Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Anthem Socratic Seminar Questions
Be prepared to discuss these questions in class on Thursday, January 27, 2011.
If you missed the seminar, submit well-thought out written responses to two questions (100%; one question=80%).
If you were in class and did not respond twice, use the back of your remaining half-sheets ("buns") to respond to the questions. If you respond to a question discussed in class, your response must add to the conversation we had. (+10 pts. each.)
WORLD CONNECTION QUESTIONS
How do you think you'd react if you were exiled from a group, team, clique, or organization because of your ideas/thoughts? --J.C. (1st)
How do you think you'd feel if you discovered that everything you know was a lie? --A.B. (3rd)
CLOSE-ENDED QUESTIONS
What did Equality 7-2521 discover in Chapter 3? --L.T. (8th)
What does "equal" mean in Anthem? --P.H. (7th)
What was Equality 7-2521's job? --G.O. (7th)
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
Why did Equality 7-2521 say he was born with a curse? --F.T. (3rd)
Why doesn't the Council allow the citizens to think? --V.A. (7th)
UNIVERSAL THEME / CORE QUESTIONS
Can a Eugenics program like the one in the book ever work? --J.H. (1st)
If fighting for your rights was considered a crime, how would you fight for them? --C.R. (3rd)
Why do people try to control others? --K.M. (8th)
LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
How does the dystopian setting help establish the mood of the story? --E.G. (1st)
What is the significance of the two allusions made in Chapter 12? --L.M. (3rd)
How does the mood of the story change from the beginning to the end? --P.J. (8th)
If you missed the seminar, submit well-thought out written responses to two questions (100%; one question=80%).
If you were in class and did not respond twice, use the back of your remaining half-sheets ("buns") to respond to the questions. If you respond to a question discussed in class, your response must add to the conversation we had. (+10 pts. each.)
WORLD CONNECTION QUESTIONS
How do you think you'd react if you were exiled from a group, team, clique, or organization because of your ideas/thoughts? --J.C. (1st)
How do you think you'd feel if you discovered that everything you know was a lie? --A.B. (3rd)
CLOSE-ENDED QUESTIONS
What did Equality 7-2521 discover in Chapter 3? --L.T. (8th)
What does "equal" mean in Anthem? --P.H. (7th)
What was Equality 7-2521's job? --G.O. (7th)
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
Why did Equality 7-2521 say he was born with a curse? --F.T. (3rd)
Why doesn't the Council allow the citizens to think? --V.A. (7th)
UNIVERSAL THEME / CORE QUESTIONS
Can a Eugenics program like the one in the book ever work? --J.H. (1st)
If fighting for your rights was considered a crime, how would you fight for them? --C.R. (3rd)
Why do people try to control others? --K.M. (8th)
LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
How does the dystopian setting help establish the mood of the story? --E.G. (1st)
What is the significance of the two allusions made in Chapter 12? --L.M. (3rd)
How does the mood of the story change from the beginning to the end? --P.J. (8th)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Socratic Seminar Question Types: Anthem
Submit one (1) of each of the following by Wednesday, January 26th. I will pick several and post them to the website that evening. Be prepared to discuss them in class on Thursday., January 27th. Questions may address any and all aspects of Anthem, but particular emphasis should be placed on the second half of the book.
WORLD CONNECTION QUESTIONS
Write one question connecting the text to the real world.
Example: How do you feel when others depend on you for success of the group?
CLOSE-ENDED QUESTIONS
Write one 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: In Chapter 3, which two chemical elements does Equality 7-2521 use to create an electrical current?
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
Write one 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: Why does the Council reject Equality 7-2521's light bulb?
UNIVERSAL THEME/ CORE QUESTIONS
Write one question dealing with a theme(s) of the text that will encourage group discussion about the universality of the text.
Example: After reading Anthem, do you feel it is more important to live individually or as part of a group?
LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
Write two questions 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 Anthem, why does Rand surround the village by an "uncharted forest"?
WORLD CONNECTION QUESTIONS
Write one question connecting the text to the real world.
Example: How do you feel when others depend on you for success of the group?
CLOSE-ENDED QUESTIONS
Write one 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: In Chapter 3, which two chemical elements does Equality 7-2521 use to create an electrical current?
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
Write one 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: Why does the Council reject Equality 7-2521's light bulb?
UNIVERSAL THEME/ CORE QUESTIONS
Write one question dealing with a theme(s) of the text that will encourage group discussion about the universality of the text.
Example: After reading Anthem, do you feel it is more important to live individually or as part of a group?
LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
Write two questions 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 Anthem, why does Rand surround the village by an "uncharted forest"?
Monday, January 24, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Anthem Meaningful Sentences
Use ten of these fifteen vocabulary words from Anthem to write meaningful sentences. Sentences that do not conform to the formula will not receive credit, nor will sentences with misspelled vocabulary. (Due 1/24/2011)
Vocabulary Words:
(click link for dictionary.com entry; number in parentheses is page number in book)
Remember:
For instance, if the vocabulary word was:
Vocabulary Words:
(click link for dictionary.com entry; number in parentheses is page number in book)
- Transgression (17)
- Vocation (17)
- Portal (19)
- Taut (40)
- Eugenics (41)
- Reprimand (45)
- Humble (66)
- Wretch (71)
- Infamy (71)
- Reverence (93)
- Edict (94)
- Vindicate (95)
- Covet (96)
- Depraved (97)
- Creed (97)
Remember:
- a meaningful sentence is made up of two independent sentences combined with a semicolon (;)
- the first sentence includes a vocabulary word
- the second sentence contains the definition of that vocabulary word
- the first word of the second sentence is not capitalized
- you should underline the vocabulary word and its definition
For instance, if the vocabulary word was:
Anthem (n): a song of praise, devotion, or patriotism.a meaningful sentence would be:
Before the Super Bowl, a celebrity always sings our national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"; that song fills me with pride for America whenever I hear it.
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