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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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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I thought the seminar was very interesting I was able to reach my goal by asking meaningful questions at the same time there was a lot of idea i wasn’t able to share with the group due the limited amount of time we had. I also learned a lot from others so i was almost able to picture myself in the shoes of a jew who was barely struggling to live and their life. Although i wasn’t able to express some of my ideas i was very satisfied when i was able to learn from ideas from others had to share. Overall
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Question 1: How does the novel reflect Puritan society? English Protestants created a large group of people in the 16th and 17th centuries called the Puritans. These people advocated strict religious discipline along with a strong beliefs and worshipping. The Scarlet Letter reflected on Puritan Society in several ways‚ from religion to discipline and punishment. Religion seemed to control everyone‚ the reverend was the person that everyone looked up to‚ and the community‚ as a whole‚ believed in
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Mariah Gleason English III-1 16 September 2012 The Crucible Socratic Seminar Questions 1. Mary enters Act II feeling weak‚ sad and guilty. This is first represented when she gives Elizabeth the poppet that she had hand-sewed. As the play advances‚ Mary breaks down in sobs while telling the Proctors about the proceedings she witnessed that day. Later‚ due to her strong sense of shame‚ Mary agrees to testify against Abigail in the high court with John. Seeing so many falsely accused people caused
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Frankenstein and Pride & Prejudice Socratic Seminar Reflection This Socratic Seminar made me agree much more with Socrates’ beliefs: that extended discussion and continual questioning facilitate the most meaningful learning experiences. It helped me understand the novel much more than I had before because I got to hear about the book from the perspective of others and how they interpreted the story and discussed what they thought were the positive and negative aspects of Frankenstein. I
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is all this unnecessary stress and pain I feel coming from? Well‚ I’m sitting in the middle of a graded socratic seminar. To start‚ graded socratic seminars put a lot of pressure on a person‚ especially someone who is shy. For one who doesn’t talk particularly a lot it causes anxiety. In the article Socratic seminars silence students‚ by Kaitie Puryear‚ she writes‚ “Grading Socratic Seminars is ridiculous. It puts students under an ungodly amount of pressure.” And I for one agree with her because
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The socratic seminar during class changed my thoughts vastly as it progressed. The multiple bright ideas spread throughout the entirety of the seminar created many opportunities to reflect upon the ideas I had going into the seminar. Many of the ideas revolved around the themes of destiny and the idea of Maktub. Overall‚ the seminar certainly contained a lot of material to build off of. A theme that was discussed repeatedly through the seminar was destiny. Nikol explained that destiny drove Santiago
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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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1. Frankenstein has many elements of a horror story. What strategies and devices does Shelley use to make the story scary? How does Shelley go beyond the usual horror story elements to focus on characters and the differences between their behaviors‚ beliefs and values? Some strategies Shelley uses to make this story is the theme of death and anticipation. She uses death as a horror theme by making it very persistent and making the reader feels the pain and struggle of Victor as he watches his family
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