1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. This video will give you an idea of how the Socratic Seminar is run:

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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.