English 99 /jroth

The Summary-and-Response Essay Assignment Revisited

As we now know, the Summary-and-Response essay assignment teaches us how to incorporate another writer’s words with our own. The process begins by carefully reading another writer’s essay. We then begin our essay with an opening paragraph that identifies the writer, the name of the essay we read, and briefly summarizes its content. The rest of our essay is made of our words and ideas with selected words from the other essay occasionally blended in for added effect and impact.

Please recall the five requirements of the first paragraph:

1. name the author

2. name the work

3. add a brief summary

4. build a bridge to your thesis (a transition)

5. state your thesis at the end of the paragraph

The Assignment (100 points possible)

Select any one of the three essays in the Green Packet and write a summary-and-response essay to it. Please be sure to follow the instructions and advice carefully. Also, please be sure to use what you’ve already learned to make this second summary-and-response essay even better.

Due: Thursday, March 1 at the beginning of class

Peer Editing Day: Thursday, February 23

Computer Lab Help Days: February 17, February 24, and February 27