Chris here again with a fun writing activity to share with fellow teachers. This one involves an activity centered around a celebrity interview scenario and can be expanded in numerous ways. Enjoy!
Celebrity Interviews
Pre-activity
- Find magazine cover and article templates (e.g. Time)
- Depending on the material being covered it may be worthwhile to research celebrities who happen to be outspoken on the given topic(s)
Activity
- Present the magazine templates to students and offer potential celebrities for them to choose from
- Divide students into groups of three
- Students interview one another and the interviewer will write out the interview at the same time
- Either the teacher or the students should take pictures of themselves which will be placed on the cover of the magazine templates
- The teacher can add the pictures and articles to the templates, although it can be rewarding to let the students do this as it will help them practice formatting skills
- Students type their interviews and go through the writing process
- If the students do this step they should print their completed article with the cover to class
- Students who were not part of the original group must choose an interview that interests them and write a response (length variable) to at least one or more of the other interviews
- The ‘celebrity’ who was interviewed must then offer at least one response of their own (this keeps the discussion going)
- This is a great activity to incorporate technology as this could be easily incorporated into a class blog!
Post-activity
- This discussion could be expanded and continue throughout the semester
- Teacher ensures students completed the required steps of the activity and acts as the editor in chief
- You may find a particularly stimulating topic that the class discussion focuses on - this could be expanded into a debate
- This activity practices conversation, writing, vocabulary use, and almost always has a high level of student interest!
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