Socratic Seminar: Participant Rubric Participant offers enough solid analysis, without prompting, to move the conversation forward Participant offers insightful and specific comments (at three) to further the A Level Participant discussion. Participant, through his or her comments, demonstrates a deep knowledge of the  100 text and the question Participant has come to the seminar prepared  94 Participant, through his or her comments, shows that s/he is actively listening to  other participants S/he offers clarification and/or follow-up that extends the conversation  Participant’s remarks often refer back to specific parts of the text.  Participant offers solid analysis without prompting  Through his or her comments, participant demonstrates a good knowledge of the  B Level Participant text and the question 89 Participant has come to the seminar prepared  Participant shows that s/he is actively listening to others. S/he offers clarification  and/or follow-up 83 Participant offers some analysis, but needs prompting from the seminar leader  Through his or her comments, participant demonstrates a general knowledge of  C Level Participant the text and question 79 Participant is less prepared  Participant is actively listening to others, but does not offer clarification and/or  follow-up to others’ comments 73 Participant relies more upon his or her opinion, and less on the text to drive his or  her comments Participant offers little commentary  Participant comes to the seminar ill-prepared with little understanding of the text  D or F Level Participant and question 65, 50, or 0 Participant does not listen to others, offers no commentary to further the  discussion
Socratic Seminar: Participant Rubric A Level Participant 100 94 Participant offers enough solid analysis, without prompting, to move the conversation forward Participant offers insightful and specific comments (at three) to further the discussion.  Participant, through his or her comments, demonstrates a deep knowledge of the text and the question  Participant has come to the seminar prepared  Participant, through his or her comments, shows that s/he is actively listening to other participants  S/he offers clarification and/or follow-up that extends the conversation  Participant’s remarks often refer back to specific parts of the text. B Level Participant 89 83  Participant offers solid analysis without prompting  Through his or her comments, participant demonstrates a good knowledge of the text and the question  Participant has come to the seminar prepared  Participant shows that s/he is actively listening to others. S/he offers clarification and/or follow-up C Level Participant 79 73  Participant offers some analysis, but needs prompting from the seminar leader  Through his or her comments, participant demonstrates a general knowledge of the text and question  Participant is less prepared  Participant is actively listening to others, but does not offer clarification and/or follow-up to others’ comments  Participant relies more upon his or her opinion, and less on the text to drive his or her comments D or F Level Participant 65, 50, or 0  Participant offers little commentary  Participant comes to the seminar ill-prepared with little understanding of the text and question  Participant does not listen to others, offers no commentary to further the discussion
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