Unit 3 Informational essay

Informational Essay

1970 2010

An informational interview project

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INSTRUCTIONS

1970 2010

Graphic organizer & essay instructions

sample essay

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Informational Interview Project Rubric

Essay Instructions

• Introduction – Introduce your topic and the theme of “the struggle for freedom has changed throughout history”
• Paragraph 1 – Introduce your person and their background.
• Paragraph 2 – Explain some of things you learned about their high school experience & historical significance.
• Paragraph 3 – Compare/Contrast their experiences w/ your own.
• Conclusion – Bring it back to your introduction

Take the interview information and produce a 5-paragraph informational essay about their life, you will include a paragraph analyzing the differences between their teenage years and your own. Overall, your essay should be centered around the theme, “How has the struggle for freedom changed throughout history?”

Using the provided graphic organizer, complete a rough draft of your essay. Synthesize the information collected in your interview into a 5-paragraph informational essay. This essay should be explanatory. You should also have one paragraph comparing, contrasting, or both- your teenage years to those of the interviewee. You will submit a copy of your rough draft for grading before submitting the final.

Graphic Organizer

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1970

Objective

Students will be able to interview a person and synthesize the information to write a formal, five-paragraph informational essay.

Sample Essay

• Your essay should be typed in a WORD DOCUMENT
• 12pt & TIMES NEW ROMAN font
• Double Spaced
• Include a heading with NAME, DATE, Project
• CENTERED TITLE before the essay starts

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1980

Overview

• For this project, you will choose an adult person that you know and interview them with the questions provided to glean information about how their lives differed from yours in the decade they were a teenager.

• Then, you will take that information to produce a 5-paragraph informational essay about their life. Overall, your essay should be centered around the theme, “How has the struggle for freedom changed throughout history?”

• Complete the graphic organizer/Rough draft

• Submit your final copy, 12pt, Times New Roman Font, Double Spaced, Word Document

• due dates tbd

Interview Instructions

• For this project, you will choose an adult person that you know and interview them with the questions provided to glean information about how their lives differed from yours in the decade they were a teenager.
• You can pick a caretaker, aunt/uncle, grandparent, church/worship member, or neighbor who was in high school in any decade 1990s or earlier.
• Use the questionnaire provided to complete your interview. You can add questions of your choosing, but please make sure to at least cover the questions provided. You will need to make a copy of the document.

LINK TO INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

2000

Success Criteria

I can be successful if…

• I know what an informational essay is.
• I can identify a person to interview.
• I can take the interview questions and turn it into a paragraph.
• I can paraphrase and explain.
• I can write an essay.
• I know what are introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs.