— PICTURES OF PAGES 94-97 ARE IN *ADDITIONAL MATERIALS*

Requirements for An Insiders Guide to Academic Writing (IGAW)

Summary 1B

See permanent files for sample summary.

Required Directions:

Follow MLA format Header, Heading and Title
For your IGAW Summary,  read:
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting from Sources

Pages 94 -97 (top)           

Write 100-150 word summary of the pages indicated.
Use formal English only.
Complete sentences
3rd person only NO:  I, You, We, or any of their forms.
No contractions
No citations
No Works Cited
Write only 1 paragraph.
Restrict the use of examples.  This is to explain the information.
Do not write just the headers, picture captions, graphs, or charts.
Summarize the information to demonstrate understanding of the content.
All information is presented in ONE organized paragraph.
Your first sentence must follow this format: 
The authors of the textbook, An Insiders Guide to Academic Writing, address the area of  [insert content information ] on pages [put page numbers here].

Following your topic sentence above, structure the rest of the paragraph as:
Separate sentences summarizing the main points of the presentation.
Be certain to end the paragraph with a summary sentence.
After you have written your summary, post it.
Summaries may be graded as follows:
100-90 followed all directions, looks almost like finished work
89-80 followed most directions but still needs work
79-70 followed some directions and needs major work
69-60 followed few directions or lacks length, fails
55-15 did not follow directions or only a token effort, fails
10-0 submitted wrong document, did different assignment, did not submit as specified, or did not submit