Romeo and juliet act i and ii socratic seminar

What is Socratic Seminar?
• A teaching strategy to encourage students to engage in critical thinking, listening, communicating, and wonder
• A forum in which students determine the flow of classroom discussion and teachers serve as facilitators
• An atmosphere of intellectual engagement, cooperation, and conversation where students learn the difference between DIALOGUE and DEBATE
• The goal is not to answer questions, but to generate more questions

Facilitator, not director
Teacher’s sole responsibility is to pose well thought out, open-ended questions
The teacher gives no response, negative or positive, to the students’ discussion or positive, to the students’ discussion
The teacher can pose more questions to “move” discussion from stalemate positions

Support your opinions with evidence from the text.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions!
Remember. there’s no one “RIGHT ANSWER.”

QUESTIONS:

For those of you that did not speak 3x then please answer (in 3-5sentences) 2 of the following questions of your choice.
ALL OF YOU will write a 6-10 paragraph answering these questions:
What did I learn while reading Romeo and Juliet?
Di d this activity help you in your understanding of the play? Why? If it didn't help, then tell me why it didn't work?

What effect does the accelerated time scheme have on the play’s development? Is it plausible that a love story of this magnitude could take place so quickly? Does the play seem to take place over as little time as it actually occupies?
Compare and contrast the characters of Tybalt and Mercutio. Why does Mercutio hate Tybalt?
Which character in Romeo and Juliet do you think is most responsible for the tragedy? Give specific reasons why.
Explain the importance and relevance of this quote:

6. How is loved portrayed in the media? How is this similar to or different from how love is portrayed in Romeo and Juliet? How accurate is this portrayal?

7. In your opinion,what is the job of a good parent? Explain using textual evidence.

8. What responsibility should the Nurse and/or the Friar bear for the play's tragic ending? The Prince announces that "some shall be pardoned and some punished." Do either the Nurse or the Friar deserve punishment? Who else, in your opinion, might bear some responsibility for the two lovers' deaths?

9. How did Romeo’s actions affect others? What does this show about how one person’s actions affect others?

10. Why do humans turn to secrecy in order to solve their problems and how does this affect everyday life?

11. In clips from the movies we saw, w hat was more of an audience-grabbing part of the scene, the death of Tybalt or the death of Mercutio? Why?

12. What is love? Are teenagers capable of "real" love?