Geoforum

1- Locate the central argument(s) of the text. Copy and paste it into your submission document and identify the page number that you copied the text from.
2-Summarize the central argument(s) of the text in your own words. The quote you choose for the central argument is likely to be only one part of the argument. There are likely to be many more nuances to the argument in the rest of the text. This is your chance to demonstrate to me that you understand the complexity and nuances of the argument.
3-From a list provided, select one concept from the reading that you looked up the meaning of in A Dictionary of Human Geography. Describe the term or concept in your own words. In addition to defining the term, also tell me how the definition helped you understand the argument that the author was making.
4-Identify a part of the text that does not make sense to you. In your comment, tell us what part of the argument you find confusing. This should be more than simply “I don’t get it.” It instead should tell us more about exactly what you are grappling with e.g. you could say, “How can the author claim X when they have already stated Y before? This seems to be a conflict in the author’s argument . . .” or “What does this phrase ‘ABC’ mean in this context? I thought ABC meant XYZ but here this doesn’t make sense for the following reasons . . .” or “When we read author X last week, they said ABC, but this author is saying DEF. How do we reconcile these competing arguments?” etc.
5-What is one thing you learned from this text that you didn’t already know?