American name?
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2. What month is your birthday? ______
Year of the? ______
3. Do you have brothers or sisters? How many sisters? ______Name(s):______Age(s): ______
How many brothers? ______Name(s) ______Age(s):______
4. Do you share a bedroom or have your own room? If you share a room, do you like
Sharing your room? Why or why not? ______
5. Which season do you prefer?______Why? ______
6. Do you have pets? ____ What kind, how many, & what are their names? If not, would you like to have a pet? Why or why not? If you would, what kind of pet would you like to have? Why?______
7. If your family was a noise, what would it sound like? Why? ______
8. If the world were made of food, what do you think it would taste like? ______Why? ______
9. If you could meet three people from the past, who would they be& why would you choose them? ______
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10. Which animaldo you most resemble & why do you think so? ______
11. What smell best describes your home? Why? ______
12. Which color best describes how you usually feel? ______Why?______
13. If you could have anything you wanted, what would it be? Why? ______
14. What would you most like to change about this world? Why?______
15. If you could live anywhere, besides your home country, where would you live? Why? ______
Part II
Everybody stand up & find a person in the class who hasmore than 3 answers that are the same as your answers. Sit down when you find a partner.
Part III
Interview your partner. Ask your partner eachquestion for which your answers are different. Take good notes of your partner’s responses, writing his or her answers in complete sentences. You will use these notes to organize your essay!
Part IV
You will write an essay that summarizes what you have learned about your partner. Directions for writing your essay will be given later.
Part V
You will use your notes to introduce your partner to the class (oral presentation).
Interview Notes ( / 10 pts.)Your Name: ______
Partner’s Name:______
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