1. Night Digital Discussion Socratic Seminar
2017
Night Digital Discussion Socratic Seminar

2. Doran’s sick today #nbd
So… we’re going to use online technology to do this culminating Socratic Seminar discussion anyway.
Grab a laptop and log on to turnitin.com asap

3. Earning Culminating Credit
Your job today is to participate in an online discussion of the texts we've analyzed about the Holocaust. 
Analyze and cite specific evidence as you respond to at least four questions with original posts.
You must also respond to at least two other student posts as a part of your discussion. 

4. Respond to at least FOUR prompts with original analysis
How does irony play a role in the memoir and the Holocaust? 
What does Wiesel's memoir accomplish? In the memoir Night, what lessons did you learn? 
Analyze the significance of examples relating to the memoir’s titular metaphor. 
Analyze significant symbols Wiesel uses in Night. 
Discuss the themes of religion and cultural identity in Wiesel's Night. 
Which person depicted in Wiesel's Night did you find the most interesting? Why? What choices did the author make with language, technique, and style that account for the effect? 
Which Holocaust narrative we've read or watched was the most powerful for you and why? Refer to specific choices the author or director made that account for this effect. 
Who is responsible for this genocide?

5. Analyze unique evidence from these texts for your responses:
 Night by Elie Wiesel
“The Pianist” film
“Life is Beautiful” film
“Night and Fog” documentary
Readings you’ve done in history that relate to the Holocaust
The United Nations “Stages of Genocide”
Leon Hammer Primary Source
Nazi Medical Experiments Primary Sources
If you attended, you’re welcome to use evidence from Arik Cohen’s speech about his Lithuanian grandparents’ (Arye Schneider and Masha Klein Schneider; Emil Kohn and Eva Hirsch Kohn) experiences.

6. Digital Socratic Seminar Participation Rubric
Excellence looks like: The well-prepared digital discussion analyzes and synthesizes the texts’ literal and figurative significance, dominant literary techniques, historical context, and cultural implications. Your digital discussion uses complete sentences, good editing, and stays formally academic throughout your response. Page #s are cited with (Author #) format. Respect between digital group members is obvious, and all parties equitably contribute to the conversation.
Benchmarks of excellence include:
Participant offers enough solid analysis, without prompting, to move the digital conversation forward
Participant, through their digital comments, demonstrates a deep knowledge of the text and the question
Participant has come to the seminar prepared, with notes and a marked/annotated text
Participant, through his/her digital comments, shows that they are actively reading the work other participants submit
Students offer clarification and/or follow-up that extends the conversation
Participant's digital remarks often refer to specific parts of the text

7. Successful Prompt Responses
Thesis-driven, multi-sentence responses will be very effective
Analyze unique, quoted evidence in several insightful sentences
Cite page number (Wiesel 83) or the text (“The Pianist”)
Formal academic register
Scholarly spelling, editing, and diction throughout your response

8. Find the “Discussion” Tab

9. Respond to four prompts & reply at least twice to other comments

10. To respond to a prompt, click on “Reply to this Topic”

11. Due Dates
You have the block today to compose and submit your responses to the digital discussion.
Unless you have an excused absence, responses recorded after our block period ends will not be evaluated for credit.
If you finish early, please work on your Haroun vocabulary homework, which is due on Friday