Innovative Approach to Help Student's Synthesize Reading and Connect Back to Text. by Mari Lasnetski https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia Made with ♥ en-us 2017-01-28 04:31:23 UTC 2025-10-07 00:52:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png Socratic Seminar nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021029 The Socratic style of discourse lends itself quite well to establishing critical thinkers due to the fact that Socrates believed that enabling students to think for themselves was more important than filling their heads with knowledge.
 
With so much talk about the standards and truly increasing our student's argumentative powers and critical thinking skills.]]> 2017-01-28 04:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021029 The Text nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021068 The approach begins by engaging in a guided reading of a novel.  Throughout the course of the week we read the novel and have CLASSROOM CONVERSATIONS about the story events and critical VOCABULARY associated with the readings.]]> 2017-01-28 04:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021068 The Questions nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021102 The Questions

 Students can be given a Socratic Seminar "Prep Sheet" at the beginning of the week.  The sheet asks the students to do the following:
 
#1.  Summarize the assigned reading
#2. Identify 3 compelling quotes or statements from the reading
#3.  Develop one Knowledge based question
#4.  Develop one Application style question
#5. Develop one Synthesis style question
]]> 2017-01-28 04:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021102 The Set Up nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021140 Arranged your room in a double horseshoe configuration and assigned five students to be the inner circle. The inner circle students were slated to be the ones discussing and interacting. The outer circle of students were slated to observe and reflect and provide a 'backchannel'.

]]> 2017-01-28 04:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021140 The Discourse nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021154 Relinquishing control is the MOST DIFFICULT thing!!  Once the seminar begins you need to truly force yourself not to jump in and facilitate.  Initially, it is truly awkward.  Students nervously giggle and looked down at their papers.  No one seems willing to emerge as a leader.  But, once they realized that no one was coming to their rescue, the dialogue begin and WOW. ]]> 2017-01-28 04:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021154 The Backchannel nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021183 To occupy my outer circle, I distributed 5 ipads (1 for every 3 students) and allowed them to connect on todaysmeet.com.  There they posted thoughts, questions, comments and even prompts to assist the inner circle.  ]]> 2017-01-28 04:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021183 nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021433 2017-01-28 05:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021433 nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021540 2017-01-28 05:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021540 nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021680 2017-01-28 05:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021680 Socratic Seminar nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021711 2017-01-28 05:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021711 nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021761 2017-01-28 05:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021761 Written Assessment nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021781 As an assessment tool, each student completed an Exit Slip paragraph where they exercised their argumentative writing skills by completing a one paragraph reflection on the grade they deserved as a result of their participation in the seminar.]]> 2017-01-28 05:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150021781 nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150022175 2017-01-28 05:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150022175 Inspire Literacy nextgenmari https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150022197 2017-01-28 05:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nextgenmari/ir90vflop2ia/wish/150022197