1. Tues. April 12 Have students count off ONE-TWO, ONE-TWO.
TODAY…
Warm Up:
Review your journal prompts and journal entries (Ch. 17 – 26). Refamiliarize yourself with what you wrote in order to be prepared for today’s socratic seminar.
For your warm up, create a CENTRAL or OVERARCHING QUESTION that relates to all the prompts and everything we’ve read .
Then, write THREE MORE questions that require INFERENCE and/or ANALYSIS:
ONE based on PLOT questions that you have, or think your classmates might have (chapters 17-26),  
and TWO based on potential PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS (the question MUST require the responder to use textual evidence to back up response).
Task Two: Socratic Seminar
Have students count off ONE-TWO, ONE-TWO.
Students who are ONEs will discuss; students who are TWOs will observe the discussion, performing the duties. TWOs are engaged in analysis of the discussion itself. .
After about 15 minutes, students switch the roles of discusser and observer so that all students do both during the period.
Learning Targets:
I can prepare for my unit test next class by creating questions that require critical thinking about the text.
I can participate in a Socratic seminar in order to expand my comprehension of the text.

2. Socratic Seminar Grading Scale10
Student displayed all criteria to earn an 8 AND
Student comments were insightful, showed inference, and used the text to support assertions AND
Student responded directly to classmates and/or asked relevant questions of other participants 8
Student verbally participated multiple times in discussion with insightful comments that demonstrated reading comprehension AND
Demonstrated attentiveness and respect for classmates AND
Used nonverbal behaviors to show focus 7
Student did not meet the criteria to earn an 8 OR
Student demonstrated behaviors mentioned in the 0 row that subtracted from their overall grade 6
Student did not contribute verbally BUT
Proved attentiveness by looking at the speaker, following along in the text, and making the discussion the main focus
5-0
Student did not contribute verbally to the discussion AND
Was obviously inattentive, displaying one of the following behaviors
Chatting or disrupting others
Putting head down/closing eyes
Working on other homework
Using cell phone/ipod
Bulldozing/Dominating the conversation