Socratic Seminar and Activities: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Frost
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Description
Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 55-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, which is a fitting poem for the winter season. The resource includes a well-organized protocol for conducting a formal discussion or Socratic seminar based on Frost’s poem. On Day 1 and Day 2 students complete several poetry, writing, and vocabulary pre-seminar activities designed to help them engage in an effective seminar. On Day 3, the students engage in a formal discussion of the poem. The student leader asks open-ended questions while the inner circle participants listen closely to the comments of their peers, think critically for themselves, and articulate their own thoughts and responses to the thoughts of others. Students chosen for the outer circle observe the inner circle participants or leader using rubrics designed to focus the observations. All students practice 21st century skills as they learn to work cooperatively and to question intelligently and civilly. On Day 4 and Day 5, students engage in a seminar debriefing and complete post seminar reflection, self-assessments, writing assignments, and a recitation activity related to the seminar topics and Frost’s poem. The resource is appropriate for middle school, high school, and adult learners. An agenda is included for Days 1-5.
All of the following are included in this resource:
*55 Slides with Teaching Notes underneath Slides
*Common Core Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
*Teacher Preparation Slides for Days 1-5
*Day 1 Agenda, Day 2 Agenda, Day 3 Agenda, Day 4 Agenda, and Day 5 Agenda
*Socrates Background Information/Brief Writing Activity
*Robert Frost Background Information/Brief Writing Activity
*Socratic Seminar Goals
*Socratic Seminar Norms
*Pre-Seminar Information
*Poem: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
*Pre-Seminar Independent Thinking Printable
*Pre-Seminar Critical Thinking Questions Printable
*Poetry Scramble with Three Tasks
*3 Slides with Quick Writes Using Quotes Related to the Poem
*23 Example Socratic Seminar Question Stems
*Seminar Debriefing Activity and Questions
*Post Seminar Recitation Activity with Rubric
*Room Arrangement Options
*3 Vocabulary Activities related to “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
*Leader Responsibilities
*Time Keeper Responsibilities
*Inner Circle Responsibilities
*Outer Circle Responsibilities
*Leader Questions for “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
*Socratic Seminar Sentence Starters
*Outer Circle Observation Checklist Printable
*Inner Circle Self-Assessment and Reflection Printable
*Observation of Leader Checklist Printable
*Teacher Evaluation of Seminar Option 1 Printable
*Teacher Evaluation of Seminar Option 2 Printable
*Post Seminar: Change Process Writing Assignment 1
*Post Seminar: Literary Devices and Theme Student Choice A or B Writing Assignment 2
*Post Seminar: Short Story based on Poem Writing Assignment 3
*Author’s Notes
*6 Rubrics/Checklist/Self-Assessment/Peer-Assessment
*44 Seating and Participation Assignment Cards for Socratic Seminar
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