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: Page #__________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #__________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Page #___________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Adapted from: http://nwabr.org/sites/default/files/SocSem.pdf