Socratic seminar questions 3. What does Fitzgerald mean when he says ““The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic conception of himself…so he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen –year-old boy would be likely to invent‚ and to this conception he was faithful to the end”(98)? Gatsby was from new money where he and his parents had to work hard on plantations in order to make a living. Early in his lifetime‚ he created a “platonic [concept] of
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Does participating in professional development on Socratic Seminars result in higher reading comprehension scores than implementing this dialogic strategy without professional development? My hypothesis is‚ that the teacher who receives professional development on implementing the Socratic Seminar will see higher reading comprehension scores than the other teacher. By receiving explicit training on how to effectively and meaningful use this strategy the teacher will be able to guide their students
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Jizelle Torres Per.9 World Cultures Accelerated Persepolis Socratic Seminar Theme 2: Marji‚ the character Question 5: Considering the writer’s voice. Consider the writer’s voice. Was it appealing? Claim she is a kid so she has a different point of view although being a kid she is very educated on this topic Evidence “ I realized then that I don’t understand anything‚ I read all the books I could.” pg.32 “To enlighten me they bought books. I knew everything about the children of Palestine about
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Mrs. Gonyo – room G3 AP Literature – Socratic seminar for “The Lottery” Discussion questions Comments to move the conversation along: a. What question are we trying to answer? Why? b. Could you give me an example or a metaphor to explain that? c. Can you find that in the text? Where does the reading support you? d. What are you assuming in that argument? e. But what about...? (That seems at odds with what we said before‚ what the author said here‚ etc.) f. How does this relate to... (what
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nning partner at the top of your discussion notes. 1. What external factors hindered‚ or may have hindered‚ the Youngers’ achievement of their respective dreams? 2. How do faith and family help the Youngers to transcend external obstacles? 3. Who do you think is the head of the Younger family? Does this role change throughout the play? How and why? What signifies the switch? 4. What misconceptions does Walter have about being a businessman? 5. What do you think about the risk Walter took with the insurance money
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My Socratic Seminar took place about a week ago on April 24. I always enjoy talking with my other English education majors because though we have lots of classes together we don’t often have many opportunities for open discussion between us. It was even better this time because we also had other language classes and journalism represented to add to our normal group of people. I was excited to see what knowledge they could bring to the table. Having read the questions beforehand‚ I was slightly nervous
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English 1-2 1984 Socratic Seminar Questions 3. Reading and writing for pleasure promotes independent thought‚ but it is not dangerous. It lets you express how you are really feeling inside. It is something private that you decide whether or not someone may look at it. In the beginning of the book 1984‚ Winston writes in his notebook. He hesitated about it for a while before he actually began writing. He let out what was going through his mind‚ it was going really well but then he suddenly stopped
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Ted-Talk Socratic Seminar Alternate The first closed-ended question I have is: Does decision making related to psychology? The answer is definitely yes. Because in the first video David Redish said that : “Whether you are talking about neuroscience‚ psychology‚ or behavior economic‚ or robotics‚ they all come up with the same type of decision”. David Redish has studied the dynamic of brain and behavior‚ he has also published a book‚ he know this adequately. In my opinion‚ decision making is
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Luke Chaplain Mrs. Sullivan Grade 8 Period 1 25 March 2015 TKAM Socratic Seminar Questions 1. This book is continually banned from the school reading list because of racism‚ sex‚ and foul language. Do you believe this book should be banned? Even though this book was published in the 1960’s‚ how can this book relate to today’s society? Considering that many books come and go in public school curriculum‚ why does this book endure? In my opinion‚ I think “How to Kill a Mockingbird” should be banned
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Drama Unit Socratic Seminar Questions Part 1: A Streetcar Named Desire 1. Blanche who is homeless‚ comes to her sister’s house at the beginning. Blanche had been a schoolteacher‚ married Allan‚ a man she later discovered to be gay. Her reactions to his sexual orientation caused him to commit suicide. Lonely‚ she becomes a prostitute‚ who loses her teaching career when her sexual relationship with a teenager is found out. After the family plantation Belle Reve is lost‚ she turns to her little sister
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