Extra-Credit--Socratic Seminar

There are only a couple of weeks left of school and many of you could use some extra points before grades are submitted. As such, I am offering extra-credit to any individual who would be willing to plan and execute a socratic seminar for the class. If you are interested, you must come up with an article on a topic that would be appropriate to discuss in class (newspaper article, poem, excerpt from a story, lyrics, etc.) and develop at least five questions with which to engage the participants in the seminar. You must bring this sheet to me so that I may review it and give you the o.k. to present it to the class and execute the discussion. You must submit this information to me at least one day in advance of the discussion (preferably two). You will then be required to make copies of the article and questions for each student in the class and to lead the discussion on the date agreed upon. Please see me if you have any questions or concerns.