Microtheme Synthesis

Each week, one student will provide a written synthesis of the submitted microthemes. This synthesis should locate common questions and topics raised by the microthemes and should serve as a launching point for the week’s discussion. The paper is due at the start of class, and the author will read the paper at the beginning of the class period. This paper will account for 15% of your final grade. Please do not exceed 750 words.

When grading these papers, I will be looking for the following:

• Does the paper locate common questions and trends in the microthemes?
• Does the paper tell a coherent narrative of the textual conversation?
• Does the paper raise questions and concerns that should be addressed during that week's discussion?
• Is the paper written effectively and coherently with very few grammatical errors?
• Has the author observed the 750-word limit?