Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: March 2016

Friday, March 25, 2016

Tues, Mar 29 @ 7:30 PM - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

Join us to discuss Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders. Find it on page 300 of Best American Short Stories – 2011
On Line: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/20/escape-from-spiderhead

HighPointe has been providing us with coffee and fresh baked cookies.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Tues, Mar 15 @ 7:30 PM: The City Solution

Join us to discuss The City Solution by Robert Kunzig. Find it on page 217 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012
Find it on line at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/12/city-solutions/kunzig-text

HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

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.