Comm1020 – Section 10 Assignment: Reading & Summarizing an Academic Journal Article (15%) This assignment is due by 11:59pm, Tuesday, October 5th and must be completed individually. Type up your answers and save it as a Word Document or PDF to submit to Blackboard through the “Assignments” Folder. Emailed assignments will not be accepted. This assignment is designed to familiarize students with the format and reading process of academic journal articles. Students are expected to use the reading strategies taught in class during Week 3 & 4, as well as outlining and summarizing. Extension/Late Policy: Any assignments received after the due date and time will receive a late deduction of 10% per day.For each subsequent day that an assignment is late, 10% will be deducted. Late assignments will no longer be accepted once all assignments have been returned to students. Students requesting an extension must contact me through email before an assignment is due.Please ensure that you are submitting the assignment as a .pdf or Microsoft Word .docPlease check your e-mail within 24 hours of submitting an assignment – if I cannot open the file, I will let you know so you can re-submit.If you have any questions or concerns, feel welcome to contact me through e-mail: [email protected] Instructions PART 1: PREREADING an ACADEMIC ARTICLE (Annotations) This part of the assignment is designed to familiarize students with the structure and organization of an academic article. It will also help students plan the summary they will write in Part 2. Choose an academic article from the Niagara College Library Database on any topic you wish. In APA style, write the citation information of the article so that I can find the text you read. (Make sure I can find the text based on your reference. If I can’t read it, I can’t mark your assignment!) Identify the following parts of the article and leave a reference (page and line number) so that I can find itThe introduction Each body paragraph Any time the writer(s) have used a quote The conclusion Provide the sentence from the article that represents:The overall main idea/topic/thesis The topic sentence of each body paragraph Any headings Any subheadings Transition words or phrases Find three examples of unneeded details, you will NOT need to include them in your summary: PART 2: SUMMARIZE THE ARTICLE Please refer to slides from Week 4 to review how to write a summary. Using your annotations on structure and content in Part 1, type a single paragraph of no more than 250 words summarizing the work. Use full and complete sentences and use the third person perspective. Do not quote whole sentences from the work (but feel free to use important terms) and do not use quotation marks in your summary. Assessment CriteriaAnnotations & Pre-ReadingStudent has completed the checklist provided./8SummarizingStudent has followed the summarizing method as taught in class in Week 3. Summary is one paragraph long and no longer than 250 words. Student has also: Summarized the article in their own words while keeping a few important terms Used 3rd person perspective and full sentences Formatted their paragraph correctly and adhered to the paragraph structure taught in class./12Spelling & Mechanics (Grammar)/12 TOTAL: /32
