For their presentation, they will select 1-3 provocative panels from their text. These panels must be posted on the projector for the class to see. The most successful assignments will choose consecutive panels, or panels from across the text that focus on the same theme to be discussed. In a short paper, the student will discuss how the selected panel/s help/s them think through some essential aspect of the text. Students will present their papers in a 5-6 minute discussion of the selected moment. Successful presentations will employ a close reading strategy that focuses small. How does a moment make you think about a character, a moment, a setting, a question the text offers? Successful assignments won’t spend time discussing the “what happens” (plot) of a text, but will focus more deeply on how the text works. Rubric: Presentation: Does the student’s presentation meet the requirements set out above? Does the student’s question open up space for thinking, without presupposing an answer or asking what the student may already know? /5 Paper: Does the paper contain an original, accurate and interesting read of the selected moment? Is the question effective? Is it well-edited and well-organized? /5