You should take it as your goal to start a sustained, interesting class discussion pertaining to the readings. I suggest starting with a single, main "lesson" that you aim to get across to the class - what should they have learned from the discussion? Then you can formulate a plan about how best to convey that lesson. In 10-15 minutes, you shouldn't try to get across more than one lesson. There are a few keys to leading a good discussion. 1. Make sure everyone's on the same page. If you need to define or remind people of some terms beforehand to be sure, please do. If it looks like people are talking at cross-purposes, be prepared to interject and clarify things. 2. Either ask some questions that you think will cause people to take different positions, or make a controversial statement that you're prepared to defend. There's no discussion if everyone agrees. 3. In the event of class consensus, be prepared to defend the alternative position - or move on to another topic. 4. If things are rolling along nicely, let other people talk. Your biggest success would be a discussion that runs itself. One possible tack is to devise some activity that pertains to the reading and use that as the starting point for discussion. Or you can stick with asking questions, and guiding things along. If you want to run some ideas by me ahead of time, please do. Peter