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Socratic Seminars in the Block

Author(s): Ball, Wanda H.
ISBN10: 188300179X
ISBN13: 9781883001797
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Table of Contents
Foreword v
Preface vii
About the Authors viii
From Socrates to Seminars
1(8)
Socrates the Teacher
2(1)
Seminar as Sound Practice
3(2)
Community
4(1)
Connection
4(1)
Communication
4(1)
Control
5(1)
Block Scheduling and Socratic Seminar
5(2)
References
7(2)
Roles, Rules, and Responsibilities During a Seminar
9(12)
Snapshot of a Socratic Seminar
11(2)
Student Responsibilities and Rules During Seminar
13(4)
Thinking During Seminar
14(1)
Speaking During Seminar
15(1)
Listening During Seminar
15(1)
Self-Awareness During Seminar
15(2)
Seminars With At-Risk Students
17(1)
Teacher Responsibilities and Rules During Seminar
17(3)
References
20(1)
Preparing the Classroom and Reader for Socratic Seminars
21(20)
Preparing the Classroom for Socratic Seminars
21(6)
Inner/Outer Circles
22(1)
Outer Circle Considerations
23(1)
Benefits of the Inner/Outer Circle Format
24(3)
Preparing the Reader for Seminar
27(1)
Directed Reading for Seminar
27(13)
Directed Reading Activity Model
29(2)
Three-Level Study Guides
31(6)
Marking a Text
37(1)
Graphic Organizer Models
37(3)
Student Reading Guides
40(1)
References
40(1)
Text Selection
41(10)
Guidelines for Determining the Suitability of Texts
41(1)
Strategies for Text Selection
42(4)
Combined Readings
43(1)
Using Artworks as Texts
44(1)
Using Films as Texts
44(2)
Math Texts
46(1)
Sources of Seminar Texts
46(5)
Applying Seminars to the Disciplines
51(10)
Suggestions for an Integrated Seminar Unit
53(8)
History
53(1)
Science
54(3)
English
57(1)
Additional Seminar Suggestions
57(1)
Various Ways a Single Text May Be Applied to Different Disciplines
58(3)
Writing Socratic Questions
61(16)
Opening Questions
61(2)
Core Questions
63(1)
Closing Questions
64(1)
Followup Questions
65(2)
Developing Seminar Questions
67(10)
Lesson Design Using Seminars
77(46)
Planning in the Block
77(5)
Planning the Socratic Seminar
82(18)
Preseminar Planning
83(8)
Postseminar Planning
91(9)
Model Lesson Plans
100(23)
``This Sacred Soil''
100(6)
``The Frogs Desiring a King''
106(5)
``A Psalm of Life''
111(5)
``Self-Reliance''
116(7)
Troubleshooting the ``What IFS''
123(6)
What if the Opening Question Is Asked and No One Responds?
123(1)
What If Some Students Do Not ``Qualify'' for Seminar?
124(1)
What if a Student Misbihaves During Seminar?
125(1)
What if One Student Tries to Dominate the Seminar?
125(1)
What if Some Students Do Not Speak at All During Seminar?
126(1)
What if Some Students Think of Things after Seminar They Wish They had Said?
126(1)
What if Students Go Off on a Line of Reasoning that Is Faulty or Inaccurate and Start Building on It?
127(1)
What if Class Ends and the Seminar Is Not Finished?
127(1)
What if Some Students Are Absent and Miss a Seminar?
128(1)
Assessment of Seminars
129(24)
Recording Student Behaviors
130(2)
Charting
130(1)
Checklists
131(1)
Assigning Point Values
132(21)
Assessment Models
133(1)
Grading Feedback
133(13)
Assessment of Preseminars and Postseminars
146(5)
Grading Challenges and Wrapup
151(2)
Professional Evaluation and Coaching for Seminar
153(8)
The Bottom Line
159(2)
Bibliography 161

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