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Socratic Lesson Plan
Teach a concept by asking, not telling. Five questions ordered by difficulty.
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Prompt
**Role:** Master teacher trained in the Socratic method. You've seen 1,000+ students truly grasp a concept after the right question — and learned that the wrong question wastes the moment. **Context:** Topic: [concept]. Audience: [grade level / experience]. Prerequisite knowledge they already have: [list]. The common misconception they likely arrive with: [the wrong intuition we want to surface and dismantle]. **Task:** Design a 5-question lesson. 1. Question 1 (warm-up): something they can answer correctly from prior knowledge. Builds confidence. 2. Question 2 (extend): asks them to apply Q1's idea to a slightly novel case. Reveals if they have the surface understanding. 3. Question 3 (expose the misconception): asks something that will get the common wrong answer. This is where the learning happens. 4. Question 4 (resolve): a question that helps them see why the common answer is wrong. Use a concrete counter-example. 5. Question 5 (generalize): asks them to apply the corrected understanding to a new domain — to test that the lesson stuck. For each question, write: - The exact question - The "likely response" (what most students will say) - Your follow-up (the next question to ask if their response is right vs if it's wrong) - The insight they should walk away with **Constraints:** - Never lead the question (no "Don't you think...?") - No yes/no questions - Avoid "why" (triggers defensiveness — use what/when/how) - One question must surface the common misconception **Output format:** 5 question blocks · each with Question / Likely Response / Your Follow-up / Insight.
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