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- Students are to complete 2 Article Summaries each six weeks.
- No summaries will be accepted late. Students must meet the following expectations to achieve full credit.
- Papers should be ready to turn in at the beginning of the period on due dates.
- look at this rubric to see how to make a 100 on this assignment.
Due dates (20 points are deducted each day papers are late after due date - unless absent):
1st 6 Wks – September 14 and September 28
2nd 6 Wks – October 12 and October 26
3rd 6 Wks – November 16 and December 7
4th 6 Wks – January 25 and February 8
5th 6 Wks – March 14 and April 11
6th 6 Wks – April 25 and May 9
Papers must be stapled in this order:
1) Final Draft (first page, top)
2) Rough Draft (2nd page, middle)
3) Article from newspaper or magazine (stapled to the back)
1st page - Final Draft: (required - no credit if not included)
- Use your words – paraphrase.
- DO NOT COPY. IF YOU COPY THIS WORK YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO!
- Do NOT complete a cover page or enclose your paper in a plastic sleeve.
- The body of your paper must include information like Who did the work or research, Where it was done, Why it was done, Who benefits from it, and When it was done. If you cover most of these areas you will have a good summary.
- Must be at least 100 words in length
- Spelling, grammar, punctuation and neatness are all expected to be correct.
- Can be typed (but not required) but must be: double spaced, in font #12, with Times New Roman font, in black ink. The heading needs to be typed.
- Can be hand-written in blue or black ink.
- Must have a complete heading in the upper right-hand corner (typed, if paper is typed).
- The title comes from the article being summarized, placed on the first line of the paper, centered.
- The "source" information (bibliography) must be at the end of the page, separate from the body of the summary by a space, not on a separate paper. Typed- if paper is typed.
2nd page - Rough Draft: (required to get full credit - is worth 50 points)
- A rough draft must be completed. It is the worksheet where mistakes are corrected.
- Corrections must be made on the rough draft. Those errors should not be on the final draft.
- Will be the second page of the summary papers.
3rd part - The "Source" of information: (required - stapled to back of papers)
- Write the name of the article, the date written, the authors name, the name of the magazine, newspaper, etc., at the end of the final draft.
- Must be the original article. Xerox copies are not accepted. If you can't get an original copy of your article, use a different article.
- The topic must be about Science – which can include medicine, chemistry, etc..
- Must be at least 100 words in length or longer.
- Must be attached to the back of the article summary papers.
- You can use articles from newspapers (best), magazines, or even the Internet.
Using a computer or typing papers is NOT Required
Name (First and Last) Period # ___ October 15, 2006 Article Summary (heading must be typed if paper is typed) "The Title from the Article being used goes here.." (Skip a space)
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paraphrase - instead of copying the writers words you can rewrite what they say using your own interpretation. An example would be to take the first sentence in this definition and re-write as: Using your own words you may basically say the same thing as the author. You do not need to use quotation marks when you do this.
Source - the source is also referred to as the "bibliographic notation". Whenever you use someone else's work to complete a paper of your own you must give credit to the person who first wrote the material. It is not acceptable to use someone else's work and call it your own. Teachers will always look to see if you are copying from someone else and they will usually give a poor grade, or a zero, for not giving credit.
Always "cite your sources", or tell where you got the material from. You are allowed to copy the author's work if you "quote" them, or place quotation marks at the beginning and end of the words you "quoted", or copied.
To cite the source you give the following information:
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The authors name,
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the name of the book, magazine, etc,
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the page numbers ,
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the date the article was written,
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and the name of the publisher (who printed it)