have had to participate in a Socratic seminar with my peers of a English class but‚ I have to say the most impactful Socratic seminar I ever participated in was my first. A Socratic seminar simply put is a form of a graded discussion in which all participants are seated in a circle and discuss different topics. Seeing as to how it was in all of my English classes the topics were usually based around the book that we were reading at that time. My first Socratic seminar was in my seventh grade WAVE
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Fahrenheit 451 Socratic Seminar Keeping people out of “the cave” can be a burdensome task that requires a plentiful amount of strategy and intelligence. “The cave” may be defined as a somber place where the ignorance of those who inhabit it manifests and thrives‚ and this cave is an internal part of one’s mind‚ body‚ and soul. In order to keep people out of the cave‚ one must make certain that the confined are enlightened‚ the false interpretations of the real world are analyzed‚ the chains
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Christine Gao #6 K. Kassakatis C&C Honors World Literature 17 September 2015 Siddhartha Socratic Seminar Questions 1. While Siddhartha’s journey is uniquely his own‚ it is also everyone’s journey. What connections to Siddhartha’s journey toward shaping and understanding his identity can you see within your own? Siddhartha’s life journey is representative of the worldly human desire to find meaning and success within oneself. Everyone’s journey is basically the same because they all require a certain
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Socratic Seminar Reflection Us humans use a lot of fuels during the day‚ food fuels and mechanical fuels. Each gives us energy to power through the day‚ mechanical fuels to cars and food fuels to our bodies. When being compared they have some similarities and differences. Obviously the main and most distinguishable difference is the fact mechanical fuels are used for cars and food fuels are eaten by us to give us energy. So they seem completely different right? But exactly how different? Our human
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AFTER SOCRATIC SEMINAR QUESTIONS I feel that the seminar went very well because we had some very good conversations with different perspectives about the story. Everybody got a chance t say what they want to say and all of the topics were covered in detail. My experience as the moderator of the seminar was very fun because i felt like i had the power to control the seminar. I enjoyed being able to talk to everybody about the topics and it was really cool to see everyone’s perspectives on the questions
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Winter Dreaming of a Socratic Seminar The Socratic Seminar was an educational and enlightening experience. Before the day of the seminar I was a bit apprehensive and was not sure whether the class‚ or I for that matter‚ would participate much or learn much. After the class I felt great about the experience and learned a lot‚ it was good to have a conversation with my fellow classmates about the story in a relaxed atmosphere. I was confused on several aspects of the story and wanted to discuss several
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Socratic Seminar Questions 1. Do you think Medea should’ve let the children live? If so‚ who do you think she would’ve chosen and why? If not‚ why do you think Medea killed the children? I think it was right for Medea to kill the children. The children are a “product” during Medea and Jason’s relationship. Since Medea feels like Jason betrayed and tainted their relationship‚ she feels like letting the children not live is like destroying every last remnant of their
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Socratic Seminar Questions 2. The pomegranate tree is a symbol of the different stages of Hassan and Amir’s friendship. "One summer day‚ I used one of Ali’s kitchen knives to carve our names on it: "Amir and Hassan‚ the sultans of Kabul.’ Those words made it formal: the tree was ours" (26). This quote represents Amir and Hassan’s relationship between them during their early childhood. They are extremely close and carving their names on the tree shows that they will be a part of each other’s
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Frankenstein Socratic Seminar Questions 1. Explain the novel’s popularity. What makes the novel a classic? How is the story appropriate for today and our society? -Frankenstein is important because Shelley wrote this "horrifying" book about a creature made of dead body parts. It opened doors to all kinds of science fiction and horror. It was one of the‚ if not the first of its’ kind. The monster was judged on his appearance. Becoming a symbol to today’s critical view of each other‚ and that in order
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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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