You contribute,"What's yourevidence toprovethat___...?"You hear,"Yeah,but..."You hearthe word"guilty"The teacher askssomeone torepeat what theysaid because noone could hear it.Speak up!Someone inthe outsidecircle joinstheconversation.You reword a close-ended question forsomeone so that it ismore open-endedand will lead to adiscussion.Someoneinterrupts aspeaker whilethey weremaking a point.Not cool!You ask aquestion thatgenerates lotsof meaningfulconversation.You hearthephrase,"Prove it!"You ask aquestion thatgenerates lotsof meaningfulconversation.You contribute,"I agree withwhat was saidabout ____because..."Youcontribute,"I would liketo add..."Someonezones out andhas to ask forsomething to berepeated.Focus people!Youreference theauthor'swords forsupport.Someonequotes theauthor.Youcontribute, "Idisagree with____because..."You hear,"I disagreewith ____because..."You have anidea to sharethat gets"stolen" bysomeone else.Youcontribute, "Ibelieve ____because..."Someone asksa close-endedquestion andtheconversationfalls flat.You hear acomment that youwould have neverthought of. and itmakes you thinkmore deeply aboutthe topic.You hear,"Accordingto theauthor..."The teacher addsa point eventhough she is onlysupposed to bethe facilitator.Oops.You contribute,"When youmentioned_____ it mademe thinkabout..."You hearthe word"innocent"Youcontribute, "Ifound itinterestingwhen..."Someoneneverparticipates.You contribute,"What's yourevidence toprovethat___...?"You hear,"Yeah,but..."You hearthe word"guilty"The teacher askssomeone torepeat what theysaid because noone could hear it.Speak up!Someone inthe outsidecircle joinstheconversation.You reword a close-ended question forsomeone so that it ismore open-endedand will lead to adiscussion.Someoneinterrupts aspeaker whilethey weremaking a point.Not cool!You ask aquestion thatgenerates lotsof meaningfulconversation.You hearthephrase,"Prove it!"You ask aquestion thatgenerates lotsof meaningfulconversation.You contribute,"I agree withwhat was saidabout ____because..."Youcontribute,"I would liketo add..."Someonezones out andhas to ask forsomething to berepeated.Focus people!Youreference theauthor'swords forsupport.Someonequotes theauthor.Youcontribute, "Idisagree with____because..."You hear,"I disagreewith ____because..."You have anidea to sharethat gets"stolen" bysomeone else.Youcontribute, "Ibelieve ____because..."Someone asksa close-endedquestion andtheconversationfalls flat.You hear acomment that youwould have neverthought of. and itmakes you thinkmore deeply aboutthe topic.You hear,"Accordingto theauthor..."The teacher addsa point eventhough she is onlysupposed to bethe facilitator.Oops.You contribute,"When youmentioned_____ it mademe thinkabout..."You hearthe word"innocent"Youcontribute, "Ifound itinterestingwhen..."Someoneneverparticipates.

Socratic Seminar Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. You contribute, "What's your evidence to prove that___...?"
  2. You hear, "Yeah, but..."
  3. You hear the word "guilty"
  4. The teacher asks someone to repeat what they said because no one could hear it. Speak up!
  5. Someone in the outside circle joins the conversation.
  6. You reword a close-ended question for someone so that it is more open-ended and will lead to a discussion.
  7. Someone interrupts a speaker while they were making a point. Not cool!
  8. You ask a question that generates lots of meaningful conversation.
  9. You hear the phrase, "Prove it!"
  10. You ask a question that generates lots of meaningful conversation.
  11. You contribute, "I agree with what was said about ____ because..."
  12. You contribute, "I would like to add..."
  13. Someone zones out and has to ask for something to be repeated. Focus people!
  14. You reference the author's words for support.
  15. Someone quotes the author.
  16. You contribute, "I disagree with ____ because..."
  17. You hear, "I disagree with ____ because..."
  18. You have an idea to share that gets "stolen" by someone else.
  19. You contribute, "I believe ____ because..."
  20. Someone asks a close-ended question and the conversation falls flat.
  21. You hear a comment that you would have never thought of. and it makes you think more deeply about the topic.
  22. You hear, "According to the author..."
  23. The teacher adds a point even though she is only supposed to be the facilitator. Oops.
  24. You contribute, "When you mentioned _____ it made me think about..."
  25. You hear the word "innocent"
  26. You contribute, "I found it interesting when..."
  27. Someone never participates.