Pair Interview

Group Size: any size
Time Line: 20 minutes time will depend on the number of interview questions you decide to use
Equipment Needed: Overhead with team formation directions
Space Required: classroom
Activity Description:
Members get into groups of two and interview one another. Possible questions to use:
1. Who do you think is the most important person who has lived in the past 100 years?
2. What is the best movie you have seen recently?
3. What is the title of the last book you have read?
4. If you could be any animal other than human, what would you be?
5. If you could travel to any place in the world, where would you go?
6. What is your favorite sport?
7. One adjective to describe me is...
8. The emotion I find most difficult to control is...

Suggested Reflection Questions
Content (cognitive learning)
• What did you discover about your classmate?
• Why is it difficult to answer some of the questions?
Social Skills (social learning)
• Which social skills did you, as a pair, use to make this activity successful?
• Why is attentive listening important during this activity?
Personal learning
• How did you feel about being interviewed?
• What did you learn about yourself from this activity?
• What unique qualities are you proud of as a result of this activity?

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