Full Description
Teach students how to engage in thoughtful discussions about a text. Socratic seminars are highly effective at helping students read closely and think critically about what they've read. They also teach students how to participate in authentic discussions. This practical book from bestselling authors Victor and Marc Moeller is your go-to guide for getting started! It will help teachers who are new at Socratic seminars and provide fresh ideas to teachers who are experienced with the format. Part I provides guidelines on how to prepare students for discussion and how to form good discussion questions. Part II includes ready-to-use lesson plans organized by compelling themes to engage students. The lesson plans include unabridged literary and nonfiction reading selections from classic and contemporary authors, as well as suggested film pairings.
Authors featured in this book include...
C. S. Lewis
William Faulkner
Abraham Lincoln
Mike Royko
Isaac Asimov
Aldous Huxley
Andrew Postman
John Updike
Gina Berriault
Gene Siskel
Judith Guest
President Obama
Anton Chekhov
Robert Frost
John Cheever
And more!
Contents
1. Two Models of Teaching 2. What is the Socratic Method of Teaching and Learning? 3. Lesson Plan 1: Active and Close Reading 4. Lesson Plan 2: Three Kinds of Questions 5. Lesson Plan 3: Qualities of Good Discussion Questions 6. Lesson Plan 4: Basic Interpretive Questions 7. Lesson Plan 5: Spontaneous Follow-up Questions 8. Lesson Plan 6: Preparing Students for Discussion9. SOCRATIC SEMINARS AND FILM:An Overview: Great Books Common Core Curriculum 10. Lesson Plan 7: Why would "no one choose to live without friends"? 11. Lesson Plan 8: How important is a brother or your country in your life? 12. Lesson Plan 9: Is technology much a curse as a blessing? 13. Lesson Plan 10: Can we forget that we are human? 14. Lesson Plan 11: How important is God in your life?15. Lesson Plan 15: How does someone cope with the death of a child? 16. Lesson Plan 13: Do we all have the same unconditional right to life?
