1. Entrance Ticket
Prepare some comments/questions you would like to share in today’s Socratic Seminar
EQ: Is college worth it for everybody?

2. Agenda
Review Socratic Seminar Format
Socratic Seminar
Self-Evaluation

3. What is a Socratic seminar?
A discussion/dialogue which is:
Question-driven
Collaborative
Text-based (usually)
Structured
Facilitated

4. What are the benefits of the outer circle/inner circle structure?
Can reduce seminar participants by one-half
Provides a system for peer feedback of seminar
Focuses attention on seminar processes and behaviors
Gives students a different perspective on discussion

6. Schedule (40 minutes) Seminar #1 -- 8 minutes Feedback -- 2 minutes
Self-Assessment -- 4 minutes

7. How are students graded?
Behaviors during the seminar
Number of comments
Quality of comments
References to the text
Building on comments of others
Asking questions of others

8. Opening questions Are there any terms which we need to define?
What do you think is the most important sentence in the sections read?
Is there a question you have about the sections?
What does the title of the book mean?
How does this reading relate to what we did yesterday (or last week, etc.)?