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Guided Reading
&
Socratic Seminar
On A Story
By
Francisco Jimenez
February
2015
Guided
Reading
and
Socratic
Seminar
on
a
story
by
Francisco
Jimenez
I. Seating,
timing,
and
materials
If
you
have
a
long
period,
you
can
do
both
parts
in
the
same
day.
If
not,
you
will
need
to
use
two
periods.
The
reading
and
guiding
factual
questions
should
take
about
30
minutes.
The
seminar
portion
should
be
about
20
minutes
long.
Seat
students
in
a
circle
or
square
or
U-shape
with
double
rows.
The
idea
is
for
them
to
be
able
to
see
each
other.
I
recommend
the
whole
book.
This
lesson
uses
one
story
to
demonstrate
a)
guiding
the
reading
of
the
entire
class
for
comprehension
and
then
b)
leading
a
Socratic
seminar
for
deep
dialogue
Using
the
Story
To
Have
and
To
Hold
from
Francisco
Jimenez,
The
Circuit
First
eight
pages
of
this
story
available
at
https://books.google.com/books?id=XWyw-
HUUeu0C&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=Francisco+Jimenez,+%22To+Have+and+t
o+Hold%22&source=bl&ots=LyrlsuOmum&sig=9C_1ZRY3zRV-
yolyZnbTMtoZi0U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4bvXVIHOKYHsoASewIDIAg&ved=0CCAQ6
AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Francisco%20Jimenez%2C%20%22To%20Have%20an
d%20to%20Hold%22&f=false.
Complete
book
available
for
approximately
$6.00
II. Procedure
for
Guided
Reading
Ask
students
to
read
first
three
pages
silently.
With
small
white
boards
or
pieces
of
poster
paper
ask
each
to
write
the
answer
to
this
question
and
keep
their
answers
to
themselves
until
you
ask
for
them
to
hold
them
up:
What
type
of
coin
did
the
narrator
collect?
Wait
a
moment.
Then
ask
all
students
to
hold
up
their
white
boards
(or
poster
paper)
Look
around.
Praise
the
answer
(Answer:
pennies)
Dont
say
anything
about
wrong
answers,
III. Procedure
for
Seminar
In
the
seminar
session,
the
questions
have
to
do
with
the
big
issues
of
philosophy,
justice,
injustice,
love,
relationships.
They
do
not
have
right
and
wrong
answers,
but
the
student
should
provide
evidence
from
the
text
to
support
what
he/she
says.
Rules
for
participants
Listen
to
each
person.
Raise
your
hand.
Address
what
others
say
by
agreeing,
disagreeing,
or
raising
another
point.
each
time
speaking
with
respect.
Everyone
participate
at
least
once.
Rules
for
the
teacher
or
leader:
The
role
of
the
teacher
is
to
lead
the
dialogue.
Resist
the
temptation
to
talk
yourself!!!!
Ask
students
to
respond
to
each
other.
Be
encouraging.
Ask
follow
up
questions.
If
you
information
to
provide,
WAIT
until
the
seminar
is
over.
Seminar
Questions:
1. Does
the
author
think
the
parents
in
the
story
are
effective
parents
or
not?
(Provide
evidence
from
the
text)
Examples:
*
Yes.
The
father
used
his
familys
story
to
teach
his
son
(3rd
page
father
shows
the
coin
and
talks
about
his
birth
and
the
Mexican
revolution)
Yes.
The
mother
talked
kindly
with
her
son
when
he
was
angry.
No.
The
house
caught
on
fire
No.
They
let
the
little
girl
get
away
with
anything
Work
on
getting
them
to
respond
to
each
other.
Do
you
agree
with
Maria
that
the
mother
was
a
good
parent
because
she
was
patient?
Next
question:
What
do
you
think?
Were
they
effective
parents?
DONT
ask
this
question
until
you
have
THOROUGHLY
discussed
the
one
before.
Otherwise,
they
wont
learn
thoughtful
reading.
They
will
only
be
talking
about
their
own
opinions
Other
possible
seminar
questions:
2. Is
the
family
happy?
3. Does
the
author
believe
that
something
bad
can
be
turned
into
something
good?
Evaluating
the
seminar:
Ask
students
to
write
down
what
they
learned
very
briefly
and
hand
you
the
answer
as
they
walk
out
the
door.