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  • Socratic Seminar - ‘The Dream’

    November 5th, 2009 by Humanities 8 Journey

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    Our Socratic Seminar is about the short story, ‘The Dream’  by the Thai writer, Kuruvin Boon-Long. Make sure that you have carefully read the story and be ready to have an open-ended discussion.

    Here is the file for the story:

    the-dream

    And here is an audio recording of ‘The Dream’ (narrated by Mrs. Joan Estin):

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    In order to participate in the discussion, you need to bring a copy of the story, your learning log notebook and a completed entry-ticket.

    We’ll use our Socratic Seminar to explore questions and speculations about the story. Here are some points you can touch on (maybe you can think of others!):

    * questions about some aspect of the story’s plot and theme

    * questions about vocabulary and/or use of figurative language and symbolism

    * connections to our unit on Consumer Economics + Identity (e.g., perception, influence, etc.)

    * the author’s purpose in writing this story

    * personal connections you have with the story

    And here are some sentence starters you might want to use during the seminar:

    * I’d like to know…              * I’m not sure, but…

    * I’m wondering why…       * What puzzles me is…

    * I’m confused about…       * I’d like to ask the author…

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