Socratic Seminar Guide
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Outer Circle Directions: Place a check (✓ ) in the boxes below each time your partner:
Speaks in the discussion
✔+ (significant contributions)
✔- (minimal contributions)
Refers to a text
Makes eye contact with peers while speaking
Asks a new or follow-up question
References ideas of peers
Builds on another’s idea or offers a new idea
Encourages another participant to speak
Place an X in the boxes below each time your partner:
Interrupts another speaker
Engages in a distracting behavior
Feedback for partner:
★ Based on your table above, what recommendations can you give to your partner?
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★ What is one question that your partner could have asked that would have contributed even more to the
discussion?
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Inner Circle Directions: Answer the questions below in complete sentences.
1. How would you rate your contribution to the discussion on a scale of 1-10? Why?
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2. Which question generated the best discussion? Why?
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3. Who would you consider the MVP of the discussion? Why?
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4. What is one thing you wish you could have added to the discussion?
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5. What new insights about the Civil Rights Movement did you get as a result of this discussion?
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