A short homework assignment, comprising a brief quotation from the assigned text, a non-obvious question or observation, and a contribution to the class discussion (if called on). View the SHU Blogging Tutorial 2 for an introduction to Trackbacks (creating a two-way link).

The agenda item is part of "React," the second "R" in the RRRR sequence.

For each assigned reading that gets its own page in the course syllabus, post an agenda item about 24 hours before the reading is scheduled to be discussed. Your goal is to demonstrate that you are thinking about the assigned readings in advance, so that you have time to complete the readings, and you can arrive in the classroom ready to respond to what your peers are thinking about it.

(For readings that are due Monday morning, I recognize that most of you will be doing your homework Sunday night. For readings that are due Monday morning, post your agenda item by 6pm Sunday, so it will be there when your peers start really hitting the books later in the evening. You are of course welcome to post it much earlier, if you like.)