2. Agenda
• MYD expectations
• Anticipatory Set (Fakebook for Steve
Harmon)
• Elements of Socratic Seminar
• Question Building Chart (Opening, Core,
Closing)
• Debriefing
3. MYD expectations
• Cite evidence from the text
• Don’t talk when someone else is talking
• Ask open-ended questions
• Use the question stems I provided for you.
• Write the questions on your paper
• Do NOT raise your hand to talk during the
Socratic Seminar
• Talk, talk, talk but keep it on taks
5. Elements of a Socratic
Seminar
• The Text- richness in ideas, issues, values, controversy and the ability to
generate conversation
• The Questions- OPEN-ENDED! Free of judgement
• The Leader- facilitator/leader and participant but no lectures
• The Participants (YOU)- read the text closely. Be an active listener. Make eye
contact with those are talking. You do NOT have to raise your hand to talk
but do not interrupt
6. Opening Core Questions Closing Questions
Questions
What can you Based on
paragraph __, why What if ___?
assume from the
text? did ___ _____?
Why does How does ____
Is it better to be ___ Steve think
or ____? connect to ___?
____?
In recent times, what If ___, then What might happen
well-known people ____? because of ____?
are like ____?
7. Debriefing
• What was the best point made during the seminar?
• What ideas did you agree with? Why?
• What ideas did you disagree with? Why?
• What questions were left unanswered?
• What did you contribute to the discussion?
• What do you wish you had said in the discussion?
• Who were the top 3 contributors to the discussion? (What evidence did they cite, questions did they
have, or comments did they have?)
• What is your overall evaluation of the seminar? (It went ____ because ______.)
