11th Field Experience Blog, EGL 440 Samantha Summers
My Top Ten Experiences from this Semester 1. Socratic Seminars in Action In an eleventh grade AP class, students participated in Socratic Seminars that promoted close analysis of Toni Morrison's Son of Solomon. The Socratic Seminar activity lasted for a week, and involved students working in groups. Each group would have the floor on a particular day, and would discuss several chapters from the novel. In the outside circle, students listened respectfully and intently. Each student in the outside circle was expected to choose a classmate within the inside circle to observe. Subsequently, the observers would record feedback that they had for this chosen classmate regarding the classmate's contributions to the conversation. Additionally, students in the outside circle could pull up an additional desk and join the inside circle if they had something to add to the conversation. 2. Song Showdown A teacher had her students compare two versions of a song fr...