Socratic Seminar Day!
1. Grit Survey:Grit Scale Survey
2. Review the purpose and guidelines of a Socratic Seminar.
3. Socratic seminar over Ted Talk- "Grit", drawing in previous texts from first week.
4. Socratic seminar reflection sheet: Socratic Seminar Reflection. MAKE A COPY then CLOSE MINE. Print off. Due on Friday, August 24th *** I gave you a copy in class.
4. Introduction to The Other Wes Moore: One Name. Two Fates.
Personal memoir: a genre of literature in which a person writes about their life or the“memories” from their past.
Point of View: The perspective from which a story is told.
First Person: Writing from the author's or main character's point of view.
Third Person: Author knows the thoughts and feelings of characters. Limited: one character.
Point of View tells us who is telling the story or from what perspective it is being told from.
When a story is told from the 1st person point of view, we know that the author is the person telling
the story because the author typically uses “I” and “my” in the story. A story written from the 3rd person point of view occurs when the author is not speaking about his/her own experiences. Instead, they narrate a story about other people’s lives and experiences.
WATCH: Afternoon of Conversation- Wes Moore
FOR FRIDAY:
Read AND annotate: The introduction and Chapter 1 of The Other Wes Moore.
Things to consider when reading/annotating:
1. What is the meaning of the title?
2. What is the structure of this book? Why do you think it is structured in this manner?
3. Who are the major "players" in the book? How are they introduced?
4. What is the point of view? What are the advantages/disadvantages to this point of view?
5. What major plot actions happen in the reading?
6. What patterns are you seeing? Words? Character behavior?
7. How does this tie into ground work presented in class?
8. What questions do you have about the reading?
9. What do you notice about society? Culture?
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