1. ✨ Welcome & Warm Up

After a brief activity to warm us up, and a quick overview of our Group Agreements, we will begin our Final Session.

During this final meeting, will introduce a new, related contemporary “text” — a film adaptation, work of visual art, stage performance, poem, and so forth — into the dialogue.

The questions we ask in this final session will prompt both an understanding of that “text” itself as well as how it sits in conversation with our primary text.

2. 💬 Recall & Discussion

The questions we ask in this Final Session will prompt both an understanding of that “text” itself as well as how it sits in conversation with our primary text. We might ask what it means for one text to live within or through another—how we can integrate and keep following the threads we have uncovered in our own writing, research, and communities.

1. Recall: We’ll practice another round of Recall, sharing words, phrases, ideas, questions, and moments that we remember off the top of our minds — without the need to layer on interpretation. 

2. Opening Question: The Instructor will bring a well-designed, open-ended question to guide us into a dialogue, but as a reminder, answering it is never the end-all be-all.

3. Discussion: We will work together to transition between passages, moving forward and backward, and noticing where our challenges and unanswered questions remain. The goal is that everyone will have the chance to contribute and direct the group discussion, and to strengthen each student’s sense of how to navigate the text.

3. 🌀 Summarize

In the final 10 minutes of each session, we will summarize what we’ve discussed. Again, this is a moment where the instructor will invite each student to contribute a thought. We will build metacognitive awareness—awareness of our thinking processes—without any  judgement, on our individual and collective process and contribution. 

4. 📝 Final Closing Prompt

The instructor will offer three, final well-designed prompts based on the age/cohort type and the content of that session’s reading: 

1. An academic writing prompt (e.g., a research essay).

2. A creative writing prompt (e.g., a persona poem or a text-to-life essay).

3. A research activity prompt (e.g. dig up more on the origins of words, texts, ideas, and key concepts we explored).

Students are encouraged to continue the conversation in our Circle space.

5. 🌞 Cohort Reflections & Thanks

As this will be the last time that we will all see each other as a cohort, we will close with a round of affirmations for each other and reflections on the work we have done. 

Thank you for your courageous, generous, and active participation!