Plan the Summary and Response Essay

This week, you are planning for the Summary and Response Essay you will write for Unit 3. For this assignment, you will prepare for the Unit 3 essay by identifying your source from the List of Approved Articles for Writing and completing your plan for the Summary and Response Essay.

To successfully complete your Unit 2 assignment, complete the following steps:

1. Examine the List of Approved Articles for Writing, and identify an article relevant to your life and goals. This article may pertain to your academic program and interests, your current or future career and goals, or one of your personal passions.
2. Read the article several times, taking careful notes on the article’s structure, concepts, and presentation of facts.
3. Record your reactions to the article’s points, noting how they make you feel and the specific connections you make to your own life and to the world around you.
4. Write your plan for your Summary and Response Essay. Include the following:
   • The author and title of your chosen article from the List of Approved Articles for Writing.
   • An outline of the article’s points and sub-points.
   • A list of 3–5 specific personal responses you have to the article’s points. Address how the author’s points make you feel and specific ways in which you connect the author’s ideas to your own life and to the world around you.
5. When you have finished your assignment, carefully and very thoroughly read through the Plan the Summary and Response Essay Scoring Guide. Read and comprehend all categories in the scoring guide, asking your instructor if you have any questions about any element of these criteria. Do not finalize and submit this assignment until you have taken this step. Note:You are not required to use the Turnitin source matching tool for this unit’s assignment.
6. Submit the assignment in a Word document, with full and proper APA formatting. You will find detailed instruction on full and correct APA document formatting, as well as an example of an APA-formatted essay, in your textbook A Writer’s Reference, in the APA section under Manuscript Format, Sample Paper.

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Plan the Summary and Response Essay Scoring Guide

Due Date: End of Unit 2.
Percentage of Course Grade: 5%.

CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
Apply accepted methods for outlining an essay of summary and response, including main points and sub-points. 30%	Does not apply accepted conventions for outlining an essay of summary and response.	Applies conventions for outlining an essay of summary and response, but lacks points or sub-points.	Applies accepted conventions for outlining an essay of summary and response, including main points and sub-points.	Applies accepted conventions for outlining an essay of summary and response, including main points as well as sub-points with textual passages that provide support.
Locate a professional article in the textbook relevant to personal interests. 20%	Does not locate a professional article in the textbook relevant to personal interests.	Locates a professional article in the textbook, but it is not clearly relevant to a personal, professional, or academic interest.	Identifies a professional article in the textbook that addresses topics of personal, professional, or academic interest.	Identifies a professional article in the textbook that addresses topics of personal, professional, or academic interest, and that provides a detailed perspective on the topic.
Describe personal responses to the main points of an article. 20%	Does not describe personal responses to the main points of an article.	Describes personal responses to some of the main points of an article but misses some of the main points.	Describes personal responses to the main points of an article.	Describes personal responses to the main points of an article and provides a detailed perspective on each main point.
Summarize the main points of an article. 20%	Does not summarize the main points of an article.	Summarizes some of the main points of an article, but misses some of the main points.	Summarizes the main points of an article.	Summarizes the main points of an article, and provides a detailed summary about how the main points relate to one another.
Apply proper academic writing conventions of grammar, spelling, and APA document formatting. 10%	Does not apply proper academic writing conventions of grammar, spelling, and APA document formatting.	Applies some academic writing conventions of grammar, spelling, and APA document formatting, but includes persistent errors.	Applies proper academic writing conventions of grammar, spelling, and APA document formatting.	Applies proper academic writing conventions of grammar, spelling, and APA formatting and citation style consistently and without errors.