English discussion

PROMPTS FOR DISCUSSION LEADERS:

ARTICLUATE THE ARTICLE’S MAIN POINT/THESIS IN YOUR OWN WORDS

KEY TERMS OR CONCEPTS CENTRAL TO THE ARGUMENT (Include definitions)

1.

2.

3.

EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE ARTICLE (What did the article forward as “proof” for his/her claims)

IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PASSAGE FROM THE ARTICLE (be ready to share this passage for the whole class to look at)

How is this passage important to the argument? Why should we look at it closely?

MERITS AND LIMITS

Did the article give you something new to think about? What was it?

Did the article revise your understanding of our course topic?

How did this reading link to the class or raise issues discussed in other parts of the course?

What parts seemed unconvincing or flawed?

DISCUSSION QUESTION

Bring your classmates into discussion by close reading a passage together or developing a concept/theory/question that enhances our understanding of the article

SCORE SHEET:

PROVIDED 3 KEY TERMS OR CONCEPTS CENTRAL TO THE ARGUMENT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

IDENTIFIED A SPECIFIC PASSAGE FROM THE ARTICLE AND UNDERSTANDS THE AUTHOR’S USE OF EVIDENCE.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

SHOWED THROUGHTFUL ASSESSMENT OF THE MERITS AND LIMITS OF THE ARTICLE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

INSTIGATED DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OR IDEA THREADS TAKEN UP BY CLASS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10