Socratic Seminar Prep Worksheet.docx

ENGL:273G
Socratic Seminar Preparation Worksheet
Please complete this table in its entirety.
What confuses me about
__________’s article is…
What confuses me about
__________’s article is…
I’d like to talk with people about…
I disagree with _____________’s
claim that...
I disagree with _____________’s
claim that...
This seems similar to…
I think the big ideas in the
_________’s article are…
I think the big ideas in the
_________’s article are…
Another idea or point of view is…
What does it mean when
__________says…
Do you think Walker’s story also
speaks to…
Do you agree that…
Draft a potential thesis, or argument,
that you could make about the short
story you’ve chosen, with the critical
articles you read in mind.
Due: March 3, 2014
ENGL:273G
Socratic Seminar Preparation Worksheet
Due: March 3, 2014
Name: _________________________________
For our class on Monday, March 3, we’ll be preparing for the second paper by holding a Socratic Seminar during class. You
will need to fill out this worksheet in order to participate in the seminar. Use the prompts to stimulate your thinking about the
texts of your choice, which you should select from the lists below:
I will be writing about:
(a) Alice Walker’s “Strong Horse Tea”
(b) Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”
I will be using the following TWO articles in my paper:
(a) Barbara Christian, “Introduction” to “Everyday Use”
(b) Elaine Showalter, “Common Threads”
(c) Houston A. Baker, Jr. and Charlotte Pierce-Baker, “Patches: Quilts and Community in Alice Walker’s
‘Everyday Use’”
(d) Deborah Hooker’s “Reanimating the Trope of the Talking Book in Alice Walker’s ‘Strong Horse Tea’”
Locate at least three quotes within Alice Walker’s text that might help you to think more deeply about the two
critical articles you read. To help you think about which quotes to choose, consider:
 How do certain passages serve as examples of the points in Hooker’s article and the article you chose?
 How do some passages not line up with the claims in the above articles?
 Are there particular passages you find especially interesting?
Write the quotes you have chosen below:
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Adapted from: http://nwabr.org/sites/default/files/SocSem.pdf