1. Asking a Good Question Does it always come down to apples and oranges?

2. What did you notice about my questions??? RULES: Listen to question…You MUST RAISE YOUR HAND to answer any of the following questions…then look at all questions and let’s see what you noticed…

3. Apples and Oranges Which fruit is orange? Which piece of fruit makes your fingers feel sticky? What are three similarities between these two fruits? What would you do if you were starving and found a large, thick worm inside your apple? If you were going to create a new piece of fruit, what would the fruit look and taste like? Which fruit is better for you and why?

4. Questions Background: “Bloom’s Taxonomy” –There are different levels to questions 1. Small 2. Medium 3. Large

5. Levels of Questioning Small: the multiple choice questions- there’s only one answer. Answer found in text Show, list, define, explain, recall, locate, name, summarize, relate, demonstrate Medium: the short answer questions-a limited # of answers. Take answer in text and do something with it Draw, construct, report, make a chart, diagram, categorize, examine, compare/contrast, separate, generalize

6. The Large Questions: Supersize It! STRONGLARGE: the essay questions and STRONG discussion questions- multiple answers that depend on connections between person and the world Connect issues/themes in text to outside world Hypothesize, predict, create, invent, modify, design, build, develop, interpret, justify, decide, criticize, judge, appraise

7. Your Own Questions… Listen to the story and try writing your own questions. Write 1 small, 1 medium, and 1 large Be prepared to share them out to the entire class

8. Socratic Seminar You construct ideas and move discussion –You make meaning of what we are reading MUST do prep work to participate –Read assigned reading and WRITE THREE questions –Otherwise, you take notes and write a response paper to try and earn back 85% of grade Grade depends on prep work and involvement in discussion (grading at end)

9. Questions Are KEY Some types of questions to help you

10. LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTION: Write a question dealing with HOW an author chose to compose a literary piece. How did the author manipulate point of view, characterization, poetic form, archetypal hero patterns, for example? Example: How might have Maggie have been different if the point-of-view was from that of Maggie’s Mom? How might readers receive it today if it were in her point-of- view?

11. UNIVERSAL THEME/ CORE QUESTION: Write a question dealing with a theme(s) of the text that will encourage group discussion about the universality of the text. Example: Who is more to blame for the negative outcome of Maggie, Jimmie, and Pete? Is it the characters’ own fault for the demise or is it the circumstances they could not escape?

12. OPEN-ENDED QUESTION: Write an insightful question about the text that will require proof and group discussion and "construction of logic" to discover or explore the answer to the question. Example: How might Maggie have been different if she had not gone with Pete? Would she have just found another person like Pete and fell for him too?

13. WORLD CONNECTION QUESTION: Write a question connecting the text to the real world. Example: How do the people’s circumstances dictate their lives today? Do circumstances or choices lead people to live in poverty?

14. GRADING Kinda important…

15. What I Look At When Grading I ask the following questions about participants. Did they…. Speak loudly and clearly? Cite reasons and evidence for their statements using text or outside sources? Use the text to find support? Listen to others respectfully? Stick with the subject? Talk to each other, not to the teacher? Paraphrase accurately? Ask for help to clear up confusion? Support each other? Avoid hostile exchanges? Question others in a civil manner? Seem prepared?

16. During Seminar Refer to the text during the discussion (with PAGE numbers). –A seminar is not a test of memory. You are not "learning a subject"; your goal is to understand the ideas, issues, and values reflected in the text. Do not stay confused; ask for clarification. Stick to the point currently under discussion; make notes about ideas you want to come back to. (I WILL COLLECT) Discuss ideas rather than each other's opinions. You are responsible for the seminar, even if you don't know it or admit it.

17. Ways to Get Starred Referring to specific page numbers and parts of text Asking LARGE questions to start off conversation Responding thoughtfully (with evidence) to another’s questions Inviting those who are shy into conversation –Ok to pass (but no participation points given)

18. Ways to get marked DOWN Engaging in side conversations Interrupting others Cell phones/Head phones out Straying off topic “BS”ing Shouting out—Overwhelming others –Not “taking turns”

19. How to disagree? How do you disagree nicely? –I think all teenagers are too immature to make their own decisions and no child under 18 may be home alone without a babysitter. How to involve others? How to pull back on topic?

20. Post Socratic Seminar Write a reflection about one topic discussed using support from NOVEL, DISCUSSION (use people’s names and what they shared), and OUTSIDE WORLD. Post-seminar questions (journal): –What did you learn from this seminar? –How did you feel about this seminar? –What did you want to say that you couldn’t?

21. Maggie Questions We’ll start with my one question, then you will move with conversation with your own questions My question (to start): –(sml.) What does the word “scapegoat” mean? –(med.) How is Piggy a scapegoat? – (lrg.) How and why do we have scapegoats, and can a group of people function without them? Please write response and at least 3 of your own to be prepared for conversation… –May also bring in extra notes, sticky notes, etc. for support

22. Practice Socratic Seminar Read the piece in your group –Answer any content questions you may have –Discuss what you think is the major theme Come up with 5 LARGE questions as a group that you think could facilitate 20 mins. of class discussion We’ll do a practice session with each person taking their own notes during discussion –Review notes and questions