Summarize in 150-200 words the article your instructor has chosen
from the assignment: "Children Need to Play, Not Compete," on pages
270-274 of your 9th edition textbook (or on pages 276-279 of your 8th
edition textbook or pages 287-291 in your 7th edition textbook). In
this summary, you should relay the article’s main points, completely and
accurately, in your own words. If you find yourself in a situation in
which the author’s words needed to be quoted directly (perhaps for
emphasis), you must make it clear that these words are the author’s by
using quotation marks appropriately. You will not want to quote
anything over one sentence in length, and you will want to limit
yourself to no more than 2-3 direct quotes, if you use any at all.
Remember that the whole point of this portion of the assignment is for
you to restate the author’s points objectively in your own words.
In general, I recommend you structure your first sentence something like this:
In "Children Need to Play, Not Compete, Jessica Statsky…
This
will function as the thesis statement of your summary, so this first
sentence will need to convey the main point(s) of the article to give
your reader an overall view.
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