To help ease the transition of a new school year, new school and a new principal, the fourth-graders in Jessica Zimmer and Jessica Percevejo’s class at Deauville Gardens East School worked as a class to interview Principal Joseph Buccello.
In preparation for writing their “Meet the New Principal” stories, the students read famous biographies, then brainstormed questions and grouped them into categories such as overall favorites, health and job. During the 30-minute interview with Mr. Buccello, the students learned that his favorite food is pizza, his favorite school subject when he was their age was science and, if he won $1 million, he would donate half to charity and spread the rest among his family.
Following the question-and-answer session, the students worked together to compare their notes and were then responsible for outlining their own story and constructing a biography detailing the information they had learned about Mr. Buccello.
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