Socratic Circles: The Second Best Tool for Teaching

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The first is the cattle prod.

Socrates.
The true father of education.

A teacher that was sentenced to death for
“corrupting the youth”.
A man that practically created pedagogy
and the probable inventor of
the toga party.

Know what?!
You too can cause
intellectual celebration and self-destruction
in your very own classroom!

I present…
The Socratic Circle.
aka
The Socratic Seminar.
aka
Cultural Circles.

 

 

Above is a sampling by
Grand Master Teacher Larry Light
using quotes about Gandhi
to demonstrate character analysis.
However, anything may be used
to push discussion along
including art, articles, & poetry.

This is the bread and butter and jam
of Quotationals lessons.
THE best tool to connect
kids, families, and community.

A copy of the Gandhi quotes can be found here.
A copy of the follow-up Gandhi Non-Test can be found here.
A copy of Common Core Standards can be found here.

Now, go question.
-Q

Quotes About Your Family (Video)

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Does this sound like your family?:

Having a place to go – is a home.
Having someone to love – is a family.
Having both – is a blessing.
> Donna Hedges <

How about this one then?:

Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.

We have the entire spectrum covered.
Enjoy,
-Q

Top 10s- Top 10 Quotes About Family

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Quotes about our loved ones.

Quotes about our loved ones.

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*Sigh*
Ah, family…

Love them
or
[passive-aggressively] hate them.
Either way,
they give us a good reason
to celebrate gluttony
and team up to shop for
Black Friday deals.

Please click here
to find funny & thoughtful quotes
about loving our loved ones.

Filming Poetry at SCSUSB

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Here are some pics of SCIPP students recording their poetry and writing for an upcoming video.

Enjoy.
-Q

KVCR TV Interviews SCIPP Creators

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Students & Coyotes: Instruction in Poetry and Prose,
or S.C.I.P.P.,
is what public education
can become.

On a college campus!
Working alongside graduate students!
Writing poetry and prose!
With Los Madres next door 
debating college, parenting, and community!
En Espanol!

It is here
the world of the K-12 student
leaves a fear-based curriculum
to create, critique, share
at Cal State San Bernardino.

And it all started with a simple
conversation between a few teachers.

Please enjoy the video above
and write a comment below.

-Q

Special thanks to Professor Delgado
and the MFA mentors
for seeing that giving back
is among the most useful of lessons.

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Top 10s: Seven Deadly Sins Quotes

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Do I need to mention that this list
may not be suitable for kids?

Wrath
Envy
Gluttony
Sloth
Pride
Lust
Greed

Well, we thought
it was about time
that somebody quoted
on the subject.

A pdf can be found here.

Spread the guilt,
-Q

Lexicongraphers are dreamy…

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Yes, it is true.
I fancy the nerdy femme fatales.
How could you not?!

The glasses.
The nomenclature.
Their virtues as a scrabble partner…

But I digress!
This little tasty video is about words.
Beautiful words.
We all use them.
Make them.
Fear them.

But fret not!
You can control these terrifying teamings of phonemes.
You can even make up your own!

PoopleDabble.

See?!, I just made one!:
PoopleDabble = n. little lies used by “experts” to justify their expertise.  Ronald used a fair amount of PoopleDabble to justify the $1o,ooo he spent on his teaching credential.

Double dactyl, yo.

So enjoy this video from Erin McKean (more like Erin McDreamy-wink, wink)
and expand all of our vocabularies by making new vocabulary.

Word.

-Q

 

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Constitution Day Video

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A video to accompany our lovely list
of Constitution Day quotations.

Yes, I am more patriotic
than you.

I own a powdered wig.
I also have a pet bald eagle
named Jorge Washington.
And about 50 mice all named
King George III.

-Q

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The (un)American Dream: Knocking on Opportunity’s Door

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“I don’t have talent.  I have tenacity.”
Henry Rollins.
Frontman for the (in)famous punk band Black Flag.

Americana at its best!
A story of dumb luck.
And seizing opportunity by the throat.
And the marriage betweenst the two…

“[My story] is a story of a lot of luck,
but taking advantage of opportunity
& working really d@#% hard.”

Ponder this:
How would education change
if tenacity was graded in instead
of ability?

-Q