Socratic Seminar - Discussion Partner Evaluation

Name of person you are observing ___________________________________________________

Date___________
Your name: _______________________________________

Seminar Topic:

1) Record a check for each time your partner contributed in a meaningful way:
____

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____ (At least 3 times)

2) On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest, how well did your partner do at the
following?
Did your partner.? Check items below:
____Cite reasons and evidence for his/her statements with support from the text, class
notes?
____ Demonstrate that they had given thoughtful consideration to the topic?
____ Provide relevant and insightful comments?
____Demonstrate organized thinking? (stay on topic)
____ Move the discussion to a deeper level? (pose questions)
Notes/Comments:
_____ Analysis and Reasoning (out of 5pts)
2) Did your partner Check items below:
____ Speak loudly and clearly?
____ Talk directly to other students rather than the teacher?
____Stay focused on the discussion?
____ Invite other people into the discussion?
____Share air time equally with others (didnt talk more than was fair to others)?
Notes/Comments:
_____ Discussion Skills (out of 5pts)
4) Did your partner Check items below:
____Listen to others respectfully?
____Enter the discussion in a polite manner?
____Avoid inappropriate language (slang, swearing)?
____Avoid hostile exchanges?
____Question others in a civil manner?

_____ Civility (out of 5pts)

Notes/Comments:

Name:
Period:
Open-Ended Questions for a Socratic Seminar
To prepare for a Socratic Seminar, you must respond to these sentence frames to stimulate your
thinking about the article(s) you read.

Choose and complete 5 of the following:

What puzzles me is

Id like to talk with people about

Im confused about

Dont you think this is similar to

Do you agree that the big ideas seem to be

 I have questions about

Do you think

I think what the text is trying to say is

I can make a text to text, text to self, text to world connection

What I found most interesting was

I feel the most important line in the text isbecause