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Title: SummaryResponse Essay

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Summary-Response Essay

Responding to Reading

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Reading Critically

Not about finding fault with author
Rather engaging author in a discussion by asking
questions as you read an article or essay
Requiring author to meet certain demands that
employ good writing techniques

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Reader Demands

Clear text
Logical thoughts and arguments
Reliable, credible information
Thoughtful and thought provoking
Honest writing
Often objective, non biased or well supported
argument

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Other reader demands

Readers want to know about the author, his
background, experience, expertise
Occasion, purpose, audience of writing situation
Cultural context
Writers claim or argument
Logical use of evidence, adequate evidence
Style, voice, tone, word choice

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How to read critically

Good note taking
Keep a Readers log--see pg. 160

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Authors Name and title of Article

Summary List main ideas, key features,
examples, and evidence the author may provide

Response
Log your reaction to each main point, record your
comments, and questions

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Or create a critical rereading guide p. 161

Purpose
Audience, reader
Occasion, genre, context
Thesis and main or supporting ideas
Organization and evidence
Language and style

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Purpose of this Essay

To understand an authors main idea and purpose
for work
To recognize the main points that support that
main idea
To be able to summarize(paraphrase) authors main
ideas
To be able to respond or react to what the author
has to say (to support or defend your point of
view)

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Preparing the Summary p. 167

Cite the author and the title of the text
Indicate the main ideas of the text
Paraphrase main ideas quote sparingly, use key
words, phrases, and sentences
Include author tags
Avoid summarizing specific examples or data
Be objective

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Response

Your opinion of the authors ideas
Do you agree or disagree
How well is the essay or article written?

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Structuring Your response

Requires your reaction to the text and your
interpretation of the text
3 types of responses depends on purpose and
audience

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1. Analyzing the effectiveness of the text

Use this approach if you do no have an opinion on
the topic
Do an analysis of the structure of the writing,
the clarity of the main idea, use of logic and
reasoning, strength of argument, use of
supporting evidence
Overall effectiveness of the piece
Good writing

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2. Agreeing or disagreeing with text

A response of this nature will react to the ideas
or the argument
Simply do you agree with the author
Why or why not
Provide evidence to support your reaction

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3. Interpretation and Reflection

Writer will explain or examine the text by
looking at the underlying assumptions or
implications of the authors ideas.
You may add your own experience, attitude, and
observations as they relate to text

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3 ways to provide evidence to support your
response

Your response requires that you provide evidence
to support your opinion, whether you agree or
disagree with the author
Consider what sort of evidence will best support
your statements

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1. Personal Experience

Use personal experience as examples to
demonstrate why you interpret the text the way
you do, why you react the way you do, why you
agree or disagree
I strongly disagree with Tannens first point
based on my own high school experience,
especially in my History class.

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2. Evidence from the text

Cite specific phrases or sentences from the text
to support your
explanation of the text
analysis of the effectiveness of the text
To support why you agree or disagree

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3. Evidence from other texts

Acceptable to bring in ideas and information from
other texts
Your prior knowledge
No research required for this assignment
Cite sources if you do use borrow material from
other sources

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Include these elements in your essay

Brief introduction that will state these items
Title of the article or essayName of author
Place of publication
Any key information you might know about author
to help establish authors credibility
State authors main idea
Thesis a well thought out statement stating your
main point about the article or essay.

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Example (introductions are brief)

In her essay The Way Men and Women Use Language
author Deborah Tannen argues that teachers
should be aware of the vast differences in how
men an women communicate in order to be more
successful in the classroom. Based on my
experience in the classroom as, I have to
disagree with Tannen.

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The Summary Discuss the Points that Tannen makes

(Students will list)

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Respond to each point

Points you agree with(Students will list)
1.
2.
3
Points you disagree with
1
2

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Conclusion

End essay with a summary of your response
You can add a new perspective about the article,
author, or topic

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Organization Outline Patterns Block

Pattern 1
I. Introduction with thesis
II. Summary of main point
III. Points You agree with
IV. Points you disagree with
Conclusion

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Pattern 2 Point by Point

I. Introduction with thesis
Summarize point 1 agree or disagree
Summarize point 2 agree or disagree
Summarized point 3 agree or disagree
Conclusion
Note you do not need to agree or disagree with
all points

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Important things to remember

Summarize or paraphrase brief explanation, omit
authors supporting evidence or examples unless
one is vital in understanding authors point
Make sure to give reasons why you disagree
Give examples, personal experience, facts, any
previous experience or knowledge you can draw
upon to support your opinion

Based on my experience with boys in class in high
school. . . .
Try to avoid over using I agree and I disagree

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Documenting the Summary Response

Know what type of documentation system your
teacher requires
Add a correct bibliographical citation (MLA in
this class)
If you take direct quotations form the article,
put the page number in () at the end of the
quotation with a . at the close of the ().

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Keeping your work original Avoiding Plagiarism
p.204

Document any borrowed material--any material not
your original
Words, images, language, visuals, ideas, concepts
YES ideas can be plagiarized
Students sharing ideas--one comes up with an idea
and others say yeah, I like that idea too.

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Shaping the Summary p.205