If you had to describe the article to someone else, how would you describe it? What is it about? What was something specific you learned from the article that you didn’t know before? What is something specific you read in the article that you already knew? What is the difference between a “group” and a “community”? Based on the definition Smith provides us, what is an example of a community you belong to? Discussion Questions

AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS Attendance Announcements Discuss “Community” 01-19-18 Attendance Announcements Discuss “Community” Summary ANNOUNCEMENTS We won’t be meeting for class on Monday! (you will be completing the lesson and activity online) SCHEDULE YOUR CONFERENCE!

Keep working on your reverse outline For Monday Read pg. 51-61; 88-100; 67-69 Keep working on your reverse outline Complete the “Reading Scholarly Sources” lesson online posted to the homepage of the course website For Wednesday Read pg. 212-221; 273-277 U1WD1

U1WD1 = Working Draft 1 Working Draft 1 is an initial draft that displays the progress you’ve made so far on the project. It should show you have not only started but have made significant progress, though that progress may be displayed in the form of a lengthy free-write, extensive notes, a complete outline, or an unfinished draft of your essay. To receive credit, you need to submit a minimum of 1 full page of writing. Submission: Upload to the designated dropbox in Blackboard by 9:00am on Wednesday, January 24th

If you had to describe the article to someone else, how would you describe it? What is it about? What was something specific you learned from the article that you didn’t know before? What is something specific you read in the article that you already knew? What is the difference between a “group” and a “community”? Based on the definition Smith provides us, what is an example of a community you belong to? Discussion Questions

SUMMARY “Summarizing is a skill worth developing because it requires you to master the material you’re reading and make it your own.” To write a good summary, you have to distinguish between the essential points and the support or extra information in the original. Summaries do NOT include specific details, anecdotes, digressions, or elaborations.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUMMARY 1. The summary covers the original as a whole. 2. The summary is unbiased. 3. The summary is a condensed version of the original written in your own words.

PREPARING TO WRITE A SUMMARY To write a good summary it is important to thoroughly understand the material you are working with. PREPARING TO WRITE A SUMMARY Adapted from: Swales, John M. and Christine B. Feat. Academic Writing for Graduate Students, Essential Tasks and Skills. Ann Arbor: U Michigan Press, 1994. 105-130.

Preview the text and consider the rhetorical situation Record the bibliographic information of the source (author--first/last name, title, date of publication, volume number, place of publication, publisher, URL, etc.) 1

Read, mark, and annotate the text Identify the main idea of the original Highlight or underline topic sentences and key passages 2

Note supporting points or evidence Reverse outline Describe the purpose or major point of each paragraph in your own words Note supporting points or evidence 3

Read the text again, comparing your outline to the original, making any necessary changes Make sure you have used your own words Eliminate any non-essential information and details

WRITING A SUMMARY Use your own words! Include a thesis statement identifying the author, title, and main idea of the original Follow the outline of the original – start by identifying how the original starts and conclude by identifying how the original concludes

“The author/article ____________” Utilize signal phrases to guide your readers and to identify how the major points relate to the main idea and each other “The author/article ____________” states reveals remarks recommends reports claims repeats refutes explains confirms argues criticizes discusses mentions contends disagrees illustrates observes suggests concludes

PREPARING TO WRITE A SUMMARY STEP ONE: Preview the text and consider the rhetorical situation STEP TWO: Read, mark, and annotate the text STEP THREE: Reverse outline

Reverse Outline Identify the purpose AND major point of the paragraph What is the function of the paragraph? Why is it there? What does it do? What does it say?

Purpose: To provide context and history on the definition of community 1 Major point: There have been and are many different definitions of "community”

Working with your partner Reverse Outline Working with your partner Identify the purpose AND major point of the paragraph What is the function of the paragraph? Why is it there? What does it do? What does it say?