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Joyce Carol OatesA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.
“Character Interview”
In this activity, students choose a character from Big Mouth & Ugly Girl to interview about what they felt and experienced in the novel.
Choose one of the novel’s characters to interview. Share their unique experience based on details from the novel. Use these questions as examples to guide your thinking; additionally, generate 2-3 original questions to contribute to the interview.
Practice your interview aloud with a partner. Be prepared to role-play your interview for your classmates.
Teaching Suggestion: Students might be permitted to decide who will be the interviewer and who will be the interviewee. Or, if time allows, they might perform the interview two times, swapping roles and characters. You may want students to work together to write their questions for the interview.
By Joyce Carol Oates