For Summer Reading: Same Kind of Different as Me Ender’s Game Socratic Seminars 101 For Summer Reading: Same Kind of Different as Me Ender’s Game

Next class… You will be conducting Socratic Seminars with other students who have read your summer reading novel. Your job is to create 4 open-ended questions that are of different thinking levels for discussion

For discussion, you must be ready with… (1) Level 1 question factual/literal/in the text (1) Level 2 question interpretive/you inferring about what’s in the text (2) Level 3 questions analytical/why does this matter?/connections outside of the text

For discussion, you must be ready with… (1) Level 1 question factual/literal/in the text (1) Level 2 question interpretive/you inferring about what’s in the text (2) Level 3 questions Analytical/why does this matter?/connections outside of the text

Materials Needed Socratic Seminar Questions (golden rod) Observations sheet (front) Reflection sheet (back) Thinksheet (green) Summer reading novel

These will be due on Thurs. 9/12 as part of your QUIZ GRADE Materials Needed Socratic Seminar Questions (golden rod) Observations sheet (front) Reflection sheet (back) Thinksheet (green) Summer reading novel These will be due on Thurs. 9/12 as part of your QUIZ GRADE

What does a Socratic Seminar look like? First, you will be interviewing someone else with two lower level questions. Then, with your two higher level questions, you will be presenting those within a group discussion. There will be an inner circle (the discussers) and an outer circle (the observers). During class, you will have the opportunity to be both a discusser and an observer.

This video will give you an idea of how the Socratic Seminar is run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pGVR6ZF_2M

On your golden rod handout for Socratic Seminar questions… I will grade your 4 questions & answers. See next few slides for instructions as well as the example level 2 & 3 questions handout.

Create a Level 1 Question Factual/Literal or directly from the text You might use these to begin your question: Who, What, When, Where, Why? Summarize… Recall…. Identify….. Describe… Other components to include in your question: Details of the novel, key scenes, main conflicts, characters, setting.

Create a Level 2 Question Interpretive/you inferring about what’s in the text You might use these to begin your question: Compare and Contrast….Interpret… What could you infer….Relate… What is the relationship between ____ and ____. Other components to include in your question: Character traits, important passages, figurative language, relation to yourself, context clues within the text

Create two Level 3 Questions Analytical/why does this matter?/connections outside of the text/think global You might use these to begin your question: How does ____ symbolize? What could you infer….Relate… How is the theme of ____ portrayed in the novel? In today’s society? Other components to include in your question: Character motive, author’s purpose, target audience, themes, symbolism, relation to our society, meaningful passages.