Student-led discussion and activity (10%)

Once during the semester, each student will work with me to plan a class session. Student-led sessions will involve choosing a reading for discussion that is relevant to our course topic and that is relevant to the student's own research project, leading a discussion of that reading, and preparing activities for classmates to complete during the class session. This assignment is worth 10 points and is thus worth 10% of your grade.

When providing grades for this assignment, I will be asking the following questions:

• Has the student worked with me to choose an appropriate reading, develop discussion questions, and design in-class activities?
• Does the class session provide evidence that the student has prepared by carefully reading and taking notes?
• Does the student work to both introduce the rest of the class to the reading and to invite classmates into a conversation about the reading?
• Is the class session well organized and has the student kept time constraints in mind while planning the session?