Socratic Seminar Question Types: Othello

In class Mondday, March 21st, you will be creating Socratic Seminar questions (one for each of the following); the class will respond to on Wednesday, March 23rd. They will be due Tuesday, March 22nd.


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

Example: How do you deal with jealousy?


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: How was the Turkish fleet destroyed at Cyprus?


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: What reason(s) does Iago give for wanting to destroy Othello?


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: When circumstantial evidence points to your guilt, how do you prove your innocence?


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: What "fatal flaw" does Shakespeare give Othello?

All questions must be accompanied by a valid answer or no credit will be awarded for those questions. Questions that can only be answered with evidence from the movie will receive no credit. Questions that can be answered with evidence from the movie that also appears in the play will receive 14 points each (for a maximum of 70). Questions that can be answered with evidence only from the play will receive 19 points each (for a maximum of 95). If all five of your questions can only be answered with evidence from the play you will receive an extra 5 points (for a total of 100).