Lesson 1:  Cast of Characters.  VHR Chapter 1.  Assignments and Deadlines.
  Lesson 2:  Plot-Check Quiz Key on Volume 1.  Clips from VHS of Volume 1.
  Lesson 3:  Plot-Check Quiz Key on Volume 2.  Clips from VHS of Volume 2.
  Lesson 4:  Plot-Check Quiz Key on Volume 3.  Clips from VHS of Volume 4.
  Lesson 5:  Seminar: Four Basic Questions.
  Lesson 6:  Essay Exam Answer Key. 

1.  Focus:               Journal writing: copy the first sentence of the novel and then paraphrase it.  Write 
                               a one-page commentary on whether or not Jane Austen's observation applies to today's
                               world. 

2.  Objective:        To solve several questions of interpretation about the overall meaning of the novel. 

3.  Purpose:          To increase our mutual understanding (comprehension) and, as a result, our enjoyment of
                               the story.

4.  Input:              Begin with a factual quiz on each volume (1-3) to check that everyone has read the novel
                               (Rule 1: No one may participate who has not read the selection). 

                              Four Basic Questions.

5.  Modeling,        During discussion the co-leaders model the four rules of discussion, check for 
checking, and       understanding by asking follow-up questions for clarification, 
guided practice:   substantiation, consistency, relevance, implication, resolution, and to get more
                              opinion. 

                              (Guided practice is the discussion).

6.  Closure:          Oral or written resolution of one or two basic questions just discussed.
 

NOTE:  During Socratic Seminar day(s), in a full ninety-minute period, four pairs of student co-leaders each lead a fifteen-minute discussion of the reading.  It is important that the teacher approves the student co-leader questions before discussion to avoid wasting time on questions that are not clear, factual, or evaluative. During the remaining time the teacher leads a demo-nstration discussion (modeling) of one of his or her basic questions on the reading lesson.
 

Source:               Austen, Jane.  Pride and Prejudice.  Bantam.  New York, New York, 1981.

Films:                 Elizabeth Garvie and  David Rintoul Pride and Prejudice (1985) VHR 265 min. 
                            BBC Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, Pride and Prejudice (1994) VHR 255 min.
                            Keira Knightley & Matthew Macfadyern, Pride and Prejudice (2005) DVD 130 min.

Research
Topics:              Great Books Index:http://books.mirror.org/gb.home.html
                          Austen Home Page: www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html