Good rule of thumb for graduate classes:
If discussing a paper that you have not actually managed to finish (or possibly start) reading, quickly flip about 2/3 or 3/4 of the way into it, read a paragraph, and come up with a question/discussion point.
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Here's how I would roll:
Get an assignment. Divide said reading by 3. Put sticky notes 1/3, 2/3, and almost all the way to the end of said reading. Use one paragraph from each to spark a tangiental discussion. React to other people's discussion points as though you understand what they were talking about, and speak only in tangents from them.
3.80 grad GPA, baby!
That was my principal approach to mandatory Russian literature classes back in school...