1. DO NOW – 11/12/15 Read the following instructions. 1)Take the handout on “Socratic Seminar” rules and procedures. 2)Look over the Essay 3 assignment and preview the assignment. 3)Take out “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story”. 1)Take the handout on “Socratic Seminar” rules and procedures. 2)Look over the Essay 3 assignment and preview the assignment. 3)Take out “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story”.

2. Topic / Objective & Essential Question Topic / Objective: 1) To use the Socratic Seminar activity to discuss and explore themes related to “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story”. Essential Question: 1) What is ironic, strange, or otherwise interesting about Yolanda’s last statement given our knowledge of her history? Topic / Objective: 1) To use the Socratic Seminar activity to discuss and explore themes related to “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story”. Essential Question: 1) What is ironic, strange, or otherwise interesting about Yolanda’s last statement given our knowledge of her history?

3. Announcements 1)Make sure to bring your LC book tomorrow. 2)Begin writing the first draft of your essays, due 11/19. 1)Make sure to bring your LC book tomorrow. 2)Begin writing the first draft of your essays, due 11/19.

4. TODAY We are going to use the Socratic Seminar to explore ideas related to identity, relationships, and love.

5. Inner Ring is the “live” ring – only these students are talking Students in the Inner Ring have the following options: 1)Ask a question. 2)Answer a question. 3)Pass. * After each student has had an opportunity to speak, we will have an “open” session – any student can speak in the Inner Ring. Students in the Inner Ring have the following options: 1)Ask a question. 2)Answer a question. 3)Pass. * After each student has had an opportunity to speak, we will have an “open” session – any student can speak in the Inner Ring. Inner Ring Participant 1 Participant 2 Participant 3 Participant 4 Participant 5 Participant 6 Participant 7

6. Outer Ring is the Observer ring – these students are “listening” Students in the Observer Ring have the following options: 1)Listen to the discussion. 2)Write down a question you want answered. 3)Take notes on what is said in the “Inner Ring” After the Inner Ring has finished their discussion, the Outer Ring observers will take the seats of the Inner Ring. Outer Ring Observer 1 Observer 2 Observer 3 Observer 4 Observer 5 Observer 6 Observer 7

7. Socratic Seminar Rules 1)No talking over – the speaker has max 3 min of speaking time. 2)Ask a question or answer a question – avoid debate.

8. Socratic Seminar (Review) 1)After one round of Q&A, Inner Ring can have an “Open-Discussion”. 2)Outer Ring switches after 5- 7 min of discussion.

9. Starter Question (1) Yolanda at one point states how language is important for her – “I didn’t want to just be in the sack, screwed, balled, laid, and f---d my first time around with a man.” Does language matter when it comes to relationships?

10. Starter Question (2) Diane Richardson, a well-regarded psychologist has noted: “... in our society, women are ‘gatekeepers’ of sexuality... Men are ‘initiators’ of sex...”. Q: Do you agree with Richardson’s claim – men are “initiators” and women are “gatekeepers”?

11. Starter Question (3) At the end of the story, Yolanda throws Rudy out of her apartment, angry at his demands for sex. However, Yolanda also at this point has had many lovers. Q: Does our society place conflicting demands on women – that they be sexually “available” but also be “pure”?

12. Final Question (4) The last moment of “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story” shows Yolanda chugging the wine Rudy had brought to her. She describes herself, “... as if I were some decadent wild woman who had just dismissed an unsatisfactory lover.” Q: What is ironic, strange, or otherwise interesting about this last statement given our knowledge of her history?

13. HOMEWORK BRING YOUR LC BOOK TOMORROW. CHECK THE WEBSITE for the ESSAY 3 assignment.