Feature Story Brainstorm Plan
1. Who is your main subject?
My main subject is my dad.
2. Supporting interviews (who else do you need to talk to, minimum 2 other people)?
My mom, my grandma, and my sister. My mom and grandma grew up in the same country as my father and can relate to his childhood. My sister because she can tell me her perspective on how my fathers roots has affected her life.
3. What is the topic or potential topic?
I want my topic to be about my dad moving from india to the us because it's unique and compares to my childhood. This will allow me to learn more about my father and his childhood.
4. Which angle from above will you write the story?
Background Feature.
5. Then to help you get going faster, come up with 20 questions that you can ask your main subject. Type these in your blog.
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.
Grandma
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. List those on your blog.
8. Write when you plan to conduct the interview(s)?
Early thanksgiving break.
9. Where you will interview them (some interviews are better to do in the persons environment, while others should be done in public places, ALL interviews should be done in person)?
At my home.
10. How will you record the information? (taking notes is ideal, and if you want to record the conversation you MUST get permission. You can do both if they will allow you to record, this is a really strong technique that you could use.)
I will take notes and may record them.
My main subject is my dad.
2. Supporting interviews (who else do you need to talk to, minimum 2 other people)?
My mom, my grandma, and my sister. My mom and grandma grew up in the same country as my father and can relate to his childhood. My sister because she can tell me her perspective on how my fathers roots has affected her life.
3. What is the topic or potential topic?
I want my topic to be about my dad moving from india to the us because it's unique and compares to my childhood. This will allow me to learn more about my father and his childhood.
4. Which angle from above will you write the story?
Background Feature.
5. Then to help you get going faster, come up with 20 questions that you can ask your main subject. Type these in your blog.
- How was life like moving?
- What was the hardest part about moving?
- How was school like in this country as a kid?
- What did society contain when you were in school? Grocery stores?
- What did you enjoy most about this country as a child?
- At what age did you want to move?
- Why did you want to move?
- How is the country you grew up in different from the US?
- What about the US is similar to the country you grew up in?
- What did you have to adapt to when you moved?
- Which traditions did you celebrate as a child?
- How is the civilization different from the country you live in comparative to the country you grew up in?
- Where did you work growing up?
- How has moving changed your life?
- How was college like in the country you grew up in?
- What language is the "english" of the country you grew up in?
- What were the norms that were followed in your country as you grew up?
- What were the norms that were followed in your household as you grew up?
- What was an ordinary day like for you as a 15 year old teen?
- What toys did you have growing up?
- Tell me about a memory you have in the country you grew up in?
- How is the US different from India?
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.
Grandma
- You also grew up in the same country as my dad, what's the best apart about that country?
- How did you feel when my dad decided to move?
Mom
- How did you decide when you decided to move?
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. List those on your blog.
- The most popular of the religious festivals celebrated over the greater part of India are Vasantpanchami , in honour of Sarasvati, the goddess of learning; Holi, a time when traditional hierarchical relationships are forgotten and celebrants throw coloured water and powder at one another; Dussehra , when the story of the Ramayana is reenacted; and Diwali , a time for lighting lamps and exchanging gifts.
- One-third of the world's poor live in India
- The roads and stores are not very civilized.
- Schools in India are very different when it comes to teachers and classrooms.
- Hobbies in India are different from the hobbies in the US.
8. Write when you plan to conduct the interview(s)?
Early thanksgiving break.
9. Where you will interview them (some interviews are better to do in the persons environment, while others should be done in public places, ALL interviews should be done in person)?
At my home.
10. How will you record the information? (taking notes is ideal, and if you want to record the conversation you MUST get permission. You can do both if they will allow you to record, this is a really strong technique that you could use.)
I will take notes and may record them.
A-All of these questions are open ended and I think that you will get some good quotes from them.
ReplyDeleteB- How old were you when you moved to the US? Was it hard adjusting to the US and were you judged in the process?
C-For grandma you could ask: Have you ever thought about moving out the the US too?
D- If your dad has any siblings you could ask them about their view on your father's move.
1. The audience is someone who is curious what it is like to move to the US. The purpose of this writing is to get a first hand experience on how hard it is to move and be accepted in the US.
2. The writers main point is they want to know what he had to go through to be here today.
3. The question the interests me the most is: What is similar about the US and the country you grew up in? The reason why I like this question is because I have never traveled outside of the US before and I would really like to see what is similar and what is different outside of the US.
4. I would like more detail on the What toys did you have growing up because I don't really understand why this would be relevant to the story.
5. The only question I find unclear is the toys question because when I read the plan I thought we were going to talk about what it was like to move to the US and be accepted. The toys just doesn't make sense to add to the story.
(I can't wait to read the final story. You're going to do great!)
A. How many open and closed-ended questions are there?
ReplyDeleteAl the questions I saw were opened-ended and will probably get good quotes!
B. What are two questions the author could ask their main source?
1. How do you think your life would be different if you didn't move?
2. Did you ever have any regrets about moving, why or why not?
C. What is one question the author could ask their supporting sources?
1. For the grandma you can ask how she felt about her son moving across the world from her.
D. Who else could the author interview?
You could also interview some other family members or friends who have had the same experience of moving this far.
E
1. Who is the audience and what is the purpose?
The audience is someone interested to see how life are different in different parts of the world and the purpose is to tell that story from someone who actually had that experience.
2. What is the author's main point?
The main point is to find out more about her dad's journey of getting to the US.
3. What part of the questions interests you?.
I liked the part of the questions about how their "norms" changed from the different parts of the country because it could be an interesting part of the story.
4. Where should the author add more detail? Less detail?
They could be a little more detail on questions 16 and 20 and how they will be incorporated into the story.
5. Did you find any questions unclear or confusing?
Like is said in question 4 I just don't know, from reading your questions, how these fit into the story line (questions 16 and 20)
A. All of these questions are open ended, and I think you'll get exactly what you need from these!
ReplyDeleteB. How would your life be different if you never moved?
Would you have changed anything from the whole experience?
C. What do you already know about his move to the U.S?
D. I think your twin sister would also be a good source to interview.
E. 1) The audience is someone who wants to see more in depth of the life of someone who's had this experience.
2) The writer's main point is to learn more about her dad's childhood.
3) The part that interests me most are the questions that ask about the move to America, because that seems like an experience that comes with a lot of mixed emotions.
4) I think there could be a little more detail about the move itself, and incorporate that into the story more.
5) No, I think all the questions are good and valid for this story.