A Separate Peace-John Knowles
Socratic Seminar-Mondays
A quiz on the chapters will take place before each Socratic Seminar.
The vocabulary and discussion question assignments are due before each Socratic Seminar (even if you are absent the day before).
1st Seminar-Monday, April 22
Chapters 1-5
Themes to consider while reading:
a. Coming-of-age-Bildungsroman
b. The relationship between war and peace
c. The nature of friendship
d. Transformation
Vocabulary:
On the day of the Socratic Seminars (Mondays), have the definitions copied on a separate sheet of paper, copy the sentence example from the novel, and write your own sentence with each. A grade will be taken.
Chapter 1:
salient-something that projects upward or outward from its surroundings
matriarchal- of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a woman who rules her family or tribe.
Chapter 3:
venerable-worthy of respect or reverence by reason of age and dignity, character, or position
insidious-characterized by treachery or slyness; crafty; wily
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