Why Isn’t More Clothing Made in Canada?

Summary Assignment (10% of final grade)

COMM 1007/1150 College English
Objective:

One of the course learning goals of College English is to analyze post-secondary sources. In order to achieve this learning goal, it is important that we accurately understand the main message of a text and can present someone else’s ideas in an objective and unbiased way. This will be achieved by summarizing and correctly citing an article.

Relationship to the Critical Analysis Essay:

Your next assignment will be a Critical Analysis Essay. The article you choose to summarize in this assignment will be the same article you will use for the Critical Analysis Essay. In order to critique or analyse an article, you must first present a summary of the article to your reader. Your reader has not read the original article, so needs a summary of it in order to understand the critical analysis.

Choose one of these articles to use for the Summary Assignment and Critical Analysis

Essay

1. “ Why isn’t more clothing made in Canada” by Isabel Slone in Maclean’s

https://www(dot)macleans(dot)ca/economy/why-isnt-more-clothing-made-in-canada/

2. “Hunger in the North: Too many people in Nunavut don’t get enough to eat.

Anthropologist Tracey Galloway believes Inuit communities, not southern governments, have the solution” by Nickita Longman in University of Toronto Magazine

https://magazine(dot)utoronto(dot)ca/research-ideas/health/hunger-in-the-north-arviat-nunavutfood-insecurity/

3. “A new normal for childcare in Canada:Accessible, affordable universal” by Vinusha Gunaseelan published by the Wellesley Institute

https://www(dot)wellesleyinstitute(dot)com/children-youth/a-new-normal-for-child-care-incanada-affordable-accessible-universal/

4. “Please don’t come back: Using virtual care to prevent readmissions” by Manjot Sandila and Omouyi Omoike published November 28, 2022 from the website Healthy

Debate https://healthydebate(dot)ca/2022/11/topic/virtual-care-prevent-readmissions/ Process: A summary condenses the original material and presents the core ideas in your own words.

1. Choose an article from the list provided. Remember the article you choose for the Summary will also be used for the Critical Analysis Essay. Glance through the four articles to find an article that interests you.

2. Carefully read the article once and don’t take notes.

3. Read the article a second time and annotate the article noting the main points in the order they are presented. Paraphrase each main point. Make notes W2023 JCZ 2

4. Look up any vocabulary or you aren’t sure of.

5. Look up any concepts you aren’t sure of.

6. Write one sentence that describe the “gist” or thesis of the article.

7. Condense your notes and rewrite as your first draft.

8. Be sure your topic sentence meets the criteria for the summary.

9. Omit supporting details.

10. Omit repetition of ideas.

11. Be sure not to change the author’s emphasis.

12. Be sure not to change the author’s meaning.

13. Be sure not to include your opinion or ideas. This is a summary of someone else’s writing stated in your own words. Paraphrase as much as possible.

14. Avoid using direct quotes. If you absolutely must use a quote, make it a short. Words, phrases or data quoted must be in double quotation marks and must have the corresponding locator (page or paragraph number) included in the citation. If it is a quote from someone else (for example an expert or organization), you must make that clear to your audience. Writing a summary is practice in paraphrasing.

15. Start your summary with a topic sentence (first sentence of your paragraph) that includes the author’s name, title of article, date published, name of publication and overall topic of the article (the gist).

16. Paraphrase the main points and mention them in the same order they were presented. Think big picture to find the main points. What is the article really saying?

17. Conclude the summary by summarizing how the author ended their article.

18. Avoid plagiarism by making it clear to your reader whose ideas you are paraphrasing and summarizing.

19. Use a combination of parenthetical and narrative in-text citations throughout the summary.

20. Consistently use the author’s last name or referent throughout the summary. Remember your audience has not read the article.

21. Edit and revise your draft summary until you are satisfied.

22. Proofread your summary before submission.

23. Use the rubric, as a guide to writing the summary.

24. Include an APA reference page for the article. Use the GBC Library Learning commons APA guides to help with the reference, and citations https://researchguides(dot)georgebrown(dot)ca/c.php?g=490485&p=5096608

25. Include an APA title page. Adjust the APA Essay template in the APA Basics Module Your formal summary paragraph should follow the structure below:

Topic Sentence (first sentence of the summary) The first sentence of the summary should include the author’s full name, article title, date published, name of publication and gist of article in the topic sentence.

Logically paraphrase the main points of the article in your own words. Do not include minor points and details that the reader would not need to know in order to understand the main points. W2023 JCZ 3

If applicable, identify any important evidence, experts or references the author uses.

Conclude with a sentence that paraphrases the author’s own conclusion. Use wording like -The author ends the article…….

The Summary Paragraph Criteria:

The following features are the success criteria for this assignment. Please refer to the rubric posted with the assignment which details how your summary will be graded:

❑ Is written in the student’s own words (paraphrased) with no unnecessary quotes of phrases, sentences, and data.

❑ Condenses the original to less than 300 words. This is approximately one typed page, double-spaced. Remember it is main points only.

❑ Demonstrates student’s ability to provide a concise and accurate rephrasing of a text with enough information so that the reader can understand the main idea and purpose of the work based on the summary.

❑ Topic sentence includes author’s full name, article title, publication date, publication name (in italics) and gist of article. The topic sentence is the first sentence of the summary.

❑ Paraphrases the main points of the article

❑ Concludes by mentioning how the author concluded their article

❑ Does not include direct quotations other than those required for understanding the article

❑ Does not include the use of “I” and does not include student opinions or interpretations

❑ Consistently uses a style that mentions the author throughout.

❑ Uses APA referencing (in-text citations and reference page)

❑ Follows APA acceptable formatting, (Times New Roman, font size 12, double-spaced, 1- inch margins, left aligned margin, page number in the header).

❑ Includes an APA formatted title page

Tips and Reminders:

• Take advantage of the free services and resources at The Tutoring and Learning Centre (TLC) https://www(dot)georgebrown(dot)ca/tutoring-and-learning-centre Read the assignment carefully, look at the rubric, and complete the Modules before seeking help from the TLC. Make sure the TLC tutor knows the expectations and specific requirements for the assignment

• For help with in-text citations and reference page citations for an article from a magazine with one author found on a website, use the GBC library website https://researchguides(dot)georgebrown(dot)ca/c.php?g=490485&p=5089375

• Publication names appear in Italics in the text, and on the reference page

• Titles of articles appear in “Double quotation marks” in the text.

• Titles of articles are not in double quotation marks on the reference page

• Use the author's last name to make it clear to your reader that you are using someone else's ideas. Review narrative citations and use them. For example: Slone (2021) claims.... W2023 JCZ 4

• Use signal phrases and write in a style that shows the reader you are still referring to the same work and not adding ideas of your own. This helps reduce the number of in-text citations needed. Refer to “Referencing a source multiple times in a paragraph:7th edition APA” http://www(dot)alverno(dot)edu/media/alvernocollege/library/pdfs/multiple7.pdf for guidance. Examples: The article points out that.. The author continues…Another point the author makes is….. The author concludes…

• Use the student essay format template to set up your assignment, to complete the title page, and to complete the reference page. It’s found in “APA Resources”

• Indent each new paragraph

• If you use exact words, phrases, statistics, or sentences from the original text, they are direct quotes and must be in double quotation marks with a corresponding in-text citation. The page or paragraph number must be cited parenthetically.

• When you paraphrase the overall idea of the article, resist the urge to try to find 3 main points. The article is not a high school essay that might include 3 main points. Try to depict the overall gist.

• Practice summarizing by telling someone else what this article about