Summer reading 1.1

Summer reading 1.1

Do now: open the “Summer reading questionnaire” homework in notability. Change the document title to "LAST NAME-SUMMER READING Q" and upload it to your google drive student folder.

Objectives:

• demonstrate mastery of book creator
• introduce ourselves
• understand requirements of a socratic seminar

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Present interview books

3. Prepare for LOTF socratic seminar

4. Summarizer

Definition of Socratic Seminars

A Socratic Seminar is a scholarly discussion of an essential question in which student opinions are shared, proven, refuted, and refined through dialogue with other students.

Purpose of Socratic Seminars

In a Socratic Seminar, participants seek to answer an essential question and gain deeper understanding of ideas, issues, values, and/or principles presented in a text through rigorous and thoughtful dialogue.

Advantages of Socratic Seminars

●Provides opportunities for critical readings of texts

●Teaches respect for diverse ideas, people, and practices

●Enhances students' knowledge and research base

●Creates a community of inquiry

●Develops critical thinking, problem solving, speaking, and listening skills

●Clarifies one's ideas, ethics and values

●Maximizes student participation

●Encourages divergent thinking

Since we have such a large class, we will participate in a "double circle" Socratic Seminar.

How to prepare for the Socratic Seminar:

Open the discussion questions from google drive here.

Prepare talking points on at least three of the questions.  

There are two ways in which you can complete the handout:

1) From a desktop computer, make a copy of the google doc (under file select "make a copy"), type your answers, and then move the document into your student work folder (the folder with your last name and our class name)

2) Open the notability app, import the document from google drive, hand-write the answers, then export the document to google drive, making sure you select your student work folder as the destination  (the folder with your last name and our class name)

If you cannot open the document and complete it on your ipad, then please print it and complete it.