Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: December 2014

Friday, December 26, 2014

Join us to discuss The Long, Curious, Extravagant Evolution of Feathers by Carl Zimmer in the private dining room at HighPointe.

Read this on line at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2011/02/feathers/zimmer-text or find it on page 29 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012 .

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.

Friday, December 26, 2014

Out of Body by Jennifer Egan - Tues, Dec 30 @ 7:30 PM

Friday, December 12, 2014

Schedule

Evolution of Feathers - Tues, Dec 16 @ 7:30 PM - HighPointe Private Dining Room

Join us to discuss The Long, Curious, Extravagant Evolution of Feathers by Carl Zimmer in the private dining room at HighPointe.