Carefully read the article, and attempt to write the summary without looking at the original to see if you can recall the key points.
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Literacy Education Online
(LEO) on Summary Writing
When you write your summary assignment next week, please follow
these suggestions (along with reading Chapter 9 of your textbook):
Include the author's name and the article name in the first sentence
of your paragraph (e.g., As Josh Dehaas states in "The College
Advantage," students are . . . OR In "The College Advantage" by
Josh Dehaas, the author states that students are . . . ).
Keep the verbs in the present tense (states, says, claims, asserts,
argues, adds).
Use the third-person point of view (people, they).
Write one paragraph with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Carefully read the article, and attempt to write the summary
without looking at the original to see if you can recall the key points.
Refer to the author as "the author" or as Dehaas
(surname) as you move through writing the summary.
Keep the summary to 1/4 or 1/3 of the length of the original
article.
Do not borrow directly from the article; put the ideas into your
own words.
Omit your opinion. When you write the response paragraph, you may
include your opinion and reaction.
Response Writing
A response or
reaction to a piece of writing includes first impressions and connections with
the subject matter and the author's point of view.
When you write a
response to an article, you may borrow passages from the writing to establish
your credibility. Answer questions, such as the following:
What do I feel about what I have read?
With what do I agree or disagree?
What examples from my life relate to the author's
position on the issue?
For the exercise
next week, write the response in ONE paragraph. You may
use the first-person point of view (I, me, my, myself, mine).
When you borrow
from the article, use the author's last name, the year, and the page number in
parentheses at the end of your quoted sentence. For example, if you are quoting
from Josh Dehaas' article, "The College Advantage," you might write something
like the following:
It was interesting
to note that "university graduates are tossing their mortarboards in the
air, sliding their degrees into the filing cabinet--and then heading straight
to college" (Dehaas, 2019, p. 269).
