### Title: Summary Writing and Research for Persuasive Essays
**Synopsis:** This lesson focused on the skill of summarizing academic texts and the importance of this skill for writing persuasive essays. Students learned the rules of summary writing, the importance of attribution statements, and how to effectively paraphrase and cite sources. The lesson also introduced a homework assignment related to finding evidence for arguments within the context of online vs. traditional learning.
### Attendance:
– One student, Ariette, was noted as absent and has not been seen all semester.
### Topics Covered:
1. **Introduction to Summarizing:**
– Importance of summarizing for academic writing.
– Discussion on what constitutes a summary.
2. **Rules of Summary Writing:**
– Summaries must be shorter than the original text.
– Retain the structure of the original text.
– Include an attribution statement.
– Paraphrase the original material in your own words.
– Use keywords and proper nouns without paraphrasing.
– Combine multiple main ideas into one sentence.
3. **Grammar in Summaries:**
– Use of reporting verbs in the present or past tense.
– Synonym usage for paraphrasing.
– Logical connectors for idea flow.
– Capitalization and punctuation for titles.
– Citations and references are mandatory.
4. **Practice Summary Writing:**
– Students read an example text and wrote summaries.
– Discussion and feedback on student summaries.
5. **Homework Assignment Introduction:**
– Students to choose one learning characteristic.
– Write two questions about the characteristic.
– Find online sources that answer those questions.
### Actionable Items:
– **Clarification on Course Requirements:**
– Address confusion regarding the requirement to submit interview questions alongside recordings.
– Consider offering extra points for students who submitted questions due to the oversight.
– **Hiking Club Planning:**
– Confirm details for the next trip to Supara, Chunkurchak.
– Post information on Instagram and coordinate transportation.
– Remind students that skiing is not permitted during the trip for safety reasons.
– **Summary Writing Skills:**
– Students need to improve on including attribution statements and citations in their summaries.
– Emphasize the need for clear main points and supporting details.
### Homework:
– Select one learning characteristic related to the persuasive essay topic (online vs. traditional learning).
– Formulate two questions about the chosen characteristic.
– Research and find one source that answers each question.
– Fill out the provided template with author credentials, references, main points, and supporting details for each source.
– Submit the completed assignment on the course’s platform.