Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Socratic Seminar Question Types: Lord of the Flies, Chapters 1-3

Submit one (1) of each of the following by Wednesday, October 13. I will pick several and post them to the website Wednesday night. Be prepared to discuss them in class on Thursday, October 14.

WORLD CONNECTION QUESTION
Write a question connecting the text to the real world.

Example: When you are lost, what strategies do you use to get “found”?


CLOSE-ENDED QUESTION
Write a question about the text that will help everyone in the class come to an agreement about events or characters in the text. This question usually has a “correct” answer.

Example: Why do Jack Merridew and his friends dress in uniform?


OPEN-ENDED QUESTION
Write an insightful question about the text that will require proof and group discussion and “construction of logic” to discover or explore the answer to the question.

Example: After reading the first three chapters of Lord of the Flies, what conclusions can you draw about Piggy’s personality?


UNIVERSAL THEME/ CORE QUESTION
Write a question dealing with a theme(s) of the text that will encourage group discussion about the universality of the text.

Example: After reading the first three chapters of Lord of the Flies, what responsibilities do you feel the strong have toward the weak?


LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTION
Write a question dealing with HOW an author chose to compose a literary piece. How did the author manipulate point of view, characterization, poetic form, archetypal hero patterns, for example?

Example: In the opening line, Golding describes Ralph as “[t]he boy with the fair hair.” What implications might his diction choice, “fair,” suggest to the reader?

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