Prepare for an interview project with a set of worksheets about asking questions and quoting people. After completing a grammar exercise about quotation marks, kids write out the questions they want to ask their interviewee, and record the answers both in an interview outline and in a rough draft graphic organizer.

Concepts

end punctuation, punctuation, quotation marks, interviewing, rough drafts, peer editing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the worksheets and lessons as part of one interview unit, or split them up into grammar and writing assignments
• Have kids interview each other, family members, school employees, or people who have their dream jobs
• Brainstorm interview questions before starting the project

Classroom Considerations

• Last page is blank

Pros

• Worksheets are good additions to a writing journal or a language arts reference binder
• Provides good interview and essay outlines

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.3.1.a L.4.1.a L.5.1.a L.6.1.a L.7.1.a L.8.1.a