Oral Genre Communicating Spoken Text Type: Small Group Work A B
WALT: Interview a character.
A There will be two circles where you will sit. Pupils in the inside circle B will discuss what they know and found out about Meena. Pupils on the outside circle A will listen carefully, take notes on what they are hearing, add any missing information about Meena and share this with the inside group. After the discussion, write down Meena’s character traits.
Meena’s Character Traits
B Questioning and interviewing: Meena will be hot-seated. In groups, brainstorm open, closed, leading or rhetorical questions that you would like to ask Meena.
§ Can you tell me about …? § Would you say you …? § Can you explain exactly why …? § If you had to ... what would you do? Do you like …? § Why is ____ significant? § What is the difference between …? What is the most important …? § How did you come to that conclusion?
94 Strand: Oral Language Element: Understanding LO 6