October 25, 2015

This is from Eric. It ties together stories and interviews: …after the TPRS 3 steps, do the “Special Person” (aka personal interview) of the character(s) from the story….

When interviewing kids we now have six options. I’m posting them here for ease of reference, with a new category for this increasingly popular way of doing CI in our classrooms: Special Chair (Jody) https://benslavic.com/blog/?s=special+chair Persona Especial  (Bryce) http://www.brycehedstrom.com/wp-content/uploads/LA-PERSONA-ESPECIAL-CLASSROOM-POSTER-Other-Questions.pdf Star of the Week (Sabrina) https://benslavic.com/blog/category/star-of-the-week/ (multiple articles) House Interview (Angie) https://benslavic.com/blog/category/house-interview/ Pets Interview (Robert) https://benslavic.com/blog/pet-interviews/ Dream Job (Diane) – suggested for upper

Robert adds another interview topic to our list of interview activities. This time it’s pets. Of course, this may be an activity we all do, but it needs to be categorized for reference. So thank you Robert for this description, offered here first back in 2015 : Students were divided into three groups. Each group

Lance has given this update with some changes by Sabrina on Star of the Week. I like how simple it is: There are notable changes Sabrina has made that everyone should be aware of before adapting this year-long activity to suit their own style, and community. Sabrina’s process: – Create spreadsheet with the questions, and the response/statement frames.