For this Writer’s Notebook assignment, complete the following activities:Watch the Summarizing video above Reread and take notes over the essay “Literature is Political Because We Are Political Anim

For this Writer’s Notebook assignment, complete the following activities:

1. Watch the Summarizing video above
2. Reread and take notes over the essay “Literature is Political Because We Are Political Animals”
3. Using the information from the video over summarizing and the quote, paraphrasing, and summarizing worksheet, write a summary of ” Literature is Political Because We Are Political Animals ”
4. Submit your completed assignment as an attachment by clicking on the link above.

Grading Rubric:

• Maintain the original work’s meaning, covering all the sections of the original.                      20
• Write in a direct, objective style, using your own words.                                                         10
• Begin with a reference to the author (full name) and the title of the work and his/her thesis. 10
• Focus on main ideas, avoiding specific examples, illustrations, or background material.       10
• Combine main ideas into fewer sentences.                                                                             10
• Maintain the balance of the original work.                                                                               10
• Select precise, accurate verbs to show the author’s relationship to ideas.                             10
• Use author tags throughout to remind the reader it’s a summary.                                           10
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  End by stating what the author hopes the reader will take away from the work.                     10
  
• Total                                                                                                                                        100

The information presented here will be covered in your unit quiz at the end of the unit!