 You will choose a person in the class who would you like to interview and write a biography about.  You will create a list of 15 Questions to ask this person.  Play the interview survivor game  You will interview each other and take notes.  You will write a four paragraph biography describing this person’s life.  Include description of person (characterization), description of events in his/her life (plot), description of setting (where they currently live and have lived)

 What are your strengths?  What are your weaknesses?  When and where were you born?  Have you lived in Eagan your whole life? If not where else have you lived?  If you were to write a headline for a newspaper story about you, what would it say?  What is the most important lesson you have learned in life? What did it teach you?  Describe your family, friends, pets etc.  What is your earliest memory?  Who is the most influential person in your life and why?  Describe what would people who know you say is your best quality.  Create at least 8 more questions to ask the person you will interview. Can Google questions to ask for biography int.

 Listen carefully – Most important part of interview  Ask follow-up questions to take interview deeper  Ask mostly open-ended questions (yes/no get short answers and aren’t helpful)  Let the interviewee do most of the talking  You can’t write everything down. Jot down key words and short notes that will help jog your memory later  When writing your biography, ask further questions to clarify or expand article if needed.

 You will describe the person you interviewed in a 4 paragraph (or more) biography.  Use interview questions to guide your biography.  You will describe your interviewee including their personality, thoughts or opinions about school, life, friends, where he/she grew up, family history, future goals/plans, activities, experiences, travels and anything else you would like to include.