In school we are supposed to interview someone who emigrated from their country to America. I interviewed my babysitter Cora, Cora emigrated from the Philippines to America. In preparation for an interview you must create an acceptable amount of questions. Most of the questions should be answered with multiple words, creating a follow up question is very helpful. You should try do get the most information you can out of one question.
We revised and edited our questions multiple times just to make sure they were the best they can be. Our teacher had us take notes on videos of how to conduct an interview, this was very helpful because it gave me an idea of what we were supposed to do when asking the interviewee a question and how we were supposed them. There were also some very good tips in the videos.
Some of the videos I liked were…
Brainpop’s “Conducting an Interview”
Storyworks, “Four Effective Tips for Conducting an Interview”
“Tell Me Your Story” – Interviewing Tips for Kids
Journalism How To Lead an Interview
What Kids Can Do, “How to Conduct a Strong Interview” fact sheet
StoryCorps “Tips for Effective Interviews Great Questions List” handout
Miami Arts Charter “Tips to Conduct a Good Interview”
Some of my favorite videos were Brainpop’s “Conducting an Interview” and Storyworks, “Four Effective Tips for Conducting an Interview” I liked these because I thought they were the most helpful.
Here are the questions I used…