Skeletal Outline: Summary Response
Essay 1: Summary Response Narrative
First Draft Due: Mon, Feb. 2
Final Draft Due: Wed, Feb. 4
Purpose and Overview: Essay 1 represents several objectives of English 102, and perhaps builds upon skills learned in ENG 101. This essay will focus on the skill set of successfully summarizing a reading selection -- re-communicating the author’s purpose and main points -- and then responding to that author’s ideas appropriately, which requires a certain degree of critical and careful reading and thinking. Whether an academic, professional, or personal context, it is important to be able to understand a piece of writing, note key ideas, and respond appropriately. This essay will also ask students to use detail from their own lives in order to support …show more content…
Skeletal Outline of Summary Response Sections
The summary portion of this essay must include the following:
The author and title of the reading selection/other necessary context information
Acknowledgement of why this topic matters/the reason for examining the subject
An overview of the pertinent main ideas/portions of the author’s writing (note that this should not be a list of the WHOLE reading selection’s main ideas—we will address this concept in class)
The response (your own narrative) portion of this essay must include the following:
A transitional idea that signals the connection between the summary and the response
A narrative/anecdote that includes sensory detail, narrative structure, and a solid significance and understanding of why and how your narrative connects to the selected reading
As this is an academic essay, the essay should take into consideration:
An organizing pattern of paragraphing and structure, including an introduction, several body paragraphs, and a conclusion
Error-free writing that has been proofread for grammatical mistakes
Advice gleaned from the in class peer review session; there should be noticeable differences between the peer review draft and final draft
MLA-style headings and …show more content…
The writer takes into consideration the bigger ideas of the argument/narrative and/or has prioritized them to prove a cohesive point. The writer uses quoting selectively, and the arguments have been put into the writer’s own words accurately.
/25
Use of Narrative Structure and Details
Details are vivid, rich and specific. There are descriptions at various points in the narrative that beyond the obvious and predictable. They appeal to the senses and demonstrate creativity and critical thought. The writer has selected an appropriate and specific enough event that pertains to the reading.
/25
Significance of Response/
Conclusion
The writer understands how the response/narrative agrees or disagrees or corresponds to the selected reading. The meaning adds complexity to the response, for it is not overly simplistic or clichéd. The significance reflects careful and critical reading. This creates a concluding idea to the essay.
/15
Structure
The writer uses paragraphs to separate and emphasize ideas. There are transitions between sentences, ideas, and paragraphs. It is well-organized and fully developed piece of writing.
/20
Using
First Draft Due: Mon, Feb. 2
Final Draft Due: Wed, Feb. 4
Purpose and Overview: Essay 1 represents several objectives of English 102, and perhaps builds upon skills learned in ENG 101. This essay will focus on the skill set of successfully summarizing a reading selection -- re-communicating the author’s purpose and main points -- and then responding to that author’s ideas appropriately, which requires a certain degree of critical and careful reading and thinking. Whether an academic, professional, or personal context, it is important to be able to understand a piece of writing, note key ideas, and respond appropriately. This essay will also ask students to use detail from their own lives in order to support …show more content…
Skeletal Outline of Summary Response Sections
The summary portion of this essay must include the following:
The author and title of the reading selection/other necessary context information
Acknowledgement of why this topic matters/the reason for examining the subject
An overview of the pertinent main ideas/portions of the author’s writing (note that this should not be a list of the WHOLE reading selection’s main ideas—we will address this concept in class)
The response (your own narrative) portion of this essay must include the following:
A transitional idea that signals the connection between the summary and the response
A narrative/anecdote that includes sensory detail, narrative structure, and a solid significance and understanding of why and how your narrative connects to the selected reading
As this is an academic essay, the essay should take into consideration:
An organizing pattern of paragraphing and structure, including an introduction, several body paragraphs, and a conclusion
Error-free writing that has been proofread for grammatical mistakes
Advice gleaned from the in class peer review session; there should be noticeable differences between the peer review draft and final draft
MLA-style headings and …show more content…
The writer takes into consideration the bigger ideas of the argument/narrative and/or has prioritized them to prove a cohesive point. The writer uses quoting selectively, and the arguments have been put into the writer’s own words accurately.
/25
Use of Narrative Structure and Details
Details are vivid, rich and specific. There are descriptions at various points in the narrative that beyond the obvious and predictable. They appeal to the senses and demonstrate creativity and critical thought. The writer has selected an appropriate and specific enough event that pertains to the reading.
/25
Significance of Response/
Conclusion
The writer understands how the response/narrative agrees or disagrees or corresponds to the selected reading. The meaning adds complexity to the response, for it is not overly simplistic or clichéd. The significance reflects careful and critical reading. This creates a concluding idea to the essay.
/15
Structure
The writer uses paragraphs to separate and emphasize ideas. There are transitions between sentences, ideas, and paragraphs. It is well-organized and fully developed piece of writing.
/20
Using