Socratic Seminar: Participant Rubric
A Level Participant
B Level Participant
C Level Participant
D or F Level Participant
A Level Participant
- Participant offers enough solid analysis, without prompting, to move the conversation forward
- Participant, through her comments, demonstrates a deep knowledge of the text and the question
- Participant has come to the seminar prepared, with notes and a marked/annotated text
- Participant, through her comments, shows that she is actively listening to other participants
- Participant 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
- Participant offers solid analysis without prompting
- Through comments, participant demonstrates a good knowledge of the text and the question
- Participant has come to the seminar prepared, with notes and a marked/annotated text
- Participant shows that he/she is actively listening to others and offers clarification and/or follow-up
C Level Participant
- Participant offers some analysis, but needs prompting from the seminar leader
- Through comments, participant demonstrates a general knowledge of the text and question
- Participant is less prepared, with few notes and no marked/annotated text
- 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 her comments
D or F Level Participant
- 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
- Participant distracts the group by interrupting other speakers or by offering off topic questions and comments.
- Participant ignores the discussion and its participants