The Commons: Tools for Reading, Writing, and RhetoricThough specifically designed to fit Eastern Kentucky University’s ENG 101, 101R, and 105, The Commons: Tools for Reading, Writing, and Rhetoric is a versatile text that focuses on critical reading and metacognition. Each reading includes a headnote written by an EKU instructor or graduate student in the Master of Arts in English and Writing Professions. These headnotes are written with students in mind and include helpful information for practicing the critical reading strategy of previewing. The Commons also includes guides for using other critical reading strategies; these strategies are linked to specific readings to use as models for practicing the strategies, but each strategy can be used productively with any of the other readings as well.