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Walking in Circles – Talking in Socratic Circles
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In class today, we were put in a large Socratic Circles for Ender’s Game. This was done to encourage critical thinking. It was comprised of approximately fifteen students. We discussed the chapters that were assigned. We were encouraged to use sagacious discussion to develop strategic questions. Specifically, we used figurative language such as e=mc2 and connected the purpose of the author. Ender was promoted to a Commander. The author had Ender promoted to demonstrate that he started at the bottom and rose to the top. Ender also won the first seven of his battle simulations. This is a feat that had never been accomplished. The author made the simulations easy in order

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