Article writing homework help. Summary Essay: This assignment includes two parts: reading an article, writing a summary.
See Chapter 18 in Evergreen for more information on writing a summary.
- Essay description and details: For this essay, you will write to your audience using a formal tone about the article assigned. Be careful not to add your opinions about the topic, just summarize the article. In other words, the reader will know the article and its primary purpose without having to read it.
- Your writing style:
- Write with a formal style and tone — like you would perform an academic report to your classmates. Be sure it is organized and easy for the reader to follow. Read it aloud to test this out! Better yet, read it aloud to someone else and get a peer review.
- Include all the things we have learned so far:
- Title
- Intro, Conclusion, Title
- Summary, Quotes, Plagiarism
- Subject/Verb agreement, Sentence Structure, Commas
- MLA or APA Format
- Include in-text citations for every reference to information from the article
- Include a works cited (MLA) or reference page (APA)
Summary Essay Rubric
| Summary Essay Criteria |
20-15 points | 14-9 points | 8-1 | Self-grade pts | Instructor grade pts |
| Does the essay meet the basic expectations for pages, line-spacing, and font including a formal style, tone, an organization, and it is self-graded and totaled? | Meets the basic expectations of length, format, style and organization | Meets some of the basic expectations of length, format, style and organization | Doesn’t meet the basic expectations of length, format, style and organization | ||
| Does this essay include a thesis sentence, intro, conclusion, and title that meet the requirements outlined in our lectures? | This essay includes a thesis sentence, intro, conclusion, and title that meet the requirements outlined in our lectures | This essay includes a thesis sentence, intro, conclusion, and title that somewhat meet the requirements outlined in our lectures | This essay includes a thesis sentence, intro, conclusion, and title that does not meet the requirements outlined in our lectures | ||
| Does this essay read as a summary, using direct and indirect quotations (paraphrase)? | This essay reads as a summary, using direct and indirect quotations (paraphrase). | This essay somewhat reads as a summary, using direct and indirect quotations (paraphrase). | This essay does not read as a summary, using direct and indirect quotations (paraphrase). | ||
| Does the essay have correct subject/verb agreement, sentence structure, and comma usage as detailed in our lectures? |
0-4 errors that do not impede the readability and flow of the essay | 5-8 errors that begin to impede the readability and flow of essay | More than 9 errors which interrupt the flow and readability | ||
| Does the essay use proper MLA or APA in-text citations and works cited/reference pages? | The essay uses proper MLA or APA in-text citations and works cited/reference pages. | The essay somewhat uses proper MLA or APA in-text citations and works cited/reference pages. | The essay does not use proper MLA or APA in-text citations and works cited/reference pages. | ||
| Totals | /100 | /100 |
