This lesson plan is a comprehensive guide to introducing, applying, and assessing an authentic Socratic seminar in your English classroom! Although the content was originally built around the play "A Streetcar Named Desire," the handouts can be modified and adapted for other reading selections. The handouts contain: background information on a Socratic seminar, over twelve questions relating to themes in the book, rubrics for assessment, observation notes, and a write-up reflection for the stude