1. Tuesday August 30th 2016

2. What is a “FATt” statement when using in-text citation?
A “FATt” statement is a way in which students are able to attribute author/title reference by including the source of their reading as well as a one sentence explanation or interpretation of the author’s main idea. When responding to an English Placement Test (EPT) topic, a “FATt” statement also provides context for a discussion of the extent to which students agree or disagree with an author’s argument.

3. Purpose of “FATt” statements
A way to respond to another person’s ideas by consciously entering a conversation
Improve reading comprehension by identifying the reading source and articulating main idea when summarizing, interpreting, or analyzing text.
Help students more carefully focus their essays.
Create opportunities for students to manipulate language for rhetorical impact and to employ verbs that specify author’s intent.

4. How “FATt” is your CITATION?
F= Focus (paraphrase/summary of author’s main idea)
A= Author’s Name
T= Title
t= text type

5. Examples of “FATt” statements:

6. F- Focus (Paraphrase/summarize author’s main idea)
Example (Perez, Passage 1) A prospective college student discusses how they are looking forward to failing by Angel B. Perez in his commentary entitled “Want to Get into College? Learn to Fail”.
FOCUS
AUTHOR
text type
TITLE

7. A- AUTHOR’S NAME
Example (Perez, Passage 1) V.P of Admissions to Pitzer College Angel B. Perez discusses how a prospective student is looking forward to failure in his commentary entitled “Want to Get into College? Learn to Fail”.
AUTHOR
FOCUS
text type
TITLE

8. T-Title
Example (Perez, Passage 1) “Want to Get into College? Learn to Fail,” a commentary written by Angel B. Perez, portrays a prospective college student looking forward to failing.
TITLE
text type
FOCUS
AUTHOR

9. t-Text type
Example (Perez, Passage 1) In his commentary entitled “Want to Get into College? Learn to Fail,” writer Angel B. Perez, portrays a prospective college student looking forward to failing.
text type
TITLE
AUTHOR
FOCUS

10. Opening: Perez- “Learn to Fail” (5 minutes)
Directions: On a separate piece of paper, find 3 passages that you can convert into “FATt” statements.