Transcript subjunctive mood

Today you will need: SB text, journal, writing utensil, and
highlighter. Turn
in your Interview Schedule.
Take out your interview
questions and trade with a
peer. Have them read
through them, and mark any
confusing wording,
redundant questions,
repetition, etc. Circle the two
strongest questions.
Feedback
Discuss the questions with your peer.
 Which questions are strongest and provide
the interviewee the best opportunity to share
stories and experiences?
 Which questions could be tweaked to be
stronger?
 Which questions are redundant, or stay
superficial?
Once you have
feedback…
 Your job is to now plan your interview.
 Write out questions, in the most effective
order.
 Remember to start with background and
childhood questions that are less focused.
 Lead to questions about significant events and
people that helped shape your interviewee.
 End with questions connecting past to present and
present to future.
Activity 1.9: Reading an Interview Narrative
(pages 40-44))
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Respond to Question 2 using information from the photos
below of Chuck Liddell:
DURING READING
• Mark the TEXT by HIGHLIGHTING
details about Liddell that would not
likely appear in a transcript version of
the interview.
• Look for narrative details about how the
interview subject:
▪ Speaks/speech
▪ Acts/actions
▪ Looks/appearance
•UNDERLINE all direct quotations
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
Go back and annotate:
• What do O’connor’s choices about which
“non-interview” details to emphasize show
about the article’s tone?
• Why did he choose those particular
details? Did they help
 Capture Liddell’s voice/personae?
▪ Add to the presentation of a significant
event in Liddell’s life?
▪ Convey something significant to the reader?
In your journal, reflect and respond:
1. What questions/answers did O’Connor
include in his narrative?
2. How does O’Connor transform the
interview into a narrative?
3. How does he make it a story?
4. How does he use details and his voice as a
writer to appeal to his target audience?
In your journal
 Write down 3 things you will look for while
you interview that would help you write a
better narrative.
 Keep in mind, as an interviewer, your job will
be to listen to the interviewee’s
answers/responses, respond with follow up
questions or disregard later questions that
have already been answered. You will also
need to take notes about significant body
language, facial expressions, tone, etc.
Grammar Time!
Put this in Unit 1 Assessment 1 Vocabulary.
Unit 1 Assessment 1 Vocab
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
The subjunctive mood is the verb form used to
express a wish, a suggestion, a command, or a
condition that is contrary to fact.
The form of a verb in the subjunctive mood may differ
from the form with the same subject which is not in
the subjunctive mood. For example:
I was in your position two years ago.
(not in the subjunctive mood)
If I were in your position, I would do the same.
(subjunctive mood)
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
Examples of the Subjunctive Mood
Here are some examples of verbs in the subjunctive mood:
I wish it were still in use.
(it was becomes it were)
The board recommended that the motion be passed immediately.
(motion is passed becomes motion be passed)
She suggests that Mark work full time from Saturday.
(Mark works becomes Mark work)
Read more at http://www.grammarmonster.com/glossary/subjunctive_mood.htm#kxzVldHx5MEJHfdy.99
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
Mood is the form a verb takes to show how it is to be regarded (e.g., as a
fact, a command, a wish, an uncertainty).
There are three major moods in English:
The Indicative Mood. This states facts or asks questions. For
example:
They are playing the guitar.
Are they playing the guitar?
The Imperative Mood. This expresses a command or a request. For
example:
Play the guitar!
Please play the guitar.
The Subjunctive Mood. This shows a wish or doubt. For example:
I suggest that Lee play the guitar.
I propose that Lee be asked to play the guitar.
If I were Lee, I would play the guitar.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
Back to the text:
Chuck Liddell uses the SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD when
he says, “If I weren’t fighting, I’d be in the business
world.”
In your journal:
- What is the purpose of using the SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD here?
- When might it be effective for authors to use the SUBJUNCTIVE
MOOD?