ESSAY 1: Summary (15%)

Topic: This assignment requires you to read the article “Learning

cursive might not be a waste of time” by Brianna Bell.
Write a summary of the text.
 Go to the “Readings and Film” section of the
Home page to read the text.
 Read Sequence Ch. 3 (p.22-55): Summarizing and
Paraphrasing Sources.

Audience: Academic reader

Length: 600 words

Format: Use Times New Roman, 12- point font.Set margins to 1

inch on all sides.
Double-space your essay.
Save and submit your essay as a Word document.

Notes: 1. Follow the Guidelines for Writing Summaries as

outlined in the Sequence (p.26).
2. Read the Demonstration Summary on p. 32.
3. Refrain from quoting too often. Rather,
summarize the main points in your own words.
Summarize the gist of the speech in your own
words.
4. Include a summary sentence in the introduction.
Introduce the author(s) and cite the title of the
text. In the summary sentence, you need to present
the author’s key point(s).

DUE DATES

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discussions
Week 4

Assignment Participate in the peer-review exercise: post the

due: introduction of your essay to the Week 5 discussion folder.
Week 5 Post feedback on your partner's posting.
Post
introduction
and your
feedback
Introduction
by Wed. Oct. 4
Feedback by
Fri.
Oct. 6

Final draft by Submit your essay to the assignment dropbox. You must
midnight on submit a word document: I DO NOT ACCEPT pdf.
Sun. Oct. 8 FILES! Read the instructions on submitting essays (You
can find this on the Start Here page, located on the
homepage.)