Begin by re-reading the assignment for Feeder 2.1. Choose which of your group members you will write about for Feeder 2.1. Have a conversation in which you establish basic facts about your interview subject--where they’re from, what their parents do, etc. You don’t have to get everything down now; you can do more extensive interviews later.
Next create a new Google Doc titled “[your name]’s Feeder 2.1 Pre-Writing.” After you create the document click on “table,” then “create table,” then create a table with 3 columns and 1 row.
In column 1, write down everything you know about your interview subject. This can be information you gleaned from the conversation you just completed or things you have learned over the course of the semester. These things don’t have to be, strictly, facts… just assertions you are generally confident of. Try to write down as many things as you can, but make sure there are at least 6 or 7 items here. If you run out of things to say, try talking to your partner more or perhaps looking at their Facebook profile or other online sources of information.
In column 2, write down everything you might be wondering about your subject. For instance, if your subject’s family moved from Chicago to North Carolina ten years ago, you might be wondering why they moved, what the subject’s parents' careers are, etc. You might also wonder what the subject thought of North Carolina upon moving here, or what his or her parents thought. Did they anticipate the move? What were they sad to leave behind? Were there unexpected discoveries once they got here? Try to spin out as many subjects as you can… remember, this is the brainstorming stage, so there are no wrong answers and you won’t be able to research all of these topics.
In column 3, write down how you will go about finding out the answers to the questions you posed in column two. You will almost certainly need to interview your subject again, so that goes without saying; you might think of questions you want to pose at later interviews, or other ways of drawing out the information you want. You might also need to interview the subject’s relatives or friends or perform other kinds of background research about the places, people, and things in the subject’s life. The column is for figuring out how you will go about gaining the knowledge you will need to complete Feeder 2.1.
If you finish before the end of class you can begin research for your Feeder 2.1 assignment. If any new items for your 3 columns occur to you during your research, please return to this assignment.
