Interview a Classmate – Part 1

CLB Level: PH2
Essential Skills Focus:
Oral Communication
Writing Skills
Task:
Write information about a classmate
Purpose: Students will
  • Write questions to interview a classmate and record their answers in sentences.
  • The teacher will informally collect information about the students in order to meet their needs.
Materials:
“Interview a Classmate” hand-out, “Interview a Classmate” Overhead Transparency, “Introduce a Classmate” hand-out, “Introduce a Classmate” Overhead Transparency
Learning Style:
Visual, auditory
Time:60 minutes / Method:
1. This could be the first lesson of the year. Greet students as they come into the classroom and ask them what their name is, what country they are from and so on. This will set the foundation for the lesson.
2. Ask students what kind of questions they ask people when they first meet them. Write ideas on the board.
3. Give the students the “Interview a Classmate” hand-out and read the directions together. Clarify any words.
4. Guide the students as they think of questions for each subtitle. The teacher could either use the “Interview a Classmate” Overhead Transparency or write the questions on the board.
5. Read the questions together in choral repetition.
6. Ask the students to use their interview questions to find out more about a classmate. Students should ask their partner how to spell certain words if they are uncertain. Write “How do you spell ?”on the board as guidance. The students should only record one-word answers.
7. The students should use their answers to write sentences on the “Introduce a Classmate handout.” The teacher could guide the students by using either the “Introduce a Classmate” Overhead Transparency or by writing sentences on the board.
Follow Up:
Students could practice reading their questions and answers at home and demonstrate the following day for the teacher. Students could complete “Interview a Classmate – Part 2.”
Debrief/Transfer:
Ask the students to think of a situation where they could practice using these questions. For example, work, child’s school, church, waiting for a bus, etc.

Interview a Classmate

Please write questions to ask your classmate so you can get to know them better. Use the following titles as ideas for your questions.

  1. Name

______

  1. Country

______

  1. Languages

______

  1. Family

______

  1. Job in home country

______

  1. Plans for the future

______

  1. Hobbies

______

Interview a Classmate

Overhead Transparency

Please write questions to ask your classmate so you can get to know them better. Use the following titles as ideas for your questions.

  1. Name

What is your name?

  1. Country

What country are you from?

  1. Languages

What language do you speak?

  1. Family

How many people are in your family?

  1. Job in home country

What was your job in your home country?

  1. Plans for the future

What would you like to do in the future?

  1. Hobbies

What do you like to do in your free time?

Introduce a Classmate

Please write sentences to introduce your classmate to the rest of the class.

  1. Name

______

  1. Country

______

  1. Languages

______

  1. Family

______

  1. Job in home country

______

  1. Plans for the future

______

  1. Hobbies

______

Introduce a Classmate

Overhead Transparency

Please write sentences to introduce your classmate to the rest of the class.

  1. Name

My classmate’s name is Jane.

  1. Country

Jane is from Burundi.

  1. Languages

Jane can speak French, English and Swahili.

  1. Family

There are 6 people in Jane’s family. She has a father, step mother, 1 sister and 2 brothers.

  1. Job in home country

Jane was a student in Burundi.

  1. Plans for the future

Jane would like to become a nurse.

  1. Hobbies

Jane likes to swim in her free time.

WinnipegSchool Division Adult EAL Program Essential Skill Focus: Oral Com./Writing Skills

Author: Heather CurrieCLB level: phase 2