This resource includes a rubric, guidelines, discussion prompts, and student reflection for a Socratic Seminar based on ANY text. A Socratic seminar is a student-led, formal discussion, based on a text. The conversation focuses on rigorous and thoughtful dialogue amongst classmates. Students must prepare by reading and annotating the text. Then during the seminar, they will listen closely to the comments of others while thinking critically for themselves. They must talk to EACH OTHER, not the te