1. Q2 Week 2-3 Group Sonnet Project
Freshmen
Q2 Week 2-3
Group Sonnet Project

2. Romeo and Juliet Reading Expectations:
Read one act each week (be ready for a quiz each Friday)
Weekly Study Guides (filled out in class)
Summarizing and Analytical Sentences (filled out at home)
Essay Brainstorms each Friday– one final essay
Modernized Script and Performances

3. Socratic Seminar
What is Socratic Seminar? • A teaching strategy to encourage students to engage in critical thinking, listening, communicating, and wonder  • A forum in which students determine the flow of classroom discussion and teachers serve as facilitators  • An atmosphere of intellectual engagement, cooperation, and conversation where students learn the difference between DIALOGUE and DEBATE  • The goal is not to answer questions, but to generate more questions  Socratic Seminar: The teacher’s role
Facilitator, not director 
Teacher’s sole responsibility is to pose well thought out, open-ended questions 
The teacher gives no response, negative or positive, to the students’ discussion or positive, to the students’ discussion
The teacher can pose more questions to “move” discussion from stalemate positions

4. Socratic Seminar Suggested Rules
Do not raise your hand during discussion. 
Do not interrupt another person. Begin speaking when he or she has finished. 
Be respectful of all participants’ opinions. 
Disagreement is fine. Do so in a respectful manner. 
Don’t direct your comments to the teacher– direct them to everyone. 
Support your opinions with evidence from the text. 
Don’t be afraid to ask questions! 
Remember... there’s no one “RIGHT ANSWER.”

5. Expectations: Be sure to fill out discussion tracker
First, small group discussions and then whole class discussions
Be sure to participate– talk and listen
Be respectful of all participants’ opinions
Whole Class Discussion Question: With quality, equality, and choice in mind, how should we grade group work fairly? Should there be consequences if group members aren’t following your rules/expectations? If so, what?

6. Comp Book: 10/16
You will be working on a group project the next two weeks that is worth 100 points. I want you to brainstorm some goals and guidelines for your group so you have success.
In your own experience, what is the worst thing about group work? How can we prevent that from happening?
What grade would you like to get? How can we ensure that happens?
Should there be consequences if group members aren’t following your rules/expectations? If so, what?

7. Sonnet Group Project: Worth 100 Points
Step One: Annotate poem and fill out quatrain graphic organizer (15 points)
Step Two: Fill out rhetorical analysis essay graphic organizer (15 points)
Step Three: Write group essay (30 points)
Step Four: Create 3 multiple choice questions for the class on your poem (10 points)
Step Five: Divide and memorize lines of poem
Step Six: Present poem to class and ask quiz questions (30 points)

8. Tuesday

9. Step Two: Essay Graphic Organizer
Remember: Each group member needs to analyze a different rhetorical device but use the same purpose.
Common Group Claim: Needs to use SOAPS and create the roadmap for your group’s essay. You need to mention each device your are using and the purpose.
EX. Shakespeare wrote many sonnets that explore romantic relationships and Sonnet 18 is no exception. In this sonnet, Shakespeare set forth many devices to reveal the beauty of his love using metaphors, diction, tone, and volta.
Author
Summary:
Audience
Purpose

10. Thursday

11. Sonnet Group Project: Quiz Questions
Remember: Your group needs to have four rigorous multiple choice questions.
Possible ideas:
Best summary of the quatrains
Overall tone and diction supporting this tone
Theme/message of sonnet
Finding where the volta happens
Finding metaphors/similes and explaining them

12. Step Five: Memorize and Present Sonnet
Exemplary: 10 Points
Proficient: 7 points
Needs Work: 5 Points
Quiz Questions
Three adequately difficult multiple choice questions were created about the sonnet.
Three questions were created, but some lacked the needed rigor.
Three questions were created, but they were ridiculously easy to answer.
Memorization
Each group member memorized his/her assigned lines. No looking at the paper was needed.
Group members tried to memorize the lines, but had to look at notes a couple times.
Group simply read the poem from notes.
Presentation
Group spoke in iambic pentameter and loud, clear voices. They was the needed inflection in their voices.
Group spoke in loud, clear voices with inflection.
Group was hard to hear or lacked inflection.
Professionalism
Group was able to complete project on time and work well together.
Group was able to complete project on time, but had a few minor issues working together.
Group did not complete the project on time.

13. Friday

14. Sonnet Group Project Presentations
Present sonnet
Teach your sonnet (explain/summarize/teach devices/etc.)
Ask class your quiz questions