Tuesday, April 2nd

1. Small group practice Socratic Seminar. First review the Socratic seminar scoring. You will talk through, as a group, one of your questions. You will focus on the process of integrating the text into your answers... not being satisfied with just one answer... staying on discussion of the text, not wandering into the hypothetical "what if" scenarios.  . .  repeating what was said before your comment and tying in your additions.

Socratic Seminar:  A LEVEL Participant Rubric 

• Participant offers enough solid analysis, without prompting, to move the conversation forward
• Participant, through his/her 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 comments, shows that he/she is actively listening to other participants
• Participant offers clarification and/or follow-up that extends the conversation
• Participant’s remarks often refer back to specific parts of the text.

When you are done, spend time ensuring that you have multiple examples for each question, and that you can access them easily.  Make sure that you have page numbers with your quotes so you can lead other classmates to the passages you are referencing.

2. Complete the posted EOC prep practices in USATESTPREP by Wednesday morning.