Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: April 2020

Friday, April 24, 2020

Zoom meeting: Apr 28 @ 7:30 PM

Please join us to discuss Campoamor by Patricia Engel.
Find it on page 92 of Best American Short Stories – 2017 edited by Meg Wolitzer

First 40 Min Zoom meeting starting at 7:30 PM:
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Campoamor interior

Location in Havana - red box

Friday, April 10, 2020

Zoom meeting Tuesday, April 14 @ 7:30 PM

Please join us to discuss "Inside The Breakthrough Starshot Mission to Alpha Centauri" by Amy Finkbeiner .

Find it on page 223 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing -- 2017

Find the article on line at https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/space-tech-exploration-discussion-nasa-not-sure-the-way-spacex-fuels-its-rockets-is-safe.3439139/page-3

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Basic Guidelines for Shared Inquiry

Read the selection carefully before participating in the discussion. This ensures that all participants are equally prepared to talk about the ideas in the work.
Most of us need to read short stories more than once.
Support your ideas with evidence from the text. This keeps the discussion focused on understanding the selection and enables the group to weigh textual support for different answers.
Discuss the ideas in the selection and try to understand them fully before exploring issues that go beyond the selection. Reflecting on the ideas in the text and the evidence to support them makes the exploration of related issues more productive.
Listen to other participants and respond to them directly. Directing your comments and questions to other group members, not always to the leader, will make the discussion livelier and more dynamic.
Expect the leader to only ask questions. Effective leaders help participants develop their own ideas, with everyone gaining a new understanding in the process. Participants should look to the leader for questions, not answers.