Preparing for WA2

The Interview

 

Activity (in pairs): In order to learn a little more about your partner’s experiences with “rules” for writing (and, through this, begin thinking about your own), take out a pen and paper and paper, ask your partner the following questions, and jot down his/her responses. You are going to give your responses to your partner, so try to make them as legible and clear as possible.

 

Interviewer’s Name: ____________________________

 

Interviewee’s Name: ____________________________

 

 

1.        What are the “rules” for writing (as your previous teachers and experiences with others have explained it)? List at least five very specific rules.

2.      How did you come to know these rules? Offer one specific story (event) that tells the story of how you came to know one of the rules listed above. Who taught you? What—in your experiences, are the consequences for breaking that rule? How did you learn these?

3.       What incentives were offered for following these rules?

4.      Who offered these incentives?

5.       What are the consequences of NOT following (or at least learning) these rules (that is, those not discussed in #2 above)? How’d you learn them?

6.       What or who offered this punishment?

7.       What else would you like to say about the rules of writing?

 

Give your partner your responses to the above questions. Make sure your name is at the top of the paper (as interviewer) and his/her name is at the top of the paper (as interviewee).

 

Response (Individual): After you have both interviewed one another and received a copy of the interviewer’s notes on your own answers, take a few minutes to jot down your response to the interview. Write about a page in response to one or more of the following questions: (1) How did your experiences with the “rules” of writing compare with your partners? (2) What can you learn about writing rules from exploring these differences? What about the similarities?

 

Presentation (in groups of four): In groups of four, develop a list of four rules (from the interviews) and place them on the board (or overhead projector). Your teacher will signal you when it is time to discuss these as a group, including sorting out rewards and punishments as we interpret them as a class.

 

Preparing for WA2

The Interview

 

Activity (in pairs): In order to learn a little more about your partner’s experiences with “rules” for writing (and, through this, begin thinking about your own), take out a pen and paper and paper, ask your partner the following questions, and jot down his/her responses. You are going to give your responses to your partner, so try to make them as legible and clear as possible.

 

Interviewer’s Name: ____________________________

 

Interviewee’s Name: ____________________________

 

 

1.        What are the “rules” for writing (as your previous teachers and experiences with others have explained it)? List at least five very specific rules.

2.      How did you come to know these rules? Offer one specific story (event) that tells the story of how you came to know one of the rules listed above. Who taught you? What—in your experiences, are the consequences for breaking that rule? How did you learn these?

3.       What incentives were offered for following these rules?

4.      Who offered these incentives?

5.       What are the consequences of NOT following (or at least learning) these rules (that is, those not discussed in #2 above)? How’d you learn them?

6.       What or who offered this punishment?

7.       What else would you like to say about the rules of writing?

 

Give your partner your responses to the above questions. Make sure your name is at the top of the paper (as interviewer) and his/her name is at the top of the paper (as interviewee).

 

Response (Individual): After you have both interviewed one another and received a copy of the interviewer’s notes on your own answers, take a few minutes to jot down your response to the interview. Write about a page in response to one or more of the following questions: (1) How did your experiences with the “rules” of writing compare with your partners? (2) What can you learn about writing rules from exploring these differences? What about the similarities?

 

Presentation (in groups of four): In groups of four, develop a list of four rules (from the interviews) and place them on the board (or overhead projector). Your teacher will signal you when it is time to discuss these as a group, including sorting out rewards and punishments as we interpret them as a class.