Feature Story Brainstorm
1. My Aunt Cathey
2. My mom, Grams
3. Growing up an army brat
4. 3rd person
5.
How would you describe your childhood?
Where was your favorite place to live?
Would you want to go back and change anything about your childhood?
Who was your inspiration growing up?
Was it hard on you to move?
Where was your least favorite place to live?
What was one thing that influenced you growing up?
What was your favorite meal to eat put on the base?
Was it ever frustrating to have a dad in the army?
Is there anyone that you can still remember that you miss?
Who was your best friend?
Was school hard for you?
What differences, if any, are there between growing up on the base and growing up in a neighborhood?
What life skills did you learn growing up?
Whats your favorite memory on the base?
Was there anything different you did growing up that most people didn't? (a game or something)
Where do you think was most home?
What is your favorite memory with your sisters?
How do you think your experiences growing up brought your family closer together further apart?
How do you think your experiences growing up defined who you are today?
6.
How was growing up with Aunt Cathey?
What was your favorite memory about Aunt Cathey?
How would you describe her?
Did she ever go through a "phase"?
How do you think the army base impacted her the most?
Where do you think she felt most at home?
7.
1) Relocation is still very stressful, even though it is mostly paid for by the military
2) Base living is very pleasant and includes most things a normal community would have, such as gyms and pools.
3) "Many Brats go to army Department of Defense schools (DoDs schools) on base. These schools are filled with Military Brats from all over the world."
4) "Military families relocate 10 times more often than civilian families — on average, every 2 or 3 years."
5) Military children have lower delinquency rates, higher achievement scores, and higher median IQs than civilian children.
8. I plan on conducting these interviews on Thanksgiving day when my whole family will meet at my house.
9. I will interview her in person at my house around my family, but in a quiet(er) room.
10. I will record information by writing down important points on a notepad while recording the conversation on my phone for direct quotes.
A. You seem to have pretty open ended questions which will help you focus on one thing. Good work!
ReplyDeleteB. 2 questions you can ask your main source can be:
1. How would you describe you ordinary day as a child?
2. What was the biggest struggle you faced?
C. 1 Question you can ask your secondary source is:
1. How has her childhood shaped who she is today?
D. A source you can interview that you haven't listed could be your aunts daughter because she can give perspective on how it was like having a mother that went through what she did.
E. Who is the audience and what is the purpose for this piece of writing? You audience could be your other family members and students who are interested in this story, the purpose of your writing is to convey difference of childhood for your Aunt.
What do you see as the writer’s main point in these questions? To learn more about her Aunts childhood and life in general.
Which part of these questions interests you the most? Why? The questions regarding her childhood because it seems so unique than most childhoods because of her background.
Where do you feel you would like more detail or explanation on any questions? Where do you need less? When you're talking about her childhood, it may be easier to write a feature story if you're focused on a certain age.
Do you find any questions unclear, confusing, or undeveloped? No, overall this is a good interview that can be branched into a feature writing.
A. If you see any "closed-ended" questions, make sure they are valid and relevant. If you see lots of "open-ended" questions, that is good. Tell them how many of each you see.
ReplyDeleteGood opened questions!!
B. Think of at least 2 questions that you think they should ask their main source, and type it in for them to see.
- Who (out of your friends) did you stay in touch with the most?
- Was there anyone that you always new that you could talk to, throughout your childhood?
C. Think of at least 1 questions that you think they should ask their secondary sources, and type it in for them to see.
- How do you think if Aunt Cathey would be a different person never went through this?
D. Think of a source you think would be relevant for them to interview, someone they haven't already mentioned, and type it in for them to see.
If you could interview Aunt Cathey's dad that would be a good source.
E. Answer the following:
Who is the audience and what is the purpose for this piece of writing? This piece of writing is for people interested in the military.
What do you see as the writer’s main point in these questions? How it affected her aunt throughout her life.
Which part of these questions interests you the most? Why? "Is there anyone that you can still remember that you miss?" This was the most investing question because it talks about now and her childhood and ties it all together.
Where do you feel you would like more detail or explanation on any questions? Where do you need less? Make sure there is more focus on not the facts of what she went through, but how she felt.
Do you find any questions unclear, confusing, or undeveloped? No, all the questions were very detailed and clear
GOOD JOB & good luck :)
Most of your questions are open.
ReplyDeleteQuestions to ask your main source:
1.) Was it hard knowing that a parent of yours is in the military so you never know what could happen to them?
2.) What was it like having to fit into so many different places?
Question to ask your secondary source:
1.) Do you wish that she was able to live a life where she never had to move or was she well equipped for this?
Another source you can interview is a parent or your parents.
A question I have is who is the audience and what is the purpose o this writing?
Great job!
A. If you see any "closed-ended" questions, make sure they are valid and relevant. If you see lots of "open-ended" questions, that is good. Tell them how many of each you see.
ReplyDeleteGood open ended questions. No problems there.
B. Think of at least 2 questions that you think they should ask their main source, and type it in for them to see.
What was the hardest challenge/ struggle you felt/encountered?
How did your childhood experiences influence your life today?
C. Think of at least 1 questions that you think they should ask their secondary sources, and type it in for them to see.
How do you think she felt about her childhood?
D. Think of a source you think would be relevant for them to interview, someone they haven't already mentioned, and type it in for them to see.
Does your aunt have a child? maybe try and get ahold of them.
E. Answer the following:
Who is the audience and what is the purpose for this piece of writing?
People interested in military life / interested in learning about it
What do you see as the writer’s main point in these questions?
To entertain or inform the reader with stories of her aunts childhood
Which part of these questions interests you the most? Why?
I don't know too much about the topic, and it sounds very interesting, learning about it through the questions.
Where do you feel you would like more detail or explanation on any questions? Where do you need less?
Good detail
Do you find any questions unclear, confusing, or undeveloped?
nope!