feature story plan
1. Who is your main subject?
My Dad. Sandy LaBorde.
2. Supporting interviews (who else do you need to talk to, minimum 2 other people)?
my grandma and his sister.
3. What is the topic or potential topic?
What not going to collage impacted him on.
4. Which angle from above will you write the story?
A question about knowing not what do with our life's.
5. Then to help you get going faster, come up with 20 questions that you can ask your main subject.
- what did you do after high school?
- what did you do when you worked with your dad?
- how did you decide on not going to college?
- did you want to go to college when you were a freshmen in high school?
- what is your favorite memory of starting your business?
- when you got out of high school, what were you doing with your life?
- if you had gone to collage, what would you have studied?
- how many struggles did you have when starting your own business?
- how old were you when you started your business?
- why did you go into building/management?
- when you were 20, what were you doing?
- what is your perspective on going to college today?
- why do you think you never tried college?
- how did you feel when you started your business?
- why did you never go to college?
- if you went to collage, how do you think your life would be different?
- what college would you have attended?why?
- did someone impact you on not going to college?
- what is your biggest regret in not going to college?
- what did you think about this interview?
6. Once you complete that portion, you need to come up with 5-10 questions you need to ask your supporting interviews. Type these into your blog. You may need different questions for each supporting subject.
For his mom-
- what did you do when he decided not go to college?
- did you know that he wanted to start his own business?
- what did you think he would do when he grew up?
- how did you feel when he told you?
- what was your first thought when he told you?
- how did you feel when he started his business?
- did you support him not going to college?
- did you support his business?
- did you have a fight with him over not going to college?
- how did he tell you that he would not be attending to college?
For his sister--
- what did you say when my dad decided not to go to college?
- how did you react when he started his own business?
- did you think his business would be successful in the beginning?
- how did you feel when my dad told you?
- what was your first thought when you heard he would not be attending college?
- what was your first thought?
- how do you think you reacted?
- would you have supported him had he gone to college?
- what do you think my dad would have gone to college for?
- how did he tell you that he was not going to college?
7. You will need to do a little research on the topic you expect to interview your main subject about. Take a little time and do some google searching - find at least 5 new things about the intended topic you should know before you interview your main subject.
- businesses have to be organized and partner up with people in order to get the business going and keep developing.
- colleges offer school for people who never attended college.
- some colleges will help you get a high school degree if you never finished high school.
- businesses need people to be engaged in their business and need to start accepting offers from other businesses to be partners.
- college is not for everyone,but can be.
8. Write when you plan to conduct the interview(s)?
I plan on to conducting the interviews over the break and in person.
9. Where you will interview them?
My dad I plan on interviewing at our house when we are both settled down at the house and I will be asking my aunt and grandma at both of their homes too,when they are available.
10. How will you record the information?
Taking notes and recording all the conversations. Then typing out all the important information onto a google doc.
My Dad. Sandy LaBorde.
2. Supporting interviews (who else do you need to talk to, minimum 2 other people)?
my grandma and his sister.
3. What is the topic or potential topic?
What not going to collage impacted him on.
4. Which angle from above will you write the story?
A question about knowing not what do with our life's.
5. Then to help you get going faster, come up with 20 questions that you can ask your main subject.
- what did you do after high school?
- what did you do when you worked with your dad?
- how did you decide on not going to college?
- did you want to go to college when you were a freshmen in high school?
- what is your favorite memory of starting your business?
- when you got out of high school, what were you doing with your life?
- if you had gone to collage, what would you have studied?
- how many struggles did you have when starting your own business?
- how old were you when you started your business?
- why did you go into building/management?
- when you were 20, what were you doing?
- what is your perspective on going to college today?
- why do you think you never tried college?
- how did you feel when you started your business?
- why did you never go to college?
- if you went to collage, how do you think your life would be different?
- what college would you have attended?why?
- did someone impact you on not going to college?
- what is your biggest regret in not going to college?
- what did you think about this interview?
6. Once you complete that portion, you need to come up with 5-10 questions you need to ask your supporting interviews. Type these into your blog. You may need different questions for each supporting subject.
For his mom-
- what did you do when he decided not go to college?
- did you know that he wanted to start his own business?
- what did you think he would do when he grew up?
- how did you feel when he told you?
- what was your first thought when he told you?
- how did you feel when he started his business?
- did you support him not going to college?
- did you support his business?
- did you have a fight with him over not going to college?
- how did he tell you that he would not be attending to college?
For his sister--
- what did you say when my dad decided not to go to college?
- how did you react when he started his own business?
- did you think his business would be successful in the beginning?
- how did you feel when my dad told you?
- what was your first thought when you heard he would not be attending college?
- what was your first thought?
- how do you think you reacted?
- would you have supported him had he gone to college?
- what do you think my dad would have gone to college for?
- how did he tell you that he was not going to college?
7. You will need to do a little research on the topic you expect to interview your main subject about. Take a little time and do some google searching - find at least 5 new things about the intended topic you should know before you interview your main subject.
- businesses have to be organized and partner up with people in order to get the business going and keep developing.
- colleges offer school for people who never attended college.
- some colleges will help you get a high school degree if you never finished high school.
- businesses need people to be engaged in their business and need to start accepting offers from other businesses to be partners.
- college is not for everyone,but can be.
8. Write when you plan to conduct the interview(s)?
I plan on to conducting the interviews over the break and in person.
9. Where you will interview them?
My dad I plan on interviewing at our house when we are both settled down at the house and I will be asking my aunt and grandma at both of their homes too,when they are available.
10. How will you record the information?
Taking notes and recording all the conversations. Then typing out all the important information onto a google doc.
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.
ReplyDeleteNo all your questions seem spend ended and easy to branch off of. Good Work!
B. Think of at least 2 questions that you think they should ask their main source, and type it in for them to see.
1. How has your decision helped you?
2.How has your decision harmed you?
C. Think of at least 1 questions that you think they should ask their secondary sources, and type it in for them to see.
1. How has his decisions changed you?
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.
1. Wife of father
2. Your siblings
E. Answer the following:
Who is the audience and what is the purpose for this piece of writing? The audience, in my opinion, is the family members of her family, and the purpose is to get background on her father.
What do you see as the writer’s main point in these questions? The writers main point is to understand and learn more about her father.
Which part of these questions interests you the most? Why? The part about why he chose to do what he did because it helps me see insight on his choices.
Where do you feel you would like more detail or explanation on any questions? You have good detail so none is really needed.
Where do you need less? Sometimes you restrict the age, so if you wanted to you could range the ages.
Do you find any questions unclear, confusing, or undeveloped? No, all of your answers were pretty clear. Good Work!
You're questions are pretty good and open ended.
ReplyDeleteTwo questions that you can ask your main source:
1.) Do you think that going to college may have steered you away from this future?
2.) What questions did you ask yourself before starting up?
Question to ask your secondary source:
1.) Do you think that he made the right decision?
Maybe you could also interview a business partner of his
A.) It's hard to do 20 completely open-ended questions(I know I sure as hell didn't) so the questions were really good. Although, a couple stood out that might need work. For instance, "How old were you when you started your business?" Might need a little work.
ReplyDeleteB.) Maybe do, "Looking back on it now, do you think college might have been a better choice for you at the time?" and "When you were a freshman in high school, did you think you would go to college?"
C.) Honestly don't know, I just hope Mr. Reeves doesn't check this one.
D.)Maybe interview his dad?
E.)I think the audience is probably Mr. Reeves because he's the one grading and grades overrule artistic integrity.
I think the main point is kind of how everyone felt about her dad not going to college.
The fact that her dad opened a business right out of college.
I think all the questions had pretty good detail, just make sure you don't become repetitive when questioning (I.E. 2 questions that are basically asking the same thing.)
Questions were pretty clear overall.
a. All of your questions were open ended and well written.
ReplyDeleteb. Did choosing not to go to college ever intimidate you? If so, why? What business do you own, and how did you come p with the idea for it?
c. Did your brother not going to college affect your decision on attending college? (for sister)
d. You could also interview any of his business partners of close friends that he was/is close with.
e. The audience could be those wondering how to be successful without attending college, and the purpose is to learn more about her father. The questions asking why he chose not to go to college and what his family thought of it interest me because they give insight on what each person thought of his decision. I think all of your questions are clear and have enough detail. Good job!
The questions are good and open ended. Some questions that you could ask Do you think not going to college opened the opportunity to start a business? do you still have the same opinion of college as you do know?
ReplyDeleteA question for his sister Do you think starting a business was better for him?
The audience is for the family to maybe have a better understanding of why did he not go to college. The main point is to know why he her father not go to college. The part of the questions about starting his business was interesting. The detail is good. The questions were clear.
A. The questions were all open ended.
ReplyDeleteB. 1. How often do you still think about going to college in the future?
2. How has not going to college been bad for you?
C. What do you think about his decision not to college now?
D. Business partners.
E. The audience are people wondering if college is the right decision for them. The purpose of the questions are to find out about information about the decision. They are all interesting, but especially asking what he was doing when he was 20, and if that affected his success. The questions are all detailed and clear.