Take out your interview questions and trade with a peer. Have them read through them, and mark any confusing wording, redundant questions,

repetition, etc. Circle the two strongest questions.

Today you will need: SB text, journal, writing utensil, and

highlighter. Turn in your Interview Schedule.

Feedback

Discuss the questions with your peer.

Which questions are strongest and provide the interviewee the best opportunity to share stories and experiences?

Which questions could be tweaked to be stronger?

Which questions are redundant, or stay superficial?

Once you have feedback…

Your job is to now plan your interview.

Write out questions, in the most effective order. Remember to start with background and

childhood questions that are less focused. Lead to questions about significant events

and people that helped shape your interviewee.

End with questions connecting past to present and present to future.

Activity 1.9: Reading an Interview Narrative (pages 40-44))

• Respond to Question 2 using information from the photos below of Chuck Liddell:

DURING READING

• Mark the TEXT by HIGHLIGHTING details about Liddell that would not likely appear in a transcript version of the interview.

• Look for narrative details about how the interview subject:▪Speaks/speech▪Acts/actions▪Looks/appearance

•UNDERLINE all direct quotations

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

Go back and annotate:• What do O’connor’s choices about which “non-

interview” details to emphasize show about the article’s tone?

• Why did he choose those particular details? Did they help

Capture Liddell’s voice/personae?▪Add to the presentation of a significant event

in Liddell’s life?▪Convey something significant to the reader?

In your journal, reflect and respond:

1. What questions/answers did O’Connor include in his narrative?

2. How does O’Connor transform the interview into a narrative?

3. How does he make it a story?4. How does he use details and his voice as a

writer to appeal to his target audience?

In your journal

Write down 3 things you will look for while you interview that would help you write a better narrative.

Keep in mind, as an interviewer, your job will be to listen to the interviewee’s answers/responses, respond with follow up questions or disregard later questions that have already been answered. You will also need to take notes about significant body language, facial expressions, tone, etc.

Grammar Time!Put this in Unit 1 Assessment 1 Vocabulary.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

The subjunctive mood is the verb form used to express a wish, a suggestion, a command, or a condition that is contrary to fact.

The form of a verb in the subjunctive mood may differ from the form with the same subject which is not in the subjunctive mood. For example:

I was in your position two years ago.(not in the subjunctive mood)If I were in your position, I would do the same.(subjunctive mood)

Unit 1 Assessment 1 Vocab

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

Examples of the Subjunctive Mood

Here are some examples of verbs in the subjunctive mood:

I wish it were still in use.

(it was becomes it were)

The board recommended that the motion be passed immediately.

(motion is passed becomes motion be passed)

She suggests that Mark work full time from Saturday.

(Mark works becomes Mark work)

Read more at http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/subjunctive_mood.htm#kxzVldHx5MEJHfdy.99

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

Mood is the form a verb takes to show how it is to be regarded (e.g., as a fact, a command, a wish, an uncertainty).

There are three major moods in English:

The Indicative Mood. This states facts or asks questions. For example:

They are playing the guitar.

Are they playing the guitar?

The Imperative Mood. This expresses a command or a request. For example:

Play the guitar!

Please play the guitar.

The Subjunctive Mood. This shows a wish or doubt. For example:

I suggest that Lee play the guitar.

I propose that Lee be asked to play the guitar.

If I were Lee, I would play the guitar.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

Back to the text:Chuck Liddell uses the SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD when he says,

“If I weren’t fighting, I’d be in the business world.”In your journal: - What is the purpose of using the SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD here?

- When might it be effective for authors to use the SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD?