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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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 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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“Heart of Darkness Evaluation” The Socratic Seminar attempted to address a variety of topics from the book Heart of Darkness. This particular session didn’t really gain a momentum or enthusiasm needed to open up a more detailed discussion of the book. The inner circle struggled to answer some of the targeted questions and got off to a rather slow conversational start. There was an uncomfortable silence at the beginning of the discussion. In addition‚ not everyone in the inner circle contributed
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The Great Gatsby by Cooper‚ Niamh‚ Alex‚ Will and Jakob Daisy’s Voice • ‘a deathless song’ - her seemingly eternal youth • goal of an eternal‚ perfect life relates back to the common idea of the American dream • Daisy’s voice is ‘full of money’ - reflects the kind of life she lives. • ‘high in a white palace the Kings daughter‚ the golden girl’. • symbolise the hollowness and materialistic nature of the upper class. The Green Light • represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future • Gatsby
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18 quotes “The World is Better than Ever” That small elite has received 95% of wealth created since 2009‚ after the financial crisis‚ while the bottom 90% of Americans have become poorer‚ Oxfam said. Last year‚ for example‚ the United Nations announced that the global rate of extreme poverty‚ defined as less than $1.25 per person per day‚ has been cut in half since 1990‚ far faster than expected Polling has found that most voters think foreign aid accounts for anywhere from 10% to half of the
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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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The Great Gatsby Socratic Seminar Paul Earnest Semar 11 2/19/14 1. The american dream is a dream that people have for themselves in order to become happy
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Socratic Seminar is a group discussion over a certain text where a leader asks a question about the text. This quarter I have learned how to lead and participate in Socratic Seminar and have a group discussion. This will help me later in life in college and when I get a job because it will help me contribute to a group discussion and be part of a team. In Socratic Seminar‚ I led the class first time doing Socratic Seminar it showed me how to lead a group and take control. While in S
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Format for Socratic Seminar in Mr. C-D’s Class: I know you have participated in Socratic Seminars in a variety of ways in your English classes. I go about it differently than you have experienced it in the past‚ I think. At the college level‚ I view the Socratic Seminar as an intellectual discussion/study group; students interacting with both the text and each other with the goal of preparing themselves for a culminating written assessment the following day. As such‚ I do not grade by a rubric
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